From 1995-1996, my wife and I spent a year teaching English in Japan. We taught children as young as three, business owners and even some adults in their nineties. We were invited into the homes of many of our students and developed friendships. Although it’s been over 15 years, we still stay in touch...
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As I transition into the new year, I plan to shift my blogging goals from a focus on increasing the quantity of traffic to a focus on the quality of visitor interactions. Nothing helped to generate more traffic to my blog last year than exchanging guest posts.
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Thanks to a fellow Blogger, Pat Weber, I learned that you can register your blog on Kindle — and it is actually for sale to Kindle readers for $1.99. Not enough to earn a living but it is gratifying to see your blog on Amazon and to potentially grow your list of subscribers. The...
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Shhh do you hear that? If you do that means you’re “listening.” Many businesses use social media to get their message out, but those who are the most successful at getting their message out via social media have learned to be good listeners.
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In our obsession to generate more followers, more subscribers and more business, it's very easy to forget to stop along the way and thank the handful of people who have influenced or helped us the most. In the spirit of the classic movie, "Pay It Forward," hopefully this post will show you how...
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You work hard to create quality content for your blog, so you owe it to yourself to make sure that you're doing everything that you can to generate traffic to your blog, and to keep visitors coming back. I've been blogging now for about 18 months, so I thought I would share some...
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