Writing/Blogging

How to Write Even When You Don't Feel Like It (3 Experience Based Tips)

November 24, 2012

It’s not always that one feels like writing. This is a painful fact known to many writers. Indeed, for many of us it can sometimes take major effort to get into the mood to write. In this post I offer ideas based on my personal experiences and achievements, that you can reliably employ to get […]

General

How I Discovered And Used Print-On-Demand (POD) Self-Publishing For The First Time

November 17, 2012

Preview POD technology is today widely used worldwide by millions of people as a means to create a wide variety of printed products. Examples include branded gift items, like t-shirts, caps, stickers which have high quality graphic designs printed on them. Then there are the written publications - books, technical manuals, special reports which have […]

Writing/Blogging

Earn EXTRA Income Using Your Writing Skills As A Contract Resource Person

November 10, 2012

There are times when I think some of us freelance writers suffer from a little bit of tunnel vision when it comes to exploring ways to make money using our writing skills. I get this impression most often from reading blog posts and website articles discussing the same income earning avenues/strategies over and over again. […]

General

NIGERIA: New EBook for Writers Uncovers 10 Often Overlooked Habits Keeping Many from Achieving Their Writing Goals

November 10, 2012

For Immediate Release: November 10, 2012 IKEJA, Lagos — As natural writing becomes more important in online marketing, smart business owners are trying to get more writing done for their websites and blogs - but many are finding it harder to keep new content coming, and this worries them. Like Tayo Solagbade - owner of Self-Development Academy's SD Nuggets™ blog […]

General

Open Letter To Intending SEO Service Providers - From Tayo Solagbade of the SD Nuggets Blog

November 5, 2012

The message below is the full text of a reply I have written to an offer from an SEO Service Provider. Once this post is published, I will send the email version to the intended recipient. Have an enjoyable read! Dear [Name deleted for privacy] Thank you for your interesting SEO offer. I greatly appreciate […]

Writing/Blogging

Is Your Blog Productive, Or Just Plain Busy? (Interesting Arguments For & Against Blog Comments)

November 3, 2012

This post is a sequel to the 4 part post series I concluded last Saturday. In that series, I focused on presenting my preferred approach to evaluating a blog’s ability to help the owner make money – be it directly or indirectly. In this post I provide a review of other blog owners’ posts that, […]

General

How To Eliminate Writer's Block: New Ebook ...Get Your Free 2 Chapter Download!

November 1, 2012

My latest ebook (WHY YOU KEEP FAILING TO ACHIEVE YOUR WRITING GOALS! (10 Habits That are Holding You Back and How to Change Them for Good!), became available for sale yesterday evening, in my online store at www.lulu.com/sdaproducts. This New Ebook Is A Product of A Writers' Challenge My decision to publish a new ebook […]

Self-Development

Do You Struggle To Get Your Writing Done? Finding Your Magnificent Obsession Can Save You!

October 31, 2012

“Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self” – Cyril Connolly Are you struggling to meet your writing goals? Do you have difficulty consistently writing articles, blog posts or reports that you can confidently publish for others to read? Or are you one of […]

Writing/Blogging

Using Your Blog To Make Money - Little Used Strategies You Can Exploit - No. 4 of 4

October 27, 2012

This is the fourth and final post in the series I began on the 6th October 2012. The first post argued that you need to determine if your blog needs comments to succeed - instead of worrying about what others say. Note that I refer specifically to blogging for business purposes, with emphasis on earning […]

Career Development

I Flopped Badly At The National Finals! (A True Story About How NOT To Prepare For/Deliver An Important Presentation)

October 26, 2012

The lessons I share in this article are based mainly on a true-life experience I had, in 1997, at the age of 27. I was delivering a management research paper at the National Finals of the (now repackaged) Young Managers Competition, organized by the Nigerian Institute of Management(NIM). I provide graphic details of how my […]

Writing/Blogging

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