I was recently in San Diego hanging out with my buddy, Pat Flynn, for a few days. Here’s a true story from that trip… Ever been sitting in a hotel lobby using the free wifi connection, only to have a complete stranger listen in on your conversation? Make you mad…? Next time, don’t get mad. Make money!!!
Google’s Panda has had a dramatic effect on the ranking of many websites. Before, it was possible to place 100 related longtail keywords on a page, throw some links at things and rank for many of them. In fact I had such a page getting 15,000 visitors a month, which is now down to just 140 a month. How things have changed…
Quick video post to get the week started. I was driving to the office this morning and shot this on the hop, as they say – but, I think the content brings up a serious point… As entrepreneurs, we ALL do things differently, right?! What works for me, might not work for you, and vice-versa. How do you start your day…?!
Here we are with another month worth of stats, highs, lows and earning reports for the niche site I’m working on as part of the VBL Niche Site Project. Some seriously important lessons learned this month, as traffic took a bit of a hit, and Adsense earnings went completely ‘weirdo’ on me. Read the report for more info!
November 3rd, 2011 was a special day… I had the pleasure of speaking at the biggest annual blogging, social media, podcasting and new media summit in the world – BlogWorld Expo, in LA. It was another fantastic event, so I thought I’d show you a few photos and tell you a little more about it all…
This post by Benjamin Spall, is part of ‘VBL Guest Post Season 2′. I have a huge respect for entrepreneurs. Making it is tough. Real tough. Like so many other things, it’s not until you try it out yourself that you can really appreciate the difficulty of the game. Take professional sports stars. They often [...]
In this episode of the VBL Podcast I speak with good friend, web TV host, and new author, David Siteman Garland on how he got ‘published’ in just 7 days! We also delve into the world of Web TV shows, discussing ‘The Rise to the Top’ and building your brand online using video, plus much, much more!
This post by Timo Kiander, is part of ‘VBL Guest Post Season 2′. Outsourcing is an evergreen topic in the world of online entrepreneurs. This is quite understandable. Any business requires our efforts (whether when starting up or running it) and quite soon we may feel stressed out because of our workload. Especially if you [...]
I haven’t had the pleasure of meeting todays guest face-to-face yet, but I know that when we do eventually meet up in the flesh we’ll just get on like a house on fire. Tyler Tervooren’s thirst for life is clear to see, and the way he approaches community, networking and getting things done is an inspiration for [...]
This post by Sarah Russel, is part of ‘VBL Guest Post Season 2′. Coming to Chris’s “Virtual Business Lifestyle” site always makes me feel happy. From the smiling pictures of the virtual assistants working for his companies to the positive advice on how outsourcing tasks can revolutionize your business, it’s hard not to leave his [...]
Today’s podcast guest, Jonathan Mead is a guy that knows what he wants, and goes out to take it, on his own terms, every day. You have to love that! At his excellent blog, Illuminated Mind, his tagline reads “Live and Work on your Own Terms – Don’t read if you want Ordinary!’. I love that [...]
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