Most successful business owners find it hard to get organized. Well, getting organized isn’t as hard as you think; all you need is to harness your creativity.

If you can run a successful business, you can get organized. If you can control a team of 5—10 employees, you can re-arrange things for more productivity.

Here’re my favorite tips to getting functionally organized:

1. Create Specific Folders in your Email Box

As an online business owner, I get overwhelmed with emails and one of the things I do is to create new folders for my clients. You should also do the same. This will encourage you to focus on one thing at a thing.

2. Clear Off your Junky Desk

Sometimes, as a business owner, you may get overwhelmed with work that you may not notice the dirt’s in your surroundings.

I know there’re important things you need to attend to; I know you have deadlines to meet but don’t allow your work overwhelm you. Do one thing at a time.

File and clear off papers stacked in the corner. By clearing off your desk and achieving one task one after the other, you’ll feel less stressed about the tasks ahead.

 3. Track your Receipts and Spending

Keep track of your receipts and create a file for them month after month. This will help you keep track of your spending–which will make it easier for you to track your reciepts when you most need them.

4. Clean Up

When was the last time you re-organized your home office? I demand an answer!

If you can confidently say you re-arranged your office for productivity this week, can you kindly indicate?

Hmm…  it seems not everyone actually cleaned up this week. Anyway, that’s by the way (I was just kidding there)

Always ensure you re-organize your office. Make it look great for productivity and make it a place you look forward to work in.

Here’s an example of a good home office. It’s simple and professional. However, this is Tom Ewer’s home office

5. Label your emails

I do this everyday. It helps me find important documents quicker. If you don’t want to spend your entire day finding documents, then label everything in your emails. Though it may seem daunting and tasking, but do it!

Pro tip: it’ll save you time and increase your productivity.

How to Keep Your Office Desk Organized for Productivity

Well, it all depends on you. You can put your office desk right the middle of your office or, at the left or right.

Have your trash within your desk chair so you don’t drop any pile on the floor. This is important, especially if you’re freelance writer.

Tip: place a pin on top of your file cabinet and drop anything that needs to go in to prevent dropping any waste on the floor.

Pull up a Bullet Board

 ‘’The smallest pen is wiser than the longest memory’’..

To get more work done, get a bullet board to remind yourself of your business goals and a desk draw to keep basic supplies you use everyday!

How to Keep Track of Your receipts and Invoices

If you’re like Tom Ewer or Darnell Jackson who publish books monthly, it’d be wise to have a file for your income and expenses.

This tip isn’t only for book publishers or freelance writers, but also important for CEO’s and corporate executives.

Have a separate file for expenses, and another for your income. For your outstanding invoices or monthly income, print them out and keep them in an office file for future reference.

How to keep track of Where Your Money Goes

If you earn above $1,000 monthly; consider hiring a VA or book-keeper to keep track of your income.

It is also important that you personally monitor your expenses. You’re a business owner, so, spending above your income might endanger your business in the long run.

Don’t make a mistake of spending more than you earn. Plan a workflow of how much you earn and the amount you spend.

A good way to do this is to develop a monthly budget so you can easily pull up income reports, anytime you need it.

Pro tip: if you don’t have a monthly budget, then I don’t know what else to preach to you.

 How to Handle Your Conference and Seminar Papers

If you’re a business owner, chances are that you attend one or two seminars or business conferences monthly. And chances are that you exchange cards at these conferences.

Treat these cards and papers confidentially. Scan the cards and send them to Shoeboxed .com

 How to Keep up with Existing Customers

Your existing customers are your ‘’real estate’’ so don’t handle them carelessly. It’s easier to keep a client than to attract a new one; so treat them with care.

Respond quickly to their calls and emails and ensure you communicate regularly.

I know you may be too hooked up with work; whatever the case maybe, schedule time for your existing customers. You could even consider hiring a virtual assistant for this purpose.

Here’re things you can do to keep in touch with existing customers

1. Publish a monthly email newsletter

2. Put out a special offer to your new and existing clients

3. Try to call three clients each week (that’s if they live within your country)

Pro tip: You may want to hire help for these..

Organization—is it worth the hassle?

Yes, when you’re organized, you get more work done.

I know getting organized takes time and it requires little efforts from your part.

It’s so vital especially if you run a 3–5 figure business

Organization saves you time and money—so learn to do it. It’s important

What do you think?

How do you handle your day for productivity?

Any thoughts and suggestions on this?

I’d really appreciate your comments, and don’t forget to share this on social networks.

See you at the top!

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Hello everyone,

I’m happy to introduce to you; a friend, guest blogger, PPC consultant, farmer, and social media addict.

If you’re a regular reader of this guest blogging blog, you’d notice that I’ve been interviewing top experts in the social media industry; the idea is to educate you on the power of blogging and social media, and how you can implement it in your business.

We have Robert Brady here with us; and he’ll be sharing some PPC strategies with us. Keep reading and share your views in the comments section.

Me:  My audience will like to know you better: Can you Introduce Yourself?

Robert Brady:  Who’s Robert Brady? Robert Brady is the owner and head PPC wizard at Righteous Marketing, a company that provides PPC management, and conversion rate optimization services for SMBs.

He currently resides in Provo, Utah and can often be found skiing the greatest snow on earth, mountain biking through the Wasatch mountains or playing ultimate Frisbee at the park on a Saturday morning.

The best way to say ‘’hello’’ is through Twitter, where you can find him @robert_brady.

 Me:  You’re one of the leading experts when it comes to PPC; can you please explain what PPC means? Do you use PPC campaigns?

Robert Brady:  Pay-Per-Click (PPC) marketing is an advertising model where advertisers pay only when their ad is clicked by a user. Google popularized PPC with their AdWords platform and it is the most common advertising method online.

Other PPC platforms include BingAds, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. I currently manage several PPC accounts for my clients.

Me: What motivated you to start Righteous marketing and how long have you been in this game?

Robert Brady:  Righteous Marketing started as my personal blog and it is where I post my thoughts, rants, musings on the industry in general.

