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What does the recent FTC announcement mean for a humble, professional, freebie-accepting, affiliate-pimping, mostly-broke blogger eking out pennies or flats of free soda per post? It means you need to write a blog disclosure policy. What if you have nothing to disclose? (Pity the fool who has nothing to disclose.) No matter. Write one anyways. A blog disclosure policy is an opportunity to demonstrate your character. It is an opportunity to sell your character and even your soul. Because what

In the darkest depths of winter, an evergreen is comforting. No matter how cold it gets, how much snow covers the ground, or how badly the family dinner turns out, those green branches are always there, offering beauty and reassurance. Evergreen blog posts are just as valuable. We bookmark and read them over and over again to inspire us, comfort us, and remind us of the basics. We all have half a dozen favorites knocking around somewhere, and the popular blogs helpfully direct you to those

In my recent post on the importance of having your own product to sell I was asked in comments by Todd for advice on choosing the best topic to create an ebook on. Here are a few quick thoughts on some starting points for choosing a topic for an e-book – mainly for people who already have a blog: Todd – Good question. For me it was partly just about blogging for a number of years in my niche and starting to just get a hunch for what would work. I guess in that time I began to see

I’m a big fan of Leo Babauta. His book, The Power of Less, is required reading for anyone who wants a rewarding life. But many of Leo’s followers think doing less means, well, settling for less. I’m here to tell you it can mean achieving much more. In the last 4 years, I’ve been living the power of less. In fact, I started with that philosophy well before I knew it was one. Do Less to Achieve More I annoy many of my partners and friends with my approach. But the reality is, engaging

OK – I have a pile of books that is growing beside my desk (and on my desk… and on my bookshelf) made up of books that I’ve either finished with or that I have multiple copies of.   I’d like to do a bit of a giveaway today of a few of them and all you need to do is leave a comment saying which one you’d like. Below I’m listing 5 6 books (I’ll link to them on Amazon so you can read more about them) and I’m asking you to nominate ONE (not

I just published “Glenda Watson Hyatt: Is Your Blog Disabled?” on the Blog Herald. I summarized the outstanding presentation the famous Left Thumb Blogger, Glenda Watson Hyatt of the Do It Myself Blog, gave at Successful and Outstanding Bloggers Conference (SOBCon) this past weekend. Glenda is a major fan and proponent of WordPress, and I was delighted and honored to be a part of her powerful presentation on web accessibility, for which WordPress wins high praises (and a few