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- Blog Wise Tip 4: Choose a Structure that Works for You
- Infographic: The Brain of the Beginning Blogger
- Premise 2.0 Released: Complete Digital Sales and Lead Generation Engine for WordPress
| Blog Wise Tip 4: Choose a Structure that Works for You Posted: 27 Feb 2012 01:09 PM PST All the bloggers we spoke to as we researched Blog Wise had an opinion on structure. Even those, like Matt Kepnes of NomadicMatt.com, who doesn't blog to regular schedules, noted that they had particular times that were good for certain work tasks, and particular times that tended to be less productive. Matt, in balancing his desires to work and to experience the destinations he travels to, puts time limits on his daily blogging tasks. "The Internet, blogging, it'll take as much time as you can give it," he says. "I force myself into boxes to work … to limit the amount of time I'm working." He finds this the easiest way to stay productive. Jeff Goins, of Goinswriter.com, takes the concept a step further: he'll create a good "context" for that time, to make the work more enjoyable. He explains his rationale like this: "I have to do something I don't want to do, so I'm going to create the most enjoyable context possible. I'm going to listen to music, I'm gonna drink coffee, and I'm gonna sit down and I'm gonna do it, and I'm gonna set aside this much time to do it." For Jeff, it's not necessarily about hitting a milestone or goal within that time; it's just about doing the work itself—about getting something done. For the full-time bloggers, chunking time as part of the daily schedule was important. "That way I know how I'm going to spend my day," Amy says. She explains that this helps her prioritise tasks, and know if she has time to step away to do something a bit more inspirational or extraordinary. While Leo's a full-time blogger, he also practices a No Goals philosophy. What does that mean for the structure of his day? "When it's unstructured, [the day is] really a huge, open container that you can do anything you want with," he says. "I mean, you can fill it with anything." As he explains how that works to boost his productivity, he warns against the pitfalls of being too wedded to structure. "When you're structured, it just ends up being frustrating," he says, "because you don't always meet the structure that you set… if you had a structure that you had planned, and it doesn't go according to that plan, then you're messed up." Does a loose structure work for you? Or do you prefer something more prescriptive? Share your secrets for structuring your blogging workday below. Tomorrow: managing distractions. Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger Blog Wise Tip 4: Choose a Structure that Works for You     |
| Infographic: The Brain of the Beginning Blogger Posted: 27 Feb 2012 07:02 AM PST This guest post is by Infolinks.com. Nowadays, it seems like everyone has a blog. But creating a successful and popular blog isn’t as easy as simply getting a domain name and ranting away on whatever comes to mind on a given day. Here, we take a look at some of the common misconceptions that beginner bloggers have on issues ranging from content and SEO to graphics and URLs. For instance, have you ever done a double-take when a URL can be read two different ways (one being not so favorable)? Or have you been completely turned off by someone’s “About Me” page? By debunking some popular myths, we hope to enlighten the burgeoning bloggers out there and help them avoid these potential pitfalls. Infolinks is the fastest growing In-Text advertising network, providing monetizing solutions for bloggers of all levels. Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger Infographic: The Brain of the Beginning Blogger     |
| Premise 2.0 Released: Complete Digital Sales and Lead Generation Engine for WordPress Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:04 AM PST
This is going to be good! What is Premise 2.0?Premise was previously a landing page creation tool which I’ve used myself – it was great but landing pages are only part of what an entrepreneurial blogger needs. But the new Premise lets you do so much more! With version 2.0 you can do the previous landing pages the first version did but you can now also:
Build a membership site with WordPress – secure and protected areas for members – all within WordPress. I’m particularly excited about this release because it fits my own needs on a couple of projects and I’ll be implementing it in at least one place (possibly two). Special Introductory PriceYou can learn a lot more about the newly updated Premise 2.0 on the CopyBlogger Blog – but before you do know that it’s not free, but it is discounted by $70 at present. This software will retail for $165 but it is currently $95 – a pretty amazing price for something as powerful as this. They are also offering a 30 day money back guarantee so you can try it out to work out if it is right for you and if it doesn’t fit your needs you can get your money back. Disclaimer: I am an affiliate for Premise and CopyBlogger. I’ve used version 1.0 of Premise (and use every other product CopyBlogger make) and highly recommend them – and I will be using this one too. Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger Premise 2.0 Released: Complete Digital Sales and Lead Generation Engine for WordPress     |
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