Me: How do you analyze PPC as a PPC expert? What are the analytics?

Robert Brady:  PPC provides a high level of transparency to the advertiser.

For each keyword and ad there is data on the number of impressions, clicks, click-through-rate, cost, position and conversions.

Me: How can one maximize ROI on PPC?

Robert Brady:  The most important step is to have tracking from the click to the sale. Then you simply work backwards through the funnel. A customer generated $500 in revenue. We sent 10 clicks to the site to generate that sale. Cost/click was $10. So we spent $100 to generate $500.

Me: What were the worst mistakes you made in life and in business?

Robert Brady:  Worst mistake: Not networking more in college.

Me: Do you have any regret blogging?

Robert Brady:  Nope. It helps me clarify my thoughts and has generated thousands of dollars in business.

Me: What does a regular day looks like for Robert Brady? Tell us about your social life…

 Robert Brady:  Wake up, shower, eat a hearty breakfast (raised on a farm), work for a few hours at home, ride my bike to the office, work some more, ride my bike home and spend time with my wife.

For fun I like playing ultimate Frisbee, mountain biking, fishing, and watching Celebrity Apprentice.

Me:  If you were to start off from scratch as a PPC expert, how steps will you take to rise back?

Robert Brady:  Read blogs, attend industry-related conferences like Hero Conference, participate in #ppcchat on Twitter and always be experimenting and testing.

With all the changes in internet marketing, we’re all starting over to one degree or another with every update.

Me:  Can you give us a little tip about Facebook Advert? How can I newbie go about Facebook Advertising?

Robert Brady:  Know your audience. Know their age, their gender, the books they like to read, the movies they watch, the groups they’re members of and anything else.

This demographic information is the basis of targeting in Facebook. If you’re advertising the right offer to the right people, the ROI will be there.

Me: Where can a newbie learn more about PPC?

Everything mentioned in Question #9

Me: How do you cope with being a family man, a blogger, and PPC expert?

 Robert Brady:  Know your priorities. My family and my faith are the most important things to me so when work starts affecting the quality of those things I know exactly where to make the cuts.

Me:  Give us a word for today

Robert Brady:  Accountability.

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Important: I want you to put everything you’re doing aside, put your phone on “silent” and pay attention to what I have to say here.

Read every single line of this page to find out how I build quality backlinks, and drive visitors to my blog by contributing persuasive guest posts to top blogs.

In this post, I’m going to show you how I got my guest post shared (over 400 times through Facebook alone) and how you too can and change your traffic status FOREVER!

If you read, study, and implement all the tactics I’m about to teach you—you’ll find it easy to drive 500 visitors or more to your blog anytime you write a guest post for a top blog.

If you’re tired of the state of your blog, and you want to drive more leads and traffic to your blog, then this is a very important message for you.

Around August 2012, I reached a point where I was tired of the way my business was going. I was tired of having to write blog posts and make comments on other blogs. In fact, I was tired of the kind of results my guest posts were bringing me.

I wanted something BIGGER and much better. I wanted my guest posts to drive traffic, subscribers, and backlinks.Not until one day I came across a secret tactic to write persuasive guest posts.

                                                     Let me reveal a secret:

We all know that getting the attention of people is a hard task; everyday, people receive new offers in their email box, they see billboards and they receive recommendation from friends.

Your guest post has to stand out and grab readers in such a way that they’d be the one running after you with their Dollars. Your writing has to persuade them to take action and make them feel like they’re going to die if they don’t act.

I was able to drive 200 unique visitors to my blog overnight as a result of a persuasive guest post I wrote on Socialmediatoday. I was direct, honest, and pushy.

If you really want to get a good bang from your guest posts, then learn to write ‘’traffic generating contents’’.

You’re not just writing for the sake of churning out guest posts, you’re literally trying to get people to pay attention to you. You’re saying to them that, ‘’ I’m worth your time’’. If you want to get good result from your guest blogging campaign, then apply the following guest posting tips:

Tell Fairytale Stories…

The most effective way to build connections and a raving fan base is by being relatable. Most people won’t check out your author byline if you’re not relatable.

In fact, many people don’t feel it’s necessary for them to leave comments or check out your author byline but by using stories and analogies in your guest posts, they’d be forced to check out your blog.

I’ve been guest posting for myself and clients for over a year now and based on experience, I’ve noticed that story-telling guest posts seems to convert well.

The human brain can process information better when they’re being presented in the form of stories. If you want your guest post shared (over a 1,000 times), you need to learn the art of storytelling.

It doesn’t have to be a true life experience, just come up with something pushy and persuasive. Something that’d compel the reader to check out your blog; something memorable and attention grabbing!

Approach From a Different Perspective

There’re a lot of regurgitated guest posts on the web today; the only way to stand out and compel readers to check your blog is to approach your post from a different perspective.

If you’re always churning out informative and unique guest posts on a consistent basis, then it’d be easy for you to convert readers into potential customers. Do your research and edit ruthlessly.

Give value (even if it means you spend 3 days writing a post), and approach your post like a leading expert.

I know that it’s not easy to find completely original contents on the internet but do your best to be original, use your imagination and do unusual things.

Interview top experts in your niche, do a slide share representation,  use info-graphics, capture video clips, and  use humor (write in a funny way).

Be creative and ‘’MAD’’. Make people go like, ‘’ this guy is a crazy writer, I guess I’d have to check out his blog’’.

Make readers go like, ‘’last month, I read his guest post and it almost drove me crazy; I can’t wait to read more’’ .

Get people happy and they’d reward you with $$$…

Pro tip: approach your guest post from a different point of view–that’s the only way to kick out competitors and compel readers to check your blog.

Buddy, Establish your Expertise

The only way to convince the reader that you’re an authority worth listening to is by establishing your expertise. The only way you can achieve that is to attack your post from a different point of view.

Sound like an expert and they’d become avid followers.

Do you write Persuasive Guest Posts?

