Nathan Hangen

How Guest Posting is More Than Just SEO

This is a guest post by problogger Chris Garrett, co-author of the book: Problogger, and blogs at ChrisG.com. You can also find him on Twitter.

Nathan is not well today, so I thought I would step in and provide a guest post while he recuperates. As Nathan has already mentioned, guest posting can be very beneficial to any blogger, so this is not a purely altruistic move on my part!

The Howard Roark Guide to Business

If you haven’t read The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand, then you need to close your browser immediately and go read it. Seriously, it’s a fantastic read.

If you have, then you’ll remember the character of Howard Roark, the promising young architect that, against all odds, fought the world and won.

3 Steps to Being Remarkable

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” -Oscar Wilde

A quick way to become remarkable is to amplify yourself. Analyze and take your traits to an extreme in whatever you do and create. You use your existing self, so no research or calculated efforts are needed.

Blogworld Expo – The Recap

Lesson #1 Networking
I’ve got so much to share with you from my trip to Vegas that I don’t really know where to begin. For instance, I got a chance to hang out with some of the guys that helped me launch my blogging career, such as Darren Rowse (Problogger):

(long post with photos, click below to read it…srsly!)

5 Ways to Unleash the Beast

An interesting thing happens when I start to write. I’ll sit down, trying to hammer out an idea, and I’ll write a good 100 words before I really feel like I know what I’m talking about. I view it as kind of a warm up for the real writing…morning pages if you will. Once I hit that spot, sometimes it takes more or less, I’ll promptly go and delete the first paragraph or re-write it into a proper intro. This allows me to stay true to rule number 2 and still provide valuable content. Once you’ve warmed up, go over your first hundred words or so and see if they really fit. If they don’t, remove them.