This is a guest post by Martina Iring from MartinaIring.com
We all have those days. Days when it feels like nothing is going your way. Days when you’re ready to chuck that damn lap top out the window and go get a normal job. Days when you question your ability to succeed at this online business stuff. The pot of gold seems far, far away. You’re beginning to question whether that pot of gold exists at all.
This is pretty normal in the life of an online entrepreneur. Especially when you’re first starting out.
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You probably already read a thousand posts about how to promote your blog.
Every blog about blogging has published one and, hell, I probably have written something about it too. And yet, how to put my blog on the map is one of the most frequent questions I get from clients and friends. I don’t blame you, blogging is one of the hottest marketing vehicles nowadays (I heard).
Commenting, guest posting, free gifts, you name it. If you ask me, all good advice. I’m not about to tell you not to do those things because I truly believe they help get some visibility back to your blog. Allow me a couple of minutes to make my point.
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One of the toughest parts of starting a new blog is getting some visibility.
The problem with doing your initial promotion post-launch is that at that point you have already develop a new series of activities such as content management or front-end interaction. These tasks will considerably reduce your time and resources.
What if you could instead create buzz around your blog even before its launch and before you drop a line of content in it? In this post I’ll share with you a few ways you can build hype about your launch and go live with traffic already coming in your door.
When it comes to planning, this is no different than doing so for your actual blogging in which we’ll assume you have a strategy for content generation, scheduling and stuff like that. In this case, you should also write a little pre-launch strategy.
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Dear Online Entrepreneur, Stop Stressing About The Daily Stuff
We all have those days. Days when it feels like nothing is going your way. Days when you’re ready to chuck that damn lap top out the window and go get a normal job. Days when you question your ability to succeed at this online business stuff. The pot of gold seems far, far away. You’re beginning to question whether that pot of gold exists at all.
This is pretty normal in the life of an online entrepreneur. Especially when you’re first starting out.
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