I guess you do. Anyway, you don’t need to worry if you don’t just implement these tips and measure your results…

Important: I’m committed to helping businesses create optimized and persuasive guest post that’s guaranteed to convert leads, increase traffic and push online visibility. You don’t have to struggle or, stress yourself to create catchy and persuasive guest posts; let me handle your guest blogging project.

Click here  for more details…

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Silence…

There comes a time when we need help from others to keep up with our online businesses.

We all have set tasks to accomplish, needs to meet, an offline business to run, and a family to care for. One of the easiest ways to get help is hire a writer.

While it’s easy to have someone to produce your content, it’s not always easy to find the right person to do the job.  There’re people out there who claim to be native English writers and can’t even spell, ” Elaborate”. Heck

Because of that, I’ve put a little checklist of things to consider when hiring a guest blogger or writer!

Things to Consider When Hiring a Guest Blogger

Be Smart–Ask for Samples

A guest blogger will ideally have published samples online; you can find mine here. Read those samples and use them to judge the writing capabilities of the writer.

Pro tip: only hire a writer who seems to be submissive to instructions and has the ability to write in your voice…

Start Small When Working With a New Writer

This is where most employers miss it. Most of my clients hire me after trailing me. Some begin with a small project, say, five blog posts.

If you don’t want your hands burnt; don’t dive right into a business relationship.

In fact, don’t dive into a business relationship because you feel positive about it; rather, start with a smaller project (say, 10 guest posts or, 5 blog contents to make sure you and the writer are on the same page).

Payment Procedure

Do you pay for your content upfront? Or, do you put down a deposit and pay the rest when the writing project is completed?

Are revisions included in the fee? Whatever the case might be, ensure you’re clear about payment terms before hiring a writer.

Pro tip: acknowledge this!

Create an Effective Line of Communication

One of the biggest hurdles to receiving the content you want from a guest blogger is communication. You can’t read their mind and they can’t read yours.

Be clear about your writing or guest blogging needs so the project can move smoothly.

Be Money Conscious– Evaluate the Time Spent Versus the Financial Cost

Let me ask you a question: how long, or, how much effort do you put into writing your own content?

What’s your time worth?

If you can answer the above questions, then use it to determine how much you’ll spend on a writer.

For example, if it takes you 2 hours to write a 500-word guest post and your hourly rate is $100/hour, then search for a writer who charges less than $100/hour.

Take away tip: don’t spend more than you earn.

Hire the Best ”Brain” for the Job

Hire the best content provider for the job.

Most content writers or guest bloggers tend to specialize in content type or industries, like internet marketing, health, or, personal development.

Hiring a guest blogger who specializes in the real estate niche when you need guest posts on internet marketing blogs isn’t going to provide you with the best guest blogging service for your time and money.

Pro tip: be swift as a dove–hire specialists.

Deliverability

Talented writers often have a tight schedule; but that doesn’t mean they’d turn your project off…

Ask when your content will be delivered and ensure you set up a delivery timetable to monitor the progress of your content tasks.

You can save time and money by finding a good writer in advance. The more you keep these tips in mind, the more successful your outsourced writing projects will be.

I’ve Got to End This

Guys…

I’ve got to attend to my friends; they’re hanging out with me today. But before I leave, I’d like you to know this:

When you find great writers, hang unto them, give them ongoing work, and treat them well.

Writers should be appreciated and trust me, they’re a tremendous asset that not only provide you with great contents but will free your time to ensure your online business growth and profitability.

Your turn to dazzle me

Have you had any experience outsourcing your writing tasks to content agencies or guest blogging services?

What was your experience like?

I’d really appreciate your beautiful thoughts and views in the comments section.

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Hello Everyone,

It’s an honor to introduce to you, Anita Cambell. One of my mentors and (Mum). She’s an outstanding and amazing person; and I believe you’ll learn some small business tactics if you pay close attention to what she has to say.

Read on, and ensure you leave a comment below. See Ya!

Me: The Infowland audience will like to know you: tell us a little about yourself and the story (if there’s any) on how you started Smallbusinesstrends.com

Anita:  I got into publishing accidentally.  

 I was in the corporate world for a long time as a corporate attorney and then in a variety of roles, including eCommerce, Human Resources and Administration. 

In the corporate world back in 2008, I started with my first Web business, an intrapreneurial venture within the corporation I worked for. 

Then in 2001, I left the corporate world, and I started helping friends who were entrepreneurs – I would help them create business plans. 

Me: What motivated you to start a business blog and, did you encountered challenges when starting out?

Anita: I started marketing my consulting business with an email newsletter back in 2002.  I started with just 250 contacts on my list.

But I was having trouble publishing articles for the newsletter.  I was using Dreamweaver to set up pages and I wasn’t very good at it.  It took me forever! A friend said, “Have you tried a blog?” So in 2003 I went over to Blogger.com – and I couldn’t believe how easy it was to publish articles. 

After that, I would publish the articles on the blog, and link to them with a short snippet in the newsletter.  Soon, more people were reading the blog than the newsletter.  So I decided to focus more efforts on the blog.  From there the publishing business has grown every year.

Me: What were the worst mistakes you made when starting out as a blogger?

Anita:  I simply didn’t give enough attention to producing content.  One thing I’ve learned is, the more content, the more page views and the more your brand spreads (assuming it’s quality content, not scraped spam).  For years, I just didn’t spend enough time generating content. 

I consulted for a number of years, and that distracted me and inhibited growth.  It was good because I bootstrapped my business and have no debt to worry about now. 

However, bootstrapping slows your growth.  There’s never enough money to do everything you want to do when you bootstrap, and that’s the reality.  

Increasing your quality content output increases visits and pageviews. 

 We found that a 50% increase in content yielded a 100% increase in visits and page views over time.  Remember, content accumulates and continues to work for you if it is good quality content.

Me: Well, we all know that you’ve built several successful online businesses.

My audience will like to know what prompted your action behind starting them? Can you also please, tell us a little about each one (Especially, www.bizsugar.com).

Anita: Small Business Trends is a premium website with original content.  It’s by small business owners to small business owners. I started Small Business Trends in 2003. So it’s now 10 years old.

