Comments on: How to Become more Popular (and Grow your Income) by Making your Topic Stupidly Easy

By: Miss Gisele B | EatSmartAgeSmart.com

Miss Gisele B | EatSmartAgeSmart.com — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:27:58 +0000

Johnny,

I quite enjoyed these tips and I surely intend on using them on my site more and more.

That was the goal behind my site http://www.eatsmartagesmart.com, but after reading your post, I need to make sure I keep this in mind in every single thing I do and every time I write something, I need to make sure it’s as simple-stupid as possible.

I think the biggest problem for experts is that we forget that we know WAY more than the average person.

I try to always make sure not to present anything I would not do and I ask myself “is this important, is this relevant, does anyone care and why should they care”.

I must say that those questions usually are excellent at guiding me.

Thanks again for sharing.

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By: karsten h.

karsten h. — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:14:41 +0000

Another genius guest writer. You sure do pick great people to work with Darren! People must understand that every day, people are looking for things that are:
Bigger, cheaper, better, newer, faster, simpler, and most importantly EASIER. Plus, they’re willing to pay!! It’s a joke!!!! (but I sure do love it!)

By: Work from Home Dude

Work from Home Dude — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:53:28 +0000

I stumbled into my blogging career thius same way. The subject was so simple and never written about, that I was the first explorer in that niche. Now I own it in every way.

My goal is to become a teacher of sort like Darrin and Yaro. My name is Moe Bedard. You will be hearing a lot about me and my blogs in the coming years!

Peave, love and blogging = Happiness

By: shannon

shannon — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:07:15 +0000

This is a great study. Many people are lazy and dont want to learn new tricks. People want to spend their time doing something else productive. The set up of a blog is a one time thing once its set you just write and post.

shannon
http://www.eighthorses.com/

By: Karilee

Karilee — Thu, 28 May 2009 08:05:27 +0000

I wrote just yesterday on my blog about the skill of giving instructions, and how people take for granted that everyone is born with it… but we aren’t. Giving good instructions, or good training, requires far more than “knowing your stuff”.

So I agree with you, Johnny, the mass of “free” information out there can’t compete with someone who can filter out the important parts of that free information, put it in appropriate depth and order, and illustrate it well.

Back when I did computer training, I met people who thought a thicker manual meant a better course. Save me from an overabundance of info – give me the 20% that matters and I’ll happily pay you for it, if it’s accurate and clear.

What I’m actually buying is the time you save me filtering through the morass for the nuggets I need. Your role is editor as well as writer. Judge what matters most to me, in the place I’m in right now, before I even know enough to formulate the questions I should be asking.

By: Miss Gisele B | EatSmartAgeSmart.com

Miss Gisele B | EatSmartAgeSmart.com — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:04:18 +0000

Johnny,

This was brilliant. I’ve learned so many tips that I can apply right now to improve the expenrience for my readers!

Thanks for sharing.

Miss Gisele B.

By: Office Humorist

Office Humorist — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:53:40 +0000

Great post and thanks for actually using some numbers to quantify the value. Very helpful.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:46:18 +0000

Make things stupidly simple? Hmm, in my niche? Make damn difficult and abstract things understandable for mister Smith… I suppose it can be done, will have to take a closer look on this matter next weekend.

By: Blaise Marion

Blaise Marion — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:34:48 +0000

Great post. I will have to remember to use this. I think some subjects can be easier to set up that way (such as setting up your computer) others a little harder. These last ones are probably the ones most people are interested in reading about. Thanks for the post!

By: Jackie Chia

Jackie Chia — Tue, 26 May 2009 05:21:42 +0000

I have learned a lot from you.
Best regards.

JACKIE CHIA

By: Debbie

Debbie — Tue, 26 May 2009 01:22:04 +0000

This is a helpful post and like many others here, my brain is “sparking” several ideas I can implement easily. I have only blogged personally so far – but am wading my way into the waters of blogging for profit – this is valuable, practical guidance – THANK YOU!

By: Jamie Favreau

Jamie Favreau — Mon, 25 May 2009 22:37:53 +0000

Thanks for the post.
I was approached by someone to write 5 blogs per day and needless to say it was for about 5.00 per hour. I am happy to say that I said, “No.” especially after he said he would not negotiate.

I am a new blogger and only have been doing it for non personal reasons since about January. So I am always open to learning new things.

By: Lucho

Lucho — Mon, 25 May 2009 22:17:33 +0000

Hi Darren,

Thank you for this very interesting post, you give me some ideas in “how to” write my own posts, and more….

Best Regards,

Lucho.

By: Jade Craven

Jade Craven — Mon, 25 May 2009 20:46:14 +0000

Hi Johnny,

I have nothing to add to the post except to say that I loved it. I hope you post again on here further, because you are my inspiration right now. I have been procrastinating so bad because I’m scared of failure and thanks to you, I’ve decided to just go for it. xx

I do want to expand on the giving away stuff for free. i’m always doing stuff for my blogging friends – stuff no-one really sees. Some of these guys are high profile and they’ve said I should really draw the line between giving away so much help and advice for free, and charging.

The way I see it is that thanks to being extremely useful, I now have a bunch of friends that are willing to help me out should I ask for it. These guys know what they are doing and have saved me from making so many mistakes.

Your a classy, funny guy

- Jade

By: Prince Sioni

Prince Sioni — Mon, 25 May 2009 18:34:24 +0000

This is highly informative. Thanks

By: Johnny B. Truant

Johnny B. Truant — Mon, 25 May 2009 13:25:39 +0000

@Christopher – See, that’s exactly what I’m talking about, though. We’re ensconced in the blogging world, so we think it’s easy. But have you looked at the Wordpress “Easy Install” lately? They don’t make it look easy. And a lot of people don’t know about fast-installs… and those that do (I explain it in the free e-book) are still sometimes overwhelmed because the concept of monkeying with anything inside of a hosting control panel is new to them. The concept of FTP (to upload the theme and plug-ins) is new to them, and they don’t understand why those two things have separate passwords.

A lot of people say, “To hell with it… you just do it for me.”

I’ve talked about something similar with Naomi, and she’s written about it – you can actually sell a product full of information that people could get for free. What you’re adding is:

1. Aggregation and organization (You’re putting all of the relevant info in one place/book for people and organizing it in an understandable way),

2. Buy-it-now simplicity (The info is here, now, in front of them at this very minute. Yes, they could spend more time finding it free, but it’s here right now!)

3. Your own personal seal of approval (If you have regular readers, your aggregation of the info into a book BY YOU lends it validity. Free info may be accurate — or even the same — but your reader doesn’t get the security of knowing you agree with it and endorse it.)

My favorite example of this is IttyBiz’s SEO School ( http://tinyurl.com/ohhqvh ). I mean, the internet is FLOODED with SEO advice. You can find it for free by just taking a few minutes to look around, but the sheer overwhelming volume works against it. SEO School says, “Here’s the core of what you need to know, here, now, with the IttyBiz seal of approval.” And you know what? It delivers. I recommend it to everyone who is overwhelmed by SEO… because there is TOO MUCH out there for free on the topic.

By: Make Money Online

Make Money Online — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:29:40 +0000

Not an easy task to do. You need to be expert and you need to have made your customers and readers convinced you are trustworthy.

By: PraShawn

PraShawn — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:20:01 +0000

I rather have step by step instructions, because I can learn more efficiently. When the step by step instructions do not work I know where it went wrong.

By: ricky

ricky — Mon, 25 May 2009 11:40:34 +0000

nice post.Thanks