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5 Steps to Being Totally Boring and Unremarkable

March 24, 2011 By 1 Comment

stereotypical rock star photo for a blog post: mcawesome!If you’ve given up on “kicking ass” and being a “rock star,” don’t lose hope: there’s still plenty of room for being one of the most cliché and predictable personalities on the Internet. We’re talking McAwesome.

The great thing about being boring is that it’s super easy and can happen to you overnight with almost zero effort. And once you’ve ‘made it,’ you can set everything to autopilot and conquer the world absolutely nothing!

Ready to get started? I’m going to lay this out step by step for you, and it’s really important you follow all the steps, otherwise this isn’t going to work.

Here we go! [Read more...]

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Free Webinar: How to Get Rich and Famous with Your Blog

March 8, 2011 By 2 Comments

John Chow and Wordful webinarHi there, in case you haven’t heard, problogger John Chow and I will be hosting a free webinar next Tuesday at 4pm PDT called “How to Get Rich Famous with Your Blog.”

Unlike what you might be thinking, this webinar isn’t about some secret ninja guru technique that’s going to transform your blog into a virtual cash machine overnight. So all of you looking for the instant flashy Ferraris and beach-side mansions are going to have to look elsewhere.

What John and I are talking about is actually something far more interesting and realistic: How to create great content that builds your credibility, boosts your confidence and makes you more money. This has been the passion and focus of Wordful since day one.

Click here to sign up for the webinar [Read more...]

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Is Great Content Finally Coming of Age?

March 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment

What do you think: is the Internet more about content or more about technology?

So far, the answer is obvious. By taking a simplistic, macro view of the largest companies to dominate the computer and information age, you can easily conclude that it’s been about technology:

  1. Microsoft: make it easy to use computers
  2. Google: make it easy to use the Internet
  3. Facebook: make it easy to share things with people

This isn’t a bad thing, of course. It’s a necessary thing. This conversation we’re having now, this blog, your email, our tweets—none of it would exist without technology.

But if so much time, money and energy has been put into building the ultimate content delivery platform, why is the web still a cesspool of content? [Read more...]

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5 People You Must Avoid at Your Next Internet Marketing Conference

January 27, 2011 By 2 Comments

Now I’m not saying this to be rude, but at almost every conference there will be certain types of people you should just plain avoid, like:

1. Soul Suckers

These people start talking to you and suddenly they want to be your best friend because you have something they want but they don’t have anything in return.

It’s all about what you can do for them.

I have experience in this field. It comes down to dealing with someone incredibly insecure or a narcissist, or both.  Don’t let a Soul Sucker hitch their wagon to yours or coerce you into hitching your wagon to theirs. [Read more...]

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How to Network at Internet Marketing Conferences

January 26, 2011 By 2 Comments

It’s a fact: Internet Marketing (IM) conferences are 80% networking and 20% learning.

Why? Because meeting people the old fashion way—face to face without the interface of an electronic gadget—is still the best way to build relationships.

So whether you’ve been building your IM business for 2 weeks or 2 years, it’s never too late to pack your bags, hop on a plane and face the crowd.

Trust me, it’s worth it.

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