BizSugar is a social media and community website for small businesses.  We have over one million registered users. It had a few thousand members when I bought the site in 2009.  I attribute the growth in large part to the moderators and an enthusiastic community.  We encourage everyone to share their best content at BizSugar.

We also are proud of our two Awards initiatives.  There is the Small Business Book Awards, which honor books written for small business owners and entrepreneurs.  That has been around for five years. 

 The other Awards are the Small Business Influencer Awards, which are in their third year. For both we use a highly customized version of the same platform we use for BizSugar.

Me: What’s your most favorite quote?

Anita: It’s a management quote:  “Inspect what you expect.”  I forget who first used the phrase.  It means that managers (and business owners) need to be actively involved in their businesses, not absentee.

And that they send messages to their teams about what is important by what they measure and pay attention to.  

 If you pay attention and measure what is important, your team will focus more of their attention on it.  If all you ever inspect and discuss are trivialities, and never the important things, your team will focus on trivialities and ignore the important things, too.

Me:  What inspires you as an individual (not a business-woman).

Anita: I am inspired by setting goals and meeting them.  I also like intellectual activity.  I like to have quiet time to think. That’s why I like to garden.

Me: Can you describe what a regular day is like for you?

Anita: As soon as I arrive at my computer in the morning, I visit all our sites and look around just to make sure everything is OK.  

On Small Business Trends, I check comments, and moderate any, and respond to a few myself. 

This  often takes an hour.  Comments at BizSugar are handled by the Moderators. Then I check social media for comments.

Then I check email.  Email is a big hole – a time suck.  Email for us is also our best friend, because it is a huge source of business.  

We are constantly getting emails for advertising/sponsorship inquiries, speaking engagements, and so on — those are the opportunities. 

If you want to be an Internet publisher, you have to be open to communication, and most of that comes through email.   If you make yourself hard to contact, don’t be surprised if you don’t seem to get many opportunities.  

Throughout the day, I am in ongoing text chats with my Editor, Operations Manager and IT Manager (we’re all in different locations).

Much of my day is spent on advertising sales proposals with our various ad sales reps, and special initiatives such as new projects we are working on.  I handle administrative tasks, too.

And then I do some writing of my own, although I usually end up doing that late at night and on weekends, because that’s the only uninterrupted time I have. 

Finally, I try to check various reports and stats (analytics, etc.) in the evenings so I can make sure there are no problems and all is on track.

Typically, I work from 8 to 6 pm, and sometimes more, with a couple of breaks to walk around outside during the day.

The above schedule may sound boring and not like a high-flying Web entrepreneur’s life – but don’t let anyone kid you – putting in time and paying attention to your business matters a lot.

Me: Your blog receives hundreds of thousands of visitors every month; can you please, give us a little tip about increasing web traffic?

Anita: More content helps.  Participating actively in social media is huge. Set traffic goals, with a small increase each month.  It’s amazing what setting a goal will do – it forces you to focus on working on something. 

Results do not happen from dreaming, and goal setting is not about wishful thinking.  Setting goals is about focus.  Focus is very important in business. 

 You may not know exactly what to focus on at first in your startup, but I guarantee you will only learn by the act of setting some goals and measuring your progress towards them, discovering what works and what doesn’t. 

Then you adjust as you go along.  Refine your goals, change your tactics to meet them, measure some more.  Rinse and repeat. Do that every day and your business will start to take shape.

Me: How do you cope with been a married woman, an entrepreneur, a lawyer, and a blogger? It’s really inspiring to see a woman achieve so much. Tell us more about it.

Anita: I’ve always enjoyed working.  It’s never been a chore for me. Sure, there are many individual tasks I loathe, but in general, I enjoy getting deep into my work.

 I’ve never been one to spend my time on gossip or anything like that – it just never held any appeal for me.  I am introverted and have always more or less kept to myself, and that keeps me focused. 

I like nothing better than a problem to solve in business. I like to have fun and have hobbies, too (reading, gardening, movies), but I also enjoy working and really have to force myself to stop for the day or I’d just keep on working.

I get into “the zone” and have a hard time getting out sometimes. My husband is supportive, too, and that helps. 

Me: If you were to start from scratch; with no connections and money, how would you build a brand like Smallbiztrends?

Anita: I would focus on more content and being active in social media. I’d probably do more with video if starting out today.  I also do more with photos and images.

The best advice is just keep working at it.  Most people give up too soon.  It takes years to become an overnight success – LOL.

You know what they say about needing 7 “touches” in marketing with your target before you get the sale.  Remember that when building your personal brand and your small business.  You need those 7 “touches” (i.e., come to someone’s attention 7 times) to register in the person’s mind. 

Don’t give up after one or two or three or even four.  You’re just getting started.

 Me: Can you define ‘’Entrepreneurship’’ in three sentences?

Anita: Creating your own business that is bigger than you alone.  Providing employment for yourself and others.  Not expecting someone else to hand you a job.

Me: What advice will you give someone out there looking to start an online business?

Anita: Find a niche and develop your unique voice or your unique offerings.  You have to stand out today. You cannot be generic or bland or just like everybody else.

 Me: What are your most favorite online tools?

Anita: Skype and Google Talk. Twitter. Google Analytics. 

 Me: Finally, can you leave us 3 inspiring words to walk it?

Anita: Never give up!

Because even when things seem bleak and it feels like you’re not making progress – you probably are but just haven’t discovered it yet.

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A great way to succeed as a blogger or freelance writer is by planning, specializing, and focusing.

Belonwu Valentine is a master at that. Not only has he mastered the art of blogging, but he now averages at least, 4-5 figures every month by website flipping.

He’s the founder of Justretweet and the moderator at Smallbiztrends.

This guy is an amazing person; I met him four months ago and found him to be a very hardworking and dedicated person. I enjoyed our discussion so much that I decided to interview him to share his strategies with us.

Enjoy!

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Daniel: The Infowland audience would love to know more about you. Can you please introduce yourself and let us know where we can find you?

