Don’t Be A Slave To Your Content Calendar + MORE

The last time you got into your car, did you notice if your wheels were properly aligned?
My guess is that 99.99% of you didn’t even consider it. And if you did, would you really know how to check anyway?
But it’s an important question. Wheels being out of alignment can decrease gas mileage, reduce the longevity of tires through uneven wear, and make handling the car more difficult…

My buddy John Chow recently launched a new product, called IM John Chow. While I am not an affiliate (so I am not earning anything whether you buy it or not) I checked the members area and liked the content and the structure, so I figured it could be useful to write a short review about it (there’s a bonus tip at the end too, so read on)…

As a blogger spare time can be pretty hard to come by. Your focus, as it should be, is about creating great content and engaging with your community — leaving little capacity for the ‘other’ things that need to be done. Add the fact that a lot of us prefer to leave the numbers and bean counting to the accountants and statisticians, it’s no surprise that a lot of the bloggers I speak with have little or no idea about the statistical health of their blog…

There are plenty of benefits in having a content calendar and a schedule for publishing the content on your blog.

Convenience is one of the first things to appear obvious when shopping online. Retail sales from online merchants have skyrocketed within the last five years. Just recently in the beginning of 2011, the U.S. Census Bureau reported over $4 trillion in retail and wholesale transactions online through the internet…