Easy Blogging For Busy People
If you’ve wondered how to get more subscribers or sales from your blog without spending more time or money on marketing then consider using landing pages.
Landing pages are single use pages designed to funnel your reader’s attention to one specific call-to-action. They work well because readers aren’t distracted by navigation, sidebar widgets or other posts.
Bloggers are busy folks. We shoehorn post writing, promotion, and networking in between day jobs, family time, and sleep (sometimes). That’s why I get all warm and fuzzy when I discover a time saving tool that works as advertised. The latest tool, “If Then Then That” (IFTTT) has got me shouting from the roof tops.
IFTTT is incredibly powerful. It works by automatically performing specific actions based on a trigger. For example, IFTTT can watch an RSS feed for a specific keyword and perform a task when it is triggered. You can use this automation to save time, find blog topics, and curate content just for starters. The tool is connected to dozens of social, curation, and productivity sites giving you hundreds (maybe thousands) of different ways to automate specific tasks.
Blogging is not easy. I wish I could tell you that it was but I can’t. When I started, I thought writing a blog would be simple. Just kick out 300 words and call it a day – right? Wrong. Every posts was a struggle. I remember getting physically nauseous when I clicked the publish button. I was sure that the world would pounce on me and brand me a fraud.
Blogging is intensely personal. There isn’t anywhere for you to hide. Your name is attached to every post. Your friends, family, and employer gets to publicly assess your talent. Your setbacks are public as well. If you miss a week of posting people begin to wonder if you have what it takes. This pressure can cause minor setbacks to turn into full-on burnout.
You might be in a rut right now. You’ve been knocked to the canvas one too many times and you wonder if you will ever get back in the ring again. Today, imagine that I’m Mickey from Rocky, shouting for you to get back in there.
But first, let’s make sure you’ve got the Eye of the Tiger (sorry, I had to)
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