A few weeks ago, I invited you to be a part of the Platform Conference with a special price for my readers ($150 lower than the published price when you register with the code HYATT now through the end of TODAY, June 19th). Since then, I’ve gotten a few question from my readers. Maybe you’re […]
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Why You Need a Community to Successfully Build Your Platform
When I was young, a boy could get a copy of D.C. Beard’s American Boy’s Handy Book, and girls could get The American Girl’s Handy Book (though I knew less about that one for obvious reasons). Books like these and many others, including the more recent Dangerous Book for Boys, provide tons of information on […]
How I Increased My Income by 250% While Spending More Time with Family and Friends
When I left the corporate suite at Thomas Nelson I planned to write and speak full time. And that’s exactly what I did at first. One year in fact I gave over 40 keynotes. It felt great! It also felt totally, utterly, completely exhausting. I had come to the realization that, even as an executive […]
5 Insights from My Reader Survey and What They Mean for You
Last November, I launched my most recent Reader Survey. This is the fourth year I have gone through this exercise. I have benefited enormously each time. Ultimately, I think it also benefits you, because it helps me improve the content I create, whether on this blog, my podcast, or elsewhere. More than twenty-eight hundred people […]
How a Quick Analysis of Your Top Posts Can Improve Your Blogging Results Next Year
Now is a good time to review your previous year’s blogging results. Here are my top 10 posts and what I learned from evaluating them.
15 Resources for Pro Bloggers (or Those Who Want to Be)
What resources do professional bloggers use? Here are the fifteen I use on a daily basis.