Valentine:  My name is Belonwu Valentine. I founded www.JustRetweet.com a twitter marketing site. Working presently as a moderator’s – www.Bizsugar.com : a small business-bookmarking site. I blog via www.Businessgross.com

Daniel: Are there any major benefits to becoming a blogger or website flipper?

Valentine:  There are many benefits of both niches because blogging is like soccer where you have different fans supporting different clubs because of their player’s skills.

Website flipping is like where a club can come and acquire a player due to his skills and he believes that what he is buying will be appreciated by his fan who ends up believing in him and making friends and family like him.

Daniel: How was your journey to making your first $1,000 online?

Valentine:  It was very hard because it took me almost two years before I was able to earn online.

I made so many mistakes in my quest to master the blogging system, which cost me, a lot of money as well, but it paid off when I earned my first pay, which was over $1000

Daniel: How much did you sell your first blog and what lessons did you learn during the process?

Valentine:  It was sold for 2 figures and that was my first time selling any of my sites and I learnt to always put my best in everything I do. It really made me dedicated.

Daniel: Are there things one should know before flipping a website?

Valentine:  You must always know what niches people are looking for that will also be very profitable for you. Also, you must make sure you have an experience on those niches before you venture into it.

Daniel: How can a newbie start a flipping business? And what tools or capital does one need to start up?

Valentine:   Everyone can start a flipping business; as I said earlier, you must know the type of niche you think you can be able to handle well and grow it, so that people can be able to have interest and purchase such business from you.

All you need to start a flipping business is a domain, hosting and a wordpress account, then you work with other bloggers like building relationships and commenting on their blogs and in return, you gain many readers back on your blog.

Daniel: Is it possible for one to make it online without a blog?

Valentine: It will be very hard for someone to make it online without a blog because a blog is like church where people comes to hear what a preacher have to say and a preacher will never make it without having his own church.

Daniel:  Based on your experience–and having done this for some years, do you think a newbie can succeed flipping websites? If yes, how long can this take?

Valentine: Flipping business is for everybody. If you determined that your strategy is to launch sites and sell within 30days, it is up to you. All you need is innovation and good character.

Daniel: If you were to start all over from scratch, what steps will you take to start earn 6 figures like you do presently?

Valentine:   Very simple, with less than $200 I was able to launch 3 websites, all you need do is have a good relationship with other bloggers and collaborate with them when needed.

Daniel: What was your drive or motivation behind starting Justretweet?

Valentine:  It was very hard getting my blog posts shared by other bloggers, the only avenue I had was Bizsugar.com, yet I craved for more popularity in the blog market, that was when the idea stroked me to own a retweet site where other bloggers share your post to get theirs shared too.

Daniel: Do you have any major project you’re working on? If yes, how long will it take and what should we expect from it?

Valentine:   Right now, I have a project I’m working on which I really don’t want to go into its details but I will let you know when it is ready.

According to my developer, this will take 8 months to complete, this project is what many bloggers will benefit from worldwide because I love being innovative and I have a passion to solve blogging problem(s)–that is what entrepreneurship is all about.

Daniel: What’s your most favorite quote?

Valentine: My favorite quote of all time is – Michael Jordan’s,

” I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games, 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed”

Daniel: What’s your advice to an upcoming blogger or web reader who’s vision or goal is to become a successful blogger or website flipper?

Valentine: My advice to everyone who wants to be successful online is to always work hard; be yourself, innovate, create online sites that will marvel people, never copy what others are doing, be unique, do not restrict your blogging, sell yourself internationally and the world will be on the lookout for you.

With this, you will achieve whatever you desire online and in life.

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Finding blogs that accept guest posts can sometimes be challenging.

If you want to drive quality backlinks to your site, build credibility overnight and increase exposure with minimum efforts; then the following guest blogging platforms will be of good use to you.

The following are ten resources to GINGER your guest blogging campaign–including, guest blogging platforms and outreaches.

Guestblogit

If you’re an avid guest post writer, you should be familiar with Guestblogit.

Guestblogit was founded by Christopher Burns of Burns SEO on June 21, 2011.

The company wasn’t formed to compete with other outreach platforms, but to make a difference in the guest blogging world.

Guestblogit is co-founded by an army of serial internet marketers like, Adam Rouff (one of the best sales representatives and online business owners in the USA), Whitney Segura (a serial internet entrepreneur), William Morris (a serial investor) and Christopher Burns.

The Company’s Mission Statement:

”To connect only the best content to the best blogs in the world and to go down in history, as a major influential factor in the blogosphere and online content based marketing”.

My Opinion: this is one of the best outreach platforms out there.

If you’re scared or tired of pitching guest post ideas, Guestblogit is the best way to go!

BloggerLinkup

”I created Blogger LinkUp because I wanted an easy way to find guest posting opportunities and people to guest post on my blogs and I figured other bloggers wanted that too”. –   Cathy Stucker

Cathy Stucker founded Bloggerlinkup. One unique feature about Bloggerlinkup is that, it permits bloggers to submit request for guest posts; and shares them with several guest bloggers.

6 Things you Need to Know About Blogger LinkUp

• Be clear and concise about your requirements.

How many words do you need? Is there a specific format to follow? Will there be an anchor text?

Be clear about your requirements before sending a post request via Bloggerlinkup.

• Stay in Touch

Who knows, you may need the other guest blogger’s services in the near future.

Guest blogging is not all about accepting and publishing quality contents; it’s about building relationships.

• Create an Epic Shit Headline!

Your headline is your sales man; make it count! It’s the first thing a visitor sees before reading your post.  A headline like, ”guest posts needed ASAP won’t be as effective as, social media posts needed for a PR3 blog”.

• Watch Out for Opportunities…

BLU is a great platform to build relationships and connect with other top blog owners.

Blogger link up is currently published three times a week; so, always ensure you utilize it whenever an issue is released.

• Epic Content is King, Marketing is Queen

Quality content without marketing is real bullshit. Whether you’re the host or the guest blogger, promote the post via social networks and your email list (if you have one).

• A ’Thank you’ Won’t Kill You

Yes, it won’t. Make it a point of duty to thank contributing authors.

