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If the first most important thing you’ll ever do as an entrepreneur is just start (and keep starting!) the second most important thing you can do is to not give up. Not give up when the going gets tough, not give up when you feel as though you can’t go ...more

This is a guest contribution from Victor Ijidola When readers find your content helpful and interesting, they get glued to it, read more of your posts, share them, leave comments, join your email list or even buy whatever you’ve got to sell. In simple English, they convert. But when the other ...more

The end of yet another week – here’s what caught my eye on blogging and social media. I hope they help you! I always feel as though I learned something. How to Win on Facebook: 8 Lessons Learned from Analyzing 1 Billion Posts // Quicksprout Well this was news to ...more

Quite a few years ago now I first stepped into the world of blogging – almost by accident, and certainly when I had plenty of odds stacked against me. A friend emailed me a link to a blog, TallSkinnyKiwi.com, and I clicked over to find out what a blog was, and ...more

This is a guest contribution from Garik Himebaugh. Unless you live in a cave, you’ve probably heard of the 80/20 Principle. It’s been mentioned by productivity experts as well as the likes of entrepreneurs Tim Ferriss and Ramit Sethi. If you do in fact live in a cave, I suggest you ...more

For some bloggers, it isn’t the lack of ideas holding them back, it’s finding the motivation to get them finished. People leave blogs in draft mode for all kinds of reasons – they run out of things to say, they’re not sure how to end the post, they know it ...more

This is a guest contribution from Lesley Vos. We’re being told constantly that mobile content is like a snack, long texts are dead. People don’t read much now, and they just watch videos or scroll pictures. They’re time poor, they consume small bits frequently and move on. And as it ...more

Coming to you live from the pit of Facebook reach hell! Are you in the same boat? Ugh. Here’s a tip that might help!: Facebook Audience Optimization: Better Engagement and Insights for Bloggers // Jon Loomer Did you know if your page has fewer than 5000 likes, you can switch ...more

Whether you’re just starting out or you’ve been blogging some time, you can almost always find yourself falling out of flow. One minute you have tons of ideas and are cranking out posts, the next something’s off and you’ve lost your mojo. This episode of the ProBlogger podcast is continuing ...more