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RobsWebTips.com Interviews Robb Sutton About Being An Entrepreneur

October 3, 2009 By 1 Comment

Last night, I did an email interview with RobsWebTips.com about my life online. What started off as an interview about my sites took an interesting turn into what it really means to be an entrepreneur. Of all the interviews so far, this one has to be the most unique I have done to date as the subject of product reviews and getting over $100k worth of free product for my blog was not the main focus.

Being a blog owner that is successful enough to make a full time income requires having the mindset of a business owner and entrepreneur. You can not expect to treat your blog as part time income and have it turn into a full time living. You have to start from day one with the thought processes of a true business owner, and that is the kind of information we went over in this interview on RobsWebTips.com.

Interview with Robb Sutton on RobsWebTips.com

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Setting Up Pages On Your WordPress Blog

October 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment

For the next step in setting up your WordPress blog, we are going to publish a couple of pages. The pages of your WordPress blog perform very specific functions that need to be at the forefront at all times. While articles are commented on and published on a regular basis, your pages that you setup for your blog will rarely change over time.

These pages will be featured at the top of your blog in your navigation so that the information contained within these pages can be easily accessible by all readers.

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Twit Sniper 2.0 Is Officially Open To The Public

September 30, 2009 By 7 Comments

Twit Snipe 2.0 has officially soft launched and is available to the public. As part of the beta program, I have already been using 2.0 for a couple of weeks and it is a serious upgrade over the previous version.

The Issue for Normal Twitter Users

I say “normal” for a very key reason. Unless you have a massive amount of traffic to your blog or you are a rockstar, finding Twitter users to interact with can be a difficult, time consuming task. Ideally, you would like tweeters to just find you and start following, but that is not the case. You have to search out like minded individuals and follow them with the hope they follow you back. As you can imagine…it can take forever to build up a good Twitter following by relying on standard methods. [Read more...]

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WordPress Themes: Choosing The Right Theme For Your Blog

September 29, 2009 By 23 Comments

Choosing the right WordPress theme for your blog can be one of the most confusing and fun parts about blogging. Unfortunately, most beginning bloggers spend so much time deciding on a theme that they are wasting valuable time that could be spent on content production and promotion.

Choosing and modifying a WordPress theme can be a HUGE time suck, so I am going to try to help you out here and cut down on your theme choosing period so you can get back to building your blog. Let’s get several questions covered so you can figure out what the right plan of action is for your blog. [Read more...]

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Choosing The Right Plugins For Your WordPress Blog

September 25, 2009 By 5 Comments

Now is the time you have all been waiting for…we get to search the WordPress.org database for cool plugins that will enhance the usability of your blog and catapult you to the top of search engine rankings.

Now…do you want to know what 99% of beginning bloggers with WordPress installed do? They search the WordPress.org database for every possible plugin that might help them at some time in the future…they install it…and spend all of their time looking for more great plugins to install on their blog.

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Setting Up Your Default Settings In WordPress For Your Blog

September 23, 2009 By 8 Comments

When you first install WordPress, the first impulse is to start drafting up your content, start looking for a theme or searching the WordPress.org database for cool plugins to enhance your blog.

Before we get into those aspects of setting up a WordPress based blog, we want to jump in and get the default settings in WordPress set up correctly. By getting these settings right the first time, we are able to save ourselves a lot of administration headaches in the future. Let’s run through each and what you need to do.

Look for the switches icon directly below the tools.
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Make Money Online While You Are On Vacation

September 18, 2009 By 3 Comments

Before we set off on our cruise to the Bahamas, I wanted to share a little video with you guys from where we are right now. Sorry for the bad audio…shot this with a HD helmet cam from VholdR (one of the products I am reviewing on Mountain Biking by 198) and the wind on the top deck almost takes it over!

This is just a quick reminder that you can make money online through blogging even when you are not touching your blogs. It is a great feeling to know that you wake up each and every morning with more income than you went to sleep with and this does not turn off just because you want to enjoy life. Hope you guys have a great weekend…I know we are! If you want to know how I make money online…check out my How I Make Money Online page. And…as this post proves…it is also a great benefit to be able work from anywhere…

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Free Pursuits Guest Post and Internet Business Path Interview

September 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Today, I want to point you in a couple of different directions. First, Corbett Barr from Free Pursuits and I did a guest post swap between my site and his. You might have read his guest post “So You Blog, So What?” already on this blog, but if you haven’t…check it out as he had some great things to say. My guest post on getting out of your own way to realize blogging success went live yesterday on Free Pursuits and it has generated some great conversation around blogging and building a successful blog over time. Take a minute today to head over to Free Pursuits and check out my guest post along with the other articles Corbett publishes on a regular basis. He is a true believer in designing your own lifestyle and his articles can really help you design your own life.

Video Podcast with Tyrone at Internet Business Path

Interview with Robb Sutton on Internet Business PathThe second site I want to shoot you over to today is Internet Business Path. Tyrone and I did a recorded interview about blogging, review blogging and getting free stuff into review on your blog. We went into depth into how you can really monetize your site through product reviews and use those same product reviews as a huge traffic generator. In the 34 minute recorded conversation, you will find tons of information about blogging from both or our perspectives. The interview was a blast to do, so when you get a minute…head over to Internet Business Path and check it out.

If you want to see the same results out of your review blogging, check out my eBook…Ramped Reviews…that spells out how you can see the exact same results I have with getting in free product to review on your blog.

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11 Reasons Why They Are A Successful Blogger And You Are Not

September 15, 2009 By 17 Comments

What makes a blogger successful? As you troll the web looking for content filter through your cranium, you run into bloggers who are making a really good run at the whole making a living online thing. As you struggle to get your following, you might start to wonder what makes those blogs successful when yours is not. You try to pump out quality content on a regular daily basis. You are following all of the tips and guidelines that the successful bloggers are throwing out there, but you are still struggling to make more than 10 bucks a month and get past 100 subscribers. Is there a secret society of successful bloggers that I am not apart of? Will I get an invite at some point in time where they will share their secrets like in the movie The Skulls? Maybe their is a secret scroll I need to find that will lead me to traffic and subscribers. What am I missing? What makes them so much different than me?

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Where Do Your Blog Readers Want To Sit?

September 11, 2009 By 3 Comments

It is the first day of school. Like any anxious student, you want to get to your new class first so you can get your pick of seats. You have heard that this teacher is pretty good at what he does. He have enough letters off the end of their name to about finish the alphabet, so he must be an expert in his field…that is why you picked this class. Joey from down the hall took this class last semester and gave you a fair warning. “Dude…seriously…the guy is good, but he is incredibly boring. Sit in the back and zone out…all of the notes are online anyway.” So there you are, competing with 30 other eager minds for the back row in anticipation of the glorious nap you are about to partake in for the net 50 minutes over the course of the next several months.

You find a chair in the back, grab a syllabus and zone completely out into a far off land…just waiting…for that one line that will come out of his mouth and grab your attention. That line never comes and you end up skipping the class half the time to keep out of the agony. How does he make napping not enjoyable?
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