A thank you really means a lot– you may not know it!

MyBlogGuest

My blogguest was founded by Ann smarty. It’s an outreach platform that connects blog owners with guest bloggers. If you’ve been looking for blogs that accept guest posts, utilize MyBlogGuest.

A Brief about Ann Smarty

Ann Smarty is an internet marketer and stay at home Mom from Ukraine. She discovered the power of the internet 6 years ago; and few years ago, she was brought to the USA as a branding manager for Internetmarketingninjas.com

She also started Myblogguest and Viralcontentbuzz.com few years ago.

BlogSynergy

BlogSynergy is an outreach platform that makes it easy to follow, connect, and share guest-posting opportunities with other bloggers. It’s an amazing guest post platform!

Guestr

Guestr was founded by Luke Moulton, an Australian SEO geek and website flipper. Guestr aims to help blog owners and guest bloggers who are willing to contribute quality content for backlinks.

Things you must do After Signing up on Guestr:

Enter your social media details

Fill your basic info and ensure you follow the guidelines.

Pro tip: It’s currently free to sign up; you don’t have to pay any money; so, join the race and start guest posting!

Blogdash

Blogdash is the new buzz in town today. It provides guest bloggers the necessary tools to contact top bloggers directly.

With Blogdash, you don’t have to wait till Jesus comes before receiving a response from a blogger; it automatically connects you with other bloggers in your niche and it gives you the opportunity to filter through 110,000 bloggers by keywords, names, and Klout profile.

Isn’t this amazing?

Postjoint

Postjoint was originally founded by Uarel; a digital marketing agency in London. It’s an outreach platform that connects advertisers with guest bloggers.

Advertisers produce unique contents, and bloggers offer to publish guest posts. With Postjoint, you don’t have to worry about pitching bloggers!

That’s all for Today

Yes, that’s all for today (I’m feeling dizzy); I have to take a nap! I’ll be sharing more guest blogging tips in my next post; so, watch out!

Were you inspired reading this post? Which guest blogging platforms do you use?

I’d appreciate your thoughts and comments in the comments section.

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5 Ridiculous Ways to Write Epic Guest Posts Right Now!

Are you looking to drive an insanely amount of traffic with guest blogging?

Do you want to convert new prospects into regular customers, attain higher rankings and build quality backlinks to your blog pages?

If you answered YES to the above questions, read on…

Guest blogging is an effective SEO tool that can help you build credibility, establish your expertise, reach new hubs and communities, drive traffic and win quality prospects.

The benefits of guest blogging are enormous, but you cannot achieve these if you produce mediocre guest posts.

You need to write a researched, long in-depth, and well-detailed guest post before you can experience the wonderful goodies guest blogging brings.

I’ve been guest blogging for close to a year now. I’ve master the art, and I know what works and what doesn’t.  In fact, I’ve written guest posts that drove 300 visitors to my blog as well as guest posts that didn’t result to a single traffic.

To say that I don’t believe in guest blogging would be a lie and to say I’ve not benefited from guest blogging would be a greater lie.

Guest blogging grew my business to where it is today. I don’t think I’d have been able to have YOU my audience, if it wasn’t for guest blogging.

If you’re planning to run a guest blogging campaign for your business or client, this post will get you started. In this article, I’d be sharing some guest blogging secrets.

The tips I’ll be sharing soon, will grow your business overnight if you apply accordingly.

Study a Hot Topic that’s Already loved By the Audience of the Host blog

One thing I always ensure I do, before writing a guest post is to research and study the most popular post of a blog. Studying a hot post that’s already loved by the audience is good for two reasons:

• It helps you know how to create a similar guest post with higher quality.

• It gives you insight on how popular blogs write and research their blog posts.

• It gives you a hint on the type of post the blog audience loves.

Write High in Demand Topics

With so many guest posts out there, the only way to write guest posts that attract likes and tweets is to write what I call, ” high in demand topics”.

Two months ago, I wrote a guest post for Socialmediatoday but didn’t really expect the post to go viral.

The guest post received over 2,000 views within 24 hours and 5,000 views after 48 hours. In fact, the post still drives in at least, 50 to 100 visitors to this blog everyday!

Here is the link to the guest post.

If you want to run your guest blogging campaign successfully, learn to research topics. These kinds of topics can be found on top forums like Warrior,  Digitalpoint and Q& A sites like Quora and Yahoo Answer.

As I said in my last post, I get as much as 2 to 3 guest post Ideas from Warrior forum alone. You can get more ideas than I do; all you just need do is to browse through the most frequently asked questions.

Pro tip: it’s time consuming and stressful to create high in demand guest posts; however, this does not mean it’s impossible. It’s very possible to create epic guest posts within a short amount of time if you’re disciplined and time conscious.

PS. if you don’t want to do through the stress of browsing through forums, crafting a perfect guest post, and pitching  blog owners, hire a guest blog writer. It’s worth the deal!

Format your Guest Post

Online readers don’t like reading–they love scanning contents so, make your guest post ‘’scannable’’.

Write in short sentences, be clear and concise; include headings, sub-headings, and bullet points. Don’t forget to also use bold italics to emphasize on keywords.

Pro tip: the quickest way to annoy a blog owner is to ‘’cluff’’ your sentences together

A poorly formatted guest post doesn’t speak well of you. Most people don’t like reading contents that looks like a Science textbook so, write in an easy to understand way.

Use short sentences, don’t beat along the bush–keep it clear and straight on point!

Pro tip: remember, you’re guest posting to solve the reader’s problem; don’t write like a rocket Scientist ( even if you’re one) ,write as if you were talking to your mum.

Write in a conversational way.

You need SEO…

Yes. You need SEO to drive continuous stream of traffic to your blog.

It’s good to write for people–but SEO should not be ignored. In fact, SEO is one of the most important aspects of guest blogging.

When I first started out online, I never for once believed in the power of SEO but when I started guest blogging, I realized that SEO is vital.

Pro tip: place your desired keywords 3 to 4 times in your contents. Make it flow, don’t force in keywords and ensure your heading has a touch of your desired keyword.

