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How to One-Up the Best Blog Post Ever! Posted: 03 Sep 2010 09:05 PM PDT This is a guest post by Justin P Lambert. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. There. You knew when you put in that pithy final line, just punchy enough to ensure a ton of comments and at least 200 retweets. You sat back, cracked your knuckles, sighed deeply and click "Publish". And sure enough, a few days later, you’re looking at 348 comments, 1235 retweets, a ridiculous response on StumbleUpon, and a personal e-mail from Daniel Scocco asking you how you did it. You know without a shadow of a doubt: that was the best damn blog post you’ve ever written, bar none. And that’s when it sinks in. "Oh God. How am I going to top that one?" Blog readers are an awesome audience, especially if they’re engaged in the conversation, willing to bat your ideas around and really bring some solid ideas of their own to the floor. But they’re a nervous and flighty sort too, sometimes. Just like any online audience, their attention spans can waver. Their patience can wear thin. Let’s face it: They can forget you. So that’s why you’ve put your blood, sweat and tears into cranking out reams of killer content from the day your blog launched! Isn’t that enough? Well, no. Killer content is absolutely vital. That’s what brings the readers to you and keeps them coming back. That’s what builds up the conversation and the social media cyclones that can dump insane amounts of qualified traffic on your site over and over again. It’s what feeds the blogging machine! But even with the most incredible content out there, the average blog reader can begin to tire of your content if you’re not careful to do one equally important thing. This one thing can mean the difference between hitting your peak with that "best post ever" and continuing your meteoric rise to blogging stardom. And, sad to say, most bloggers never bother to do it. Are you ready? Ask your readers what they want next. It’s really that simple! Ask your readers what they want to get next from you. They’re at your blog because your awesome content brought them there. If they’ve subscribed, they’ve invested their most valuable commodity, their time, with YOU and your blog. If they comment, they’re sharing their thoughts and feelings with you on your home turf! If they’ve dugg, retweeted, stumbled or liked anything you’ve written, they’ve put themselves out there as an advocate for you and what you stand for. So what’s the logical next step? Find out why. Why do they like you THAT MUCH? Why do they keep coming back? What is it they would absolutely LOVE to see more of? What do they keep wishing you’ll write about that you haven’t yet? Give them the chance to be heard, and then actually ACT on what they say, and you’ve made an advocate for life. So, the next time you run into that delicious problem described above, and you’re sitting there wringing your hands wondering how you could ever top that last uber-post… just ask. They’ll let you know. About the Author: Justin P Lambert blogs daily about writing, speaking and being awesome at Words That Begin With You. Subscribe so you don’t miss any of the good stuff! Or, join him on Twitter @justinplambert. Original Post: How to One-Up the Best Blog Post Ever!

Does Working Online Isolate You from the World? Posted: 03 Sep 2010 10:37 AM PDT This post is part of the Friday Q&A section. If you want to ask a question, just write a comment below. Cherran asks: As a person working online, after the initial revenue goals are achieved, I’m getting a feeling that I’m little bit straying away from the normal world. Even for a small business owner with half of our income, he would need to interact with people face to face everyday. I’m getting a feeling that we may live in a safe cocoon, far away from the reality. Have you ever felt this way? If so how do you deal with it? Joining some organizations, working from coffee shops these are some of things came to my mind. When you work full time on the Internet you’ll definitely be having fewer face to face interactions, especially if compared with someone who works inside a large company. Certainly this is not a positive thing, as human beings are social by nature. But, it is not necessarily a bad thing either. It can be a negative thing if you are a person who needs or likes to be interacting with other people all the time. There are people out there who simply would go nuts if they had to work all day alone inside a home office. However, there are many people who don’t mind it, and in this case the lack of social interactions you get from working online is not a big problem. This is especially true if you consider the advantages that such a lifestyle has: the possibility to spend more time with your family, the flexibility regarding your schedule, the time you save because you don’t need to commute, the possibility to live and work from anywhere around the world and so on. I belong to the second camp, which means that I don’t mind the lack of face to face interactions while I work. It is important to balance things out though. For instance, every week day I get out to practice at least one hour of physical activity, and during the weekends I also go out my friends. The things you mentioned can also help. For example, there are many people who like to work from coffee shops. Some even rent a shared office space so that they get to interact with other people. What do you guys think? Do you believe that working online isolates you from the world? Is this necessarily a bad thing? Original Post: Does Working Online Isolate You from the World?

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