If you’re really serious about improving your blogging skills, try what I just did: publish a post every day for one month. Monday through Friday is fine.
Here are few improvements you’ll be sure to make:
Your writing will get better
Much better, in fact. Having the discipline to write and publish everyday is just like exercise: you eventually get into shape. You start sounding more relaxed and the act of writing doesn’t hurt so much.
The first week is especially tough, I will admit. It’s painful to force yourself to do something that can feel so uncomfortable and strained. Getting past the second week is pretty rough, too. [Read more...]
One of the hardest things in the world is to get paid very well for something you absolutely love to do. Wouldn’t you agree?
Seth Godin’s latest book, Linchpin, gets right to the heart of the matter with this question: Are You Indispensable?
The Age of Free has officially arrived, according to Chris Anderson’s new book Free, which went public earlier this week. Now is the time when giving away content across digital mediums turns out to be a cheap and effective way to attract attention (near-zero costs to reproduce and broadcast + everyone loves free).