The result:  your guest posts will rank for your desired keywords.

Follow the Blog’s Guidelines

Following the guidelines of a blog is one of the first steps you must take if you want to increase the chances of getting your guest post accepted.

Following a blog’s guideline isn’t as hard as some people think it is; in fact, it’s something a 2 year old kid can do. All you need is to read the type of content the host blog accept.

Pro tip: this won’t take you more than 5 minutes. Don’t be lazy–5 minutes won’t kill you!

How do you write your guest posts?

Can you share with us the strategies you apply to write your guest posts?

Any thought or suggestions?

Kindly share with us.  I’d be waiting to reply your comments

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Guest blogging has come to stay, and Google will be rolling out some ‘’uncommon’’ updates very soon. You might ask, ”what do you mean by uncommon? Can you explain?”

I can’t explain; all I know is that, Google will be doing the unusual soon. He he! Don’t be scared, you’re only going to be affected if you publish low quality guest posts on spam sites.

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’d notice that I’ve already written two ultimate guides to guest blogging. Though, those posts are well detailed and full of data, but this post is the MOTHER OF THEM ALL!

In this article, I’ll be sharing with you, the strategies I use to land guest posts on top authority blogs and I’d be showing you, how you too can apply the same strategies to your business and yield maximum results.

Before I proceed into the main subject of this content, I’ll like you to know the following:

Most people have been taught to believe that guest posting is about pitching bloggers, writing a perfect post and following up with comments; but the truth is, guest blogging is far more than that.

Guest blogging is an epistle and a SCHOOL on its own.

You cannot stop learning; you just have to keep updating your knowledge so you can become better at it.

 Things to Consider before Pitching a Blog Owner

1.  How frequently has the blog been updated?

2.  Check for subscriber’s count

3.  Check if the blog has received any medal or award.

4.  Read through a few comments on the blog to see if they’re not generally spam.

Please note that Google pays attention to user-oriented comments so, ‘’spammy’’ comments might just reduce the chances of your guest post going viral or picked by the search engine spiders.

6.   Check for the blog’s activity on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ (This is very important).

Check if the site has a decent amount of activity on these social media networks.  If the site does have a good presence on social networks, go for it. If not, back off!

7.  Don’t rush–do your homework.  Do a quick research to know if the site owner is legit or not.

8.  Don’t go for cheap blogs.

One thing about me is that, I don’t bother pitching a blog if their post guidelines is fairly easy. You should do likewise. If the guidelines for guest posts on a blog look easy like a piece of Bread and Butter, check elsewhere…

Pro tip:  Run for your dear life.

9.  Check the domain authority, Alexa ranking and page rank to ensure that the ranking factors are in place.  Browse through the comments section and sharing activity. If everything seems okay, go for the blog.

10. Check if the site’s link is natural.

11.  Aim for blogs that don’t publicly state they accept guest posts. These blogs works best and are very lucrative (in terms of link building).

12.  Ask if you can become a regular contributor.

A site in desperate need of quality contents on a consistent basis will definitely want regular guest post writers. But a site that doesn’t care about quality content is less likely to want them.

Sites to Avoid

Avoid blogs with

1.   Low page rank, domain authority and Alexa ranking

2.   Poor contents

3.   Sites with bad interface, poor layout and design

4.   Stay away from sites with no contact information:  It definitely shows that they’re irresponsible

5.  Sites with no social network presence

6.   Blogs with fake Facebook and Twitter followers: It shows they’re illegal.

7.   Stay away from blogs that demand money to publish guest posts. In fact, if you ever find one, RUN!

8.   Sites with out-to-date contents

9.   Sites with easy to meet guest post guidelines (It depends)

10.  Blogs that hardly update regularly

11.  Blogs with the same domain name. Who knows, they could be link farms… (My opinion)

12.   Avoid blogs that does not receive tweets, comments, and likes

13.   Avoid blogs that have been penalized.

Platforms to Use in Finding Blogs that Accept Guest Posts

My blog guest :  owned by the famous Ann Smarty

Guestblogit

Blogsynergy

Guest blog genius

Blog dash

Post joint

Fiz niche

Blogger link up: owned by Cathy Stucker

All top

Best of the web blogs  

Blog high

On top list blog directory

Guestr

Search terms to Use in Finding Blogs that accept Guest Posts

Your niche+ we accept guest bloggers

Your niche+ we accept guest post writers

Your niche+ guest post guidelines

Your niche+ contributors

Your niche+ we accept contributors

Your niche+ guest bloggers wanted

Your niche + Contributor guidelines

The queries go on and on like these. I think I have to stop here before I fill the whole post with guest post queries.

Even though, I’ve provided you a list of resources you can use, don’t rely on them heavily. As guest posting increases in demand and popularity, we expect that the above resources get abused.

If you want to stand out from your competitors and get a good ROI on your guest posts, go the extra-mile and contact blogs that don’t publicly state they accept guest posts.

Pro tip: These kinds of blogs are the bomb! Their links are relevant for years to come!

How to Get Great Guest Post Pitch Ideas

Getting guest post ideas can be very challenging especially if you’re a starter. It takes hardwork to come up with a guest post Idea that gets accepted.

Here are the Strategies or Tactics you Can Apply to Get Guest Post Ideas

1.  Read other blogs in your niche

2.  Sign up for Google alert; and only set up alert for your main keywords. You could get one or two article ideas.

3.  Spy on top forums like Warrior and Digitalpoint forum .You could get at least, 3 article ideas from one thread. Oh! Did I tell you that sometimes, I get as much as 5 article ideas from Warrior alone? Yes, I do.

4. Use Google insights and Google search bar extensively, and ensure you use Google trends to see trending topics in your industry.

5.  Join yahoo answer:  If you don’t want to run out of guest post Ideas, join Yahoo answers

Browse through the question sections (by niche), respond to questions you have knowledge of and leave your blog UL as the answer resource.

Pro tip: this works like magic!

