Five Reasons Why Every Consultant Should Have a Blog

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Unless you’re already a super-famous millionaire consultant, you’re probably pretty keen on ideas for marketing your services and getting new clients in the door. Ditto for speakers and coaches. And authors. Also anyone who’s trying to sell products online. But I digress. I’ve had the opportunity to work with several dozen clients over the past [...]

The Only Two Ways People Really Make Money with a Blog

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  I’m just gonna keep today’s post short and sweet. If you’ve been following my online journey for a while, then you already know that I have three blogs in three different niches. Obviously, you’re reading one right now – frombloggertoentrepreneur.com  - that’s all about using social media to build your brand and grow your [...]

How to Write a Blog Post in 20 Minutes

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People are always complaining that they don’t have enough time to blog. Unfortunately, this attitude is what keeps bloggers from building the momentum they need to support their business online. But, I have an idea for you. The next time you find yourself griping about not having enough time to blog, set an egg timer [...]

Four Proven Blog Traffic Strategies or How I Got 40,000 Pageviews in One Month

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  As you may know, I run two other blogs in different niches in addition to this one: rosettathurman.com and happyblackwoman.com. But out of all three of my blogs, Happy Black Woman receives BY FAR the most traffic. (The crazy part? That blog is only 18 months old!) And since most entrepreneurial bloggers want (and need) [...]

The Three “Be’s” to Making Your Blog Stand Out Among the Millions Online

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As a budding entrepreneur, your blog is most likely going to be the first point of reference for your potential fans, subscribers, clients and customers. People will tune in to your posts and recommend your resources to their colleagues and friends if they perceive that you have a great reputation in your niche. Being online and having a blog is just the first step, [...]

How to Add the New Follow Me on Twitter Button to Your Blog

The best thing about the new “Follow Me on Twitter” buttons that were recently released from the official Twitter website is that they look sooo much better than the old buttons. Plus, they’ve made it easy for people to follow you in just one click! I’ve just put the button on the sidebar of my [...]

Three Simple Ways to Get Intimate with Your Blog Readers and Earn Their Trust

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Now, don’t take this post the wrong way. I’m not encouraging you to go out and start flirting with your blog readers. That would be weird. But one thing I have noticed are a lot of “faceless” blogs out there that get very little traffic (and therefore business) because their content has no emotional connection for the reader. Today, my friend, that is all about to change. [...]

25 Creative Blog Post Ideas Guaranteed to Build Your Personal Brand

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By far, one of the biggest challenges that all bloggers encounter is coming up with interesting, useful things to blog about on a regular basis. So this post is just to offer some blogging inspiration that will hopefully get you unstuck and beat the dreaded blogger’s block. The 25 blog post ideas I list below will help you blog not just with creativity, but with a purpose [...]

Join Me Live for a Free Webinar: 10 Steps to a Better Business Blog

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Do you want to grow your business through a new blog or simply improve the one you already have? Are you a professional blogger, small business owner or budding entrepreneur interested in using your blog as a personal branding and marketing tool? If you’d like insight into how to gain more traction with your business blog, join me for a [...]

How to Change the Name of Your WordPress Blog in 10 Steps

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As you’ve probably noticed, it’s been pretty quiet over here for the last month! I mentioned at the end of the 21 Days to a Better Business Blog Challenge that I’d be making some changes to Blogging for Branding. One of those changes was changing the name and expanding the focus of this blog to help [...]