If you are like me then you may just have a problem. You see, I am one of those people that jump from project to project , creating new ones, letting old ones go and having trouble sticking to something long enough to make sure it is successful.

The problem is that I am a creative thinker and innovator. The fun for me is in

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esterday was my best traffic day ever and it had nothing to do with Blogging Idol at all. I just happened to have two of my blog posts (Ebook Cover Tutorial and Improve Your Blogging) Stumble Rushed on the same day. In fact my traffic for just yesterday and the start of today was better than my whole traffic for may (launched b

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Goal setting is so important, especially for an unorganized person like myself. Goals keep you on track, they keep you focused, and are just good things to have. Which is why I am pleased to announce that I have finally set up a page just for my blogging goals.

Check out my new goals page!

I have created SMART goals, beca

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I have a confession to make. Well actually I just made it, but here goes.

I am not the most organized person in the world.

Ok, that is an understatement, but you get the point. Creativity, new ideas, marketing, these are my strong points. Organisation and planning - not so much.

There are two types of bloggers out ther

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The hardest part about making money from your blog is actually to start making money.

The first major hurdle you need to jump is the $1 a day hurdle. Making that elusive $1 a day is much harder than people think, but I believe if you take these few simple steps you will be well on your way to making $1 a day.

1. Make Sure

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When you start out blogging you get such a rush. Inspiration for posts seem to be everywhere, you are getting comments and your traffic is slowly increasing. Everything is going great - until the honeymoon period ends.

Give it a month - two if you’re lucky, and:

* Inspiration for posts start to dry up
* Blogging

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Unless you have been living under a rock for the last 12 months, you would know that blogs are in quite high demand! If you search either the Sitepoint Marketplace or DigitalPoint Marketplace on any given day there will be multiple blogs being sold - and yes they are getting sold, and commanding good prices.

Now that got me

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Every time you try to do something new or different, you are bound to come across some form of criticism. Whether it be family or friends, your blogging network, or your commentors or fellow forum members - it will come.

Hopefully you would have noticed the new theme design I have for this blog. Well a couple of days ago, af

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Every blogger has unlimited potential. But what is it that makes some reach their potential when others don't? We look at this quote: 'In this concert of life, choose your song and don ’t stop playing it.' And break it down to look at 3 key points that will make your blog a success!

In this concert of life, choose your so

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1. They Insult The Intelligence Of My Readers
I mean seriously, are your readers 6 years old? I know people say that list posts are popular because people don’t have enough time to read a full post, but maybe if your posts were unique and entertaining, while being informative your readers wouldn’t get distracted. What list pos

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I have been thinking lately about the importance of reading other blogs after reading a few blog posts saying that we should stop reading blogs and just start doing.

While I can see where they are coming from, I also think that stopping reading blogs is one of the worst things that a blogger can do. Reading blogs is a lot li

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I started this blog 24 hours ago and since then this is what has happened:

* 1 Blog Post
* 6 Comments
* 143 Unique Visitors
* Got Stumbled (Which accounted for 91 unique visits)

pretty exciting stuff for me on the first day of its launch. So what I decided to do was let you all know the process I did to

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Not starting is the main reason that a lot more people are not successful at blogging. In this post I look at some of the reason why people fail before they start and how you can avoid following them...

The first step to becoming a Stand Out Blogger is to look at the path that is ahead of you, fix your eyes on your destinati

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I heard this story told to me a while ago, and I thought I would share it with you all. It really made me think about how much I really wanted certain things and what my priorities are in life.

The story goes:
A man came to Socrates and asked him for wisdom. Socrates quickly dismissed him, telling him to come back when he r

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s you blog currently treading water and you can’t seem to work out why you are not getting anywhere with it? I mean you are trying out all the latest networking tools, you are dabbling in social media and even bought a few ad spots on other blogs - but still haven’t really made any progress in ages!

This is where I find myse

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