Comments on: Ignore the Critics and Do Whatever the Hell You Need To Do http://www.intersectedblog.com/ignore-the-critics/ jamie varon Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:24:44 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ravi http://www.intersectedblog.com/ignore-the-critics/comment-page-1/#comment-1582 Ravi Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:12:53 +0000 http://www.intersectedblog.com/?p=849#comment-1582 Hi Jamie, landed in your site searching about thesis. I really like the personal and frank tone of your blog very much. Will keep reading. Hi Jamie,

landed in your site searching about thesis. I really like the personal and frank tone of your blog very much. Will keep reading.

]]> By: Thitima http://www.intersectedblog.com/ignore-the-critics/comment-page-1/#comment-1213 Thitima Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:18:18 +0000 http://www.intersectedblog.com/?p=849#comment-1213 100% agree! Why would anyone want to sit you down and start telling you how you can not do this and that? Some articles are just meant to get you down and question your ability. It is now up to us to use our good judgement and believe in ourselves. 100% agree! Why would anyone want to sit you down and start telling you how you can not do this and that? Some articles are just meant to get you down and question your ability. It is now up to us to use our good judgement and believe in ourselves.

]]> By: Internet Strategist@GrowMap http://www.intersectedblog.com/ignore-the-critics/comment-page-1/#comment-1053 Internet Strategist@GrowMap Mon, 25 May 2009 20:15:42 +0000 http://www.intersectedblog.com/?p=849#comment-1053 You CAN make money with a blog or other site. NO, it does not happen overnight. YES, you have to be passionate about it and there is so much to learn. I recommend taking the fast track: learn from those with experience in what works and what doesn't. Blogging is no different than any other activity whether business, sport, acting, writing.... Only the top two percent are wildly successful. The top ten percent are making a good go of it. All the rest will struggle to make ends meet. What this tells you is if you want to be successful you must aim to be in the top ten percent. My philosophy is if you're aiming for that you may as well aim for the very top. There may be 1000 individual enhancements any blog can make. Each one will increase your results. The more you implement the better the results. It is not rocket science but it does take intelligence, time, and persistence. If anyone has ever done it that proves it can be done - and if no one has that does NOT prove it can NOT be done! I've been systematically researching, testing, and applying what works for years now and posting what I learn in my blog. I've linked the most relevant recent post about what I've learned to this comment. Anyone interested in learning more or having specific questions answered is invited to visit. For a blog to make money it needs a clearly defined niche. It must provide a specific benefit to visitors and encourage their participation. Then it can make clear recommendations of products and services that are truly valuable to those specific readers. Filling a blog with ads and clutter, recommending bad products, or failing to properly pre-sell what you recommend will not work. By explaining why you recommend something: how it BENEFITS your readers - what is in it FOR THEM - you provide a valuable service and can start generating an income. Blogs can offer specific products one at a time or use the great new technology available like Datafeedr and affiliate management programs to create entire niche-specific stores. Be selective in what you offer and especially selective about what you personally recommend. Your trustworthiness will make or break your long-term success. You CAN make money with a blog or other site. NO, it does not happen overnight. YES, you have to be passionate about it and there is so much to learn. I recommend taking the fast track: learn from those with experience in what works and what doesn’t. Blogging is no different than any other activity whether business, sport, acting, writing….

Only the top two percent are wildly successful. The top ten percent are making a good go of it. All the rest will struggle to make ends meet. What this tells you is if you want to be successful you must aim to be in the top ten percent. My philosophy is if you’re aiming for that you may as well aim for the very top.

There may be 1000 individual enhancements any blog can make. Each one will increase your results. The more you implement the better the results. It is not rocket science but it does take intelligence, time, and persistence. If anyone has ever done it that proves it can be done – and if no one has that does NOT prove it can NOT be done!

I’ve been systematically researching, testing, and applying what works for years now and posting what I learn in my blog. I’ve linked the most relevant recent post about what I’ve learned to this comment. Anyone interested in learning more or having specific questions answered is invited to visit.

For a blog to make money it needs a clearly defined niche. It must provide a specific benefit to visitors and encourage their participation. Then it can make clear recommendations of products and services that are truly valuable to those specific readers.

