I think people who teach and guide have to define their roles. For a long time, I saw myself as a mentor. Well, I even run a site called Audio Mentor. What’s the difference? To the receiving end: A mentor is someone who does something better than you, because she has done it longer than… Continue reading
Stories
8 Blog Posts to Get Lots of Traffic
Writing an article? Here is a list of blog post title types – that will help you get lots of visits. I might add new post types and examples to this list. Make sure to bookmark this post. Let’s get started. 1 – The List Post 10 Dog Treats that Will Take Stress Away from… Continue reading
8 Ways to Make Money From Home
Last year in April 2020, during the midst of the first MCO – I wrote a list of 8 side-hustles marketers can do to make money. Fast forward today, we’re undergoing the third lockdown. So, I thought about sharing more monetization ideas, for those stuck at home. The world, people, need problems solved. Here are… Continue reading
When we try hacking growth.
In July 2020 (in the midst of the RMCO), I picked up Tennis. It wasn’t an easy sport to master and even with off and on weekly sessions over nearly a year – today, I’m still very much a below-average player. And that’s development works. In all of life, there are sequential stages of growth. A… Continue reading
Should you invest in cryptocurrency?
Disclaimer: I’m a marketer. This post is for informational purposes only and should not be considered financial advice. Consult a financial expert before making any major financial decisions. I’m probably a late majority, if not laggard – with cryptocurrency. About 3 years ago, a friend told me about Bitcoin and the blockchain. Interesting concept, I… Continue reading
Free marketing doesn’t exist.
This post comes from seeing too many ads that goats you to do free marketing with videos and organic posts. (And yet they buy ads to tell you that message). But this is something you must know: Free marketing does not exist. When people say they only do free marketing – what they are really… Continue reading
Why do people still litter?
7.674 billion people in the world (in 2019). A woman in Syria worries about where to get food for her children tomorrow. A man in a Delhi hospital mustered all his strength for one last breath. A young executive in Kuala Lumpur wondered if he could start his own business if the company he worked… Continue reading
Changing the narrative
Ever felt like a drag having to go to the gym? Perhaps it is about getting down to work on that client project you’ve been procrastinating for days. Putting in the work is well – hard. But there’s a simple way to turn hard work into meaningful work. By changing the narrative from: I have to do… Continue reading
Doing SEO
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) – is the process of influencing websites to show up on the search engine’s results page, following certain search queries. Notice that I said search engines. That’s because Google isn’t the only search engine. Yahoo, Bing, Baidu, Yandex, DuckDuckGo – are all search engines. The reason everyone focuses on Google is simply because… Continue reading
Avoiding Spinners
Recently, I taught a class on affiliate marketing, where I went through the process of creating content. Until someone asked a question. “Why create content? AI and article spinners can do a better job than humans.” What is an article spinner? An article spinner is a software that churns out seemingly ‘new’ content from existing… Continue reading