Just what maketh a blog religion? In short, a lot of things. Just download your copy of the Master Mind Map (MMP) and you’ll see. At first glance, the MMP is a bit overwhelming. After all, there are a quite a few blips connected by just as many line segments. Like Eating an Elephant Remember [...]
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Baz Brief #16: 10 Tips from Bloggers Like You
Today’s Brief: ‘Ten Blog Tips from Bloggers Like You’ If you’re a member of Darren Rowse’s ProBlogger.com Community, you’ll already be aware of this. A few weeks ago Darren issued a challenge for bloggers to create and forward a blogging tip they feel has been useful to their development as a blogger. What followed is [...]
Get the ‘Blog As Religion’ Master Mind Map – Free!
Mind maps are just cool. As Michael Martine over at Remarkablogger suggests, It’s the fastest way I know of to “splat” out ideas and see them whole (and how each topic relates to others). “ I’ve used mind maps for years. I’ve used them for planning blog content, outlining goals, and even designing a vacation. [...]
The 3 Step Process for Inspiring an Evangelist
She ran up to me on the crowded Manhattan street corner, took my hand and pressed it to her heart and said… I’d follow you to the ends of the earth. Then I woke up. Yes, Catherine Zeta-Jones was only a passing dream, but it got me thinking… What does it take to get someone [...]
Twitter – The Conundrum of Year
What good are 10,000 followers if they’re not your target market? From the beginning, I’ve had my doubts abut Twitter. No matter how I looked at it, the Twitter promise seemed false. The promise, as I see it, is this: Increased exposure with minimal* effort. *Minimal effort is a term with many meanings in Twitterland. [...]
Tribal Author – Spot on Book Marketing Advice
Using the BAR Approach To Market Your Book I’ve been a fan of Jonathan Fields for some time. His book Career Renegade: How To Make a Living Doing What You Love is a must have for those of us wanting to live and work according to our own dream-map as well as by our own [...]
Get Seth Godin’s ‘Tribes’ for Frickin’ Free!
But do it the right way, OK? For nearly ten years, I’ve been a subscriber to Terri Lonier’s Working Solo Newsletter. Terri’s focus has always been helping Solo Entrepreneurs succeed. In today’s newsletter, Terri gave us a link to download the audiobook version of Seth Godin’s, Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us, for free [...]
Baz Brief #14 – 7 Ways to Play a Bigger Game
What’s holding you back? I read Dave Navarro’s blog post today about how to become a bigger player in life, business, whatever. If you don’t know Dave, he writes two blogs, The Launch Coach and Rock Your Day. Did I mention there’s a FREE WORKBOOK that accompanies Dave’s blog post? Simply put, Dave suggests the [...]
Baz Brief #13: Be Yourself
Being Yourself: A Wise Blogging Strategy We all tend to think that our blog posts have to be something special. In the sense that they should teach your reader something they didn’t know or remind them of something worth recalling, I agree wholeheartedly. But there’s another kind of post that readers also enjoy. I call [...]
The Map That Most Blogs Are Missing
“I’m outside and I don’t have my keys.” For the first time in three years, my son called me to tell me this on Tuesday. Not bad…13 years old and he’s never lost his keys. Technically, his keys weren’t lost and he told me as much. “They’re on my nightstand,” he said when I asked [...]