Filling a blog with ads and clutter, recommending bad products, or failing to properly pre-sell what you recommend will not work. By explaining why you recommend something: how it BENEFITS your readers – what is in it FOR THEM – you provide a valuable service and can start generating an income.

Blogs can offer specific products one at a time or use the great new technology available like Datafeedr and affiliate management programs to create entire niche-specific stores. Be selective in what you offer and especially selective about what you personally recommend. Your trustworthiness will make or break your long-term success.

]]> By: Toxic brit http://www.intersectedblog.com/ignore-the-critics/comment-page-1/#comment-1050 Toxic brit Sun, 24 May 2009 23:02:41 +0000 http://www.intersectedblog.com/?p=849#comment-1050 "Nothing worth doing is easy" or "Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty... I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well." --- Theodore Roosevelt I'm a big believer of this, no-one can argue against this (well). “Nothing worth doing is easy”

or

“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.” — Theodore Roosevelt

I’m a big believer of this, no-one can argue against this (well).

]]> By: Why “Keep it to Yourself” could be Priceless Goal-Setting Advice « sum.ology http://www.intersectedblog.com/ignore-the-critics/comment-page-1/#comment-1007 Why “Keep it to Yourself” could be Priceless Goal-Setting Advice « sum.ology Fri, 15 May 2009 20:16:25 +0000 http://www.intersectedblog.com/?p=849#comment-1007 [...] is not lost on Gen Y. Many of us keep this tool close to the hip and keep it sharp. We know how to keep our current job placement in check with our career aspirations.  We are aware of the discussion on work/life balance.  And more than [...] [...] is not lost on Gen Y. Many of us keep this tool close to the hip and keep it sharp. We know how to keep our current job placement in check with our career aspirations.  We are aware of the discussion on work/life balance.  And more than [...]

]]> By: J. Money http://www.intersectedblog.com/ignore-the-critics/comment-page-1/#comment-921 J. Money Mon, 04 May 2009 23:47:21 +0000 http://www.intersectedblog.com/?p=849#comment-921 Yo, it looks like we are more alike than i thought! 1) i just finished reading 279 days 2 weeks ago (around the time this was posted actually) and 2) i'm also a graphic designer ;) Long live the two of us. Yo, it looks like we are more alike than i thought!

1) i just finished reading 279 days 2 weeks ago (around the time this was posted actually)
and 2) i’m also a graphic designer ;)

Long live the two of us.

]]> By: olgs http://www.intersectedblog.com/ignore-the-critics/comment-page-1/#comment-908 olgs Sat, 02 May 2009 22:24:04 +0000 http://www.intersectedblog.com/?p=849#comment-908 hi jamie, love the post...as always...here's a thought. how much does success look like? to some its a million dollars with a rolls royce in the garage and a butler waiting to massage your feet. to others, its the freedom of taking your backpack and setting up camp in thailand for a month. the best part of success is that its so personal, we can all have it. what if we all had the same dream!?! :) hi jamie,

love the post…as always…here’s a thought. how much does success look like? to some its a million dollars with a rolls royce in the garage and a butler waiting to massage your feet. to others, its the freedom of taking your backpack and setting up camp in thailand for a month. the best part of success is that its so personal, we can all have it. what if we all had the same dream!?! :)

]]> By: Chris http://www.intersectedblog.com/ignore-the-critics/comment-page-1/#comment-866 Chris Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:53:02 +0000 http://www.intersectedblog.com/?p=849#comment-866 Thanks for kicking me in the backside, Jamie! Love the post. Thanks for kicking me in the backside, Jamie! Love the post.

]]> By: Meta Blogging http://www.intersectedblog.com/ignore-the-critics/comment-page-1/#comment-865 Meta Blogging Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:36:07 +0000 http://www.intersectedblog.com/?p=849#comment-865 [...] hot topic on the grapevine last week was blogging for a living. I’m not throwing in my two or eighty cents [...] [...] hot topic on the grapevine last week was blogging for a living. I’m not throwing in my two or eighty cents [...]

]]> By: Akirah http://www.intersectedblog.com/ignore-the-critics/comment-page-1/#comment-864 Akirah Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:46:09 +0000 http://www.intersectedblog.com/?p=849#comment-864 Amen. Amen.

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