How to Write a Guest Post that Attract Likes and Tweets

1.  Don’t be too serious, you’re not writing a Science textbook. Write in an easy to understand manner

2.  Break your content into manageable chunks. At least, 3 to 4 sentences per paragraph

3.  Use humor here and there

4.  Use anecdotes

5.  Be creative

6.  Use infographics

7.  Use professional visuals and images

8.  Write with your audience in mind. Put yourself in their shoes and write as if you were talking to your Mum.

9.  Address their problems, challenges or questions. Talk about them–not ”YOU”.

10.  Back up your guest post with data (It depends)

11.  Do crazy things. It doesn’t hurt to start a guest post in an abusive manner.

In fact, I recently published a post on Socialmediatoday and I wrote the post along this pattern.

Within 24 hours, over 3,000 people viewed the post and it resulted to 300 additional visitors to my blog (within 36 hours).

12.  Don’t talk much–pass across your points quickly.

13.  Hooke the reader with your opening paragraph

14.  ‘‘Wow’‘ them with your headline.

15.  Work on your headline. If you’re a starter, visit Copyblogger to learn about writing guest post headlines.

How to Write an Effective Author Bio

Sometimes, we don’t care about our author bio–which is really bad.

If there’s anything you need to put more of your focus on, it’s your author bio.

Your author bio is your sales pitch, MAKE IT COUNT

Here Are Some tips on How to Write a Perfect Author Bio

1.  Don’t focus on keyword usage, branding matters. Your brand name comes first!

2.  At the conclusion of your guest post, encourage readers to connect with you on Twitter, and add you up on Facebook, and Google+

3.  Make your author bio easy to read. Be clear and concise. Don’t blab around the bush.

4.  Include links naturally.

How to Promote your Guest Post

If your content is original and helpful, promote it by:

1.  Sharing across top social networks like, Facebook, Twitter, and Google+

2.  Encourage your friends and colleagues to check out your guest post.

3.  This is very effective. Include the guest post link in your email signature.

Pro tip: This works like magic!

4.  Highlight the guest post on your blog. Talk briefly about it!

5.  Write and submit a press release about the guest post. If you’re not too good at writing press releases, hire a press release writer.

6.  Visit top forums, and Q&A sites. Browse through threads, and answer questions you’re knowledgeable of. Don’t forget to include your (guest post link) as the answer resource.

Pro tip: this would drive a couple links to your guest post.

Do the Unusual–Make your Guest post Stand Out

Make your guest post count.  You can’t go far in business if you do what your competitors are doing; you have to stand out! You have to start writing ‘’unusual’’ guest posts.

Pro tip: aim to write quality guest posts every time

I Rest My Case…

I don’t feel like concluding this post; but unfortunately, I have to stop here. But be sure that I’d share some more detailed guest blogging tips in my next post.

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If you’re reading this content, I’d assume that you’re looking for ways to increase sales through guest blogging.

Guest blogging can grow your sales, make you become a superstar over-night, increase conversions, and make you become a top authority in your niche.

While there’re different SEO strategies that can be easily utilized, guest blogging is widely accepted in terms of results and popularity.

I didn’t feel like publishing this post today but, I just felt like you need it (ASAP) to strengthen your marketing strategy.

What is Guest Blogging?

Guest blogging simply means, writing a unique content for a blog, with a link back to your website.

Guest blogging is an effective SEO marketing tool that can resurrect a dead blog, and turn a new blog into a MONEY MAKING MACHINE!

I know how sad you were when Google penguin, which rolled out a few months ago, affected your blog.

Don’t allow the update discourage you. Don’t allow your past hold you back.

Don’t say, ” Blogging is a piece of shit; I’m quitting”. No, don’t do that. If you quit, you’re a loser…

The amazing thing is that, you can rank in the search engines for highly competitive keywords if you do guest blogging correctly.

Though, I’ve written a guide on guest blogging; I’d just be giving you some few guest blogging tips that will boost your sales and conversions

Are you ready to journey with me on a guest blogging adventure?

Let’s roll!

Decide On the Target Blog

Guest blogging without a plan or vision is FLOP. If you want to have a successful guest blogging campaign, target blogs that are related to your industry.

Pro tip: It’s better to target high trafficked blogs with editorial guidelines. These types of blogs are convincing and very effective.

Create Unique Content

Quality content is the backbone of any growing website, but it’s surprising that some web masters over-look quality content.

When I first started out online as a blogger, I never for once believed in the power of quality contents until I started guest blogging. If you want your business name to be found in the search engines for highly competitive keywords, then write quality guest posts.

Pro tip: did I tell you that I get as much as 200 daily visitors from my published guest posts on top A-list blogs?

If you want to surge traffic until Jesus comes then create quality content. You’d benefit from it on the long run.

Build Relationships

The quickest way to leverage the influence of others to boost your online sales is by building relationships with other bloggers in your niche.

Leave insightful comments on their blogs, engage them on Twitter and Facebook; and let them know you’d always be there for them.

Be the First to Comment

The first thing I do after my guest post is published is to leave a comment, thanking the blog owner for publishing my content.

Take away tip: Create a bond between you and the blog audience by responding to their comments.

Make Use of Your CALL TO ACTION

I love this. Now that you’ve written a quality guest post, replied to comments, and have built relationship with your target blog, include a CALL TO ACTION!

A call to action is a great way to generate traffic and get people to visit your blog.

The truth is, you’d never increase sales and win prospective clients if you don’t include a call to action in your guest posts.

Don’t assume the reader knows what to do–tell him what to do through your call to action.

Pro tip: Ensure you always include a call to action before the conclusion of your guest post.

Take away tip:  don’t sound too promotional.

Promote

Now that your guest post is published, share it across various social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. This would improve your SEO and drive in more targeted traffic.

This post is just about 750 words. I didn’t plan to write as much as this; but if you’re planning to launch a guest blogging campaign for your company, contact me and if you’re looking for a more detailed post on guest blogging; read this guide.  It has answers to any questions you may have about guest blogging.

Do me a favor: kindly share this post through Facebook and Twitter.

Thanks for your support

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Let me know your thoughts in the comments section.

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