Guest Post Roundup: Being Ruthless, Not Making Money and Information Fasting

Okay, you may be wondering where the heck I have been for the last week or so. The short answer is that I've been pretty busy. If I'm not visiting birth centres in preparation for our big arrival, I'm writing articles for my marketing activities, or I'm guest posting like a mad man. To prove I haven't dropped off the planet, here is where I have been posting recently: 5 Ruthless Ways to Be More Decisive James from The Infopreneur is doing big things and growing a massive community in literally no time at all. His drive and work ethic really rubs off on you too!This article is all about overcoming our fear of decisions. Most regrets you will have are the decisions that you didn't make. If you are not sure whether or not to read it, let me make the decision for you: read it!

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What To Do When Ideas Strike You At Inopportune Times

Not to sound crass or to tarnish this blogs reputation (what reputation??) with toilet humour but my light bulb starting flashing on this topic while I attempted productive pooping and I got thinking about the best way to capture ideas at inopportune times. Ideas can strike at any time and quite often you won't be ready for them. I've lost count of the number of ideas that have been lost into the abyss that is my mind because it wasn't convenient for me to get them down. When I did remember then, it wasn't quite the same idea as it was when I first brainstormed it. If you've been caught out by inopportune light bulb moments, I have a few ideas that might help.

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Brevity, Brevity, Brevity

For brevity I suppose I could have entitled this post, "Brevity" but I wanted to remind myself, and you, to be succinct at all times. As someone who likes to talk to a lot of people all the time, brevity is difficult for me. There is so much to talk about that I have to blurt it all out in verbal diarrhea fashion. But with more and more people going minimalist and rocking information diets, now more than ever is the time to just say what you mean.

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The Law of The Jungle AKA How to Take Less Crap

If you have a boss, customers, clients or anybody else that is paying you for a service that you are providing: then you have to take crap. Shit, as they say, travels downhill. Bosses are the worst type of crap givers. They usually delegate menial tasks that they can't be bothered to do themselves. And guess what? When you complete that task, they'll probably take credit for it too. Ever wonder how that guy or girl who seems to be ridiculously, incredibly and stupendously terrible at their job - yet they earn double the amount you do? Chances are they got there by passing more and more crap down to minions like you. Clients are just as bad as bosses though. "I need this by 5pm.", "How long is it going to take?", "Why can't you sort it out for me now?", "If you don't get me a better deal, I'll go elsewhere." This is the law of the jungle. Much crap will be taken, and many faces will be palmed (if only in your mind).

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A Blogger’s Guide to Commenting

One of the biggest sticking points with many new blogs is when the readers and/or subscribers don't grow at the rate you think they should. We've all felt the bitter pain of logging into your Feedburner account only to see that not one of the 3 unique visitors you got yesterday had the common decency to subscribe to your blog. The audacity of some people! One of the quickest and most rewarding ways to gain new visitors to your blog is basically by stealing someone elses! By commenting on other, more established, blogs you can massively increase your blogs visibility and you'll be able to convert a good proportion of those visitors into subscribers.

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