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Wanna Blog Full Time – Focus on Relationships not Money

Posted by Jake in Writing

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I typically scan the headlines of ProBlogger about once a week to see what Darren is covering. I don’t read everything and infrequently find things that help me directly, but occasionally there’s a gem that’s worth passing along. Today there’s an interview with the founder of StrongLifts.com that everyone who dreams of blogging for a living should read. As I’ve said before, when I tell people I blog for a living, the usual comment (even from highly successful entrepreneurs) is something like, ‘you can make money doing that?’ Yes, you can make money blogging. In some cases you can make a ton of money blogging. But if you’re only focused on the money, you’ll never get there.

Mehdi, the founder of StrongLifts, hits on some key things in the interview about building a relationship with your audience. It may help that the blogs topic, strength training, requires a long term persistence to reach your desired goal, so Mehdi is already familiar with the idea of delayed gratification, but there’s good advice no matter what you blog about. So if he’s not focused on money, what is the focus?

Building experience, building a reputation and building a readership is more important in the long-term [than money].

Read the interview for the rest of Mehdi’s thoughts on blogging.

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First Chapters Writing Contest

Posted by Jake in Writing

I need to join another social networking site like I need to have my right arm removed with a hack saw. The First Chapters Writing Contest has me on the verge of signing up for Gather, which is a requirement for entry in the contest. The site, in combination with Simon & Schuster are offering $5k and a book deal to one grand prize winner. I’ve been working on a novel in fits and starts for the past several years and I’m looking for a deadline that forces me to finish. A contest wouldn’t be a bad idea. The full submission guidelines are posted at Gather. The only thing they don’t provide is some indication of what the contract terms are for the book deal. For me, winning would be completing the book, whether I get the contract or not, but getting a book deal certainly wouldn’t hurt.

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