Writing/Blogging

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 […]

General

Can Competitors Trick Google Into Penalizing Your Website Wrongfully?

October 23, 2012

Can a competitor (e.g. the “friendly” chap next door, who just launched a similar outfit to yours) harm your website or blog rankings using the rules set by Google and other engines? If you said NO, you’re in danger of getting a rude shock one of these days, because it could just happen to you. […]

Writing/Blogging

Six Potentially Useful Measures of Your Blog's Performance (Hint: Comments Vs. Five Others) - No. 3 of 4

October 20, 2012

This is the third 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 income via […]

Writing/Blogging

Deciding If Your Blog Needs Comments To Succeed (5 Questions To Ask Yourself) - No. 2 of 4

October 13, 2012

This is the second post in the series I began last week. The first post titled " Should You Worry About Getting Blog Comments? 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, […]

Writing/Blogging

Should You Worry About Getting Blog Comments? - No. 1 of 4

October 6, 2012

This is a potentially controversial topic, going by the trends in discussions I've come across on a number of blogs. Some bloggers argue that a blog without comments might as well be dead. Another group points out that many excellent content blogs go for weeks with few or no comments. And yet, the owners get […]

Career Development

Why Schools Should Teach CV Writing (True Story)

October 4, 2012

It was a good day to visit. They both welcomed me excitedly. We had not seen each other for months. The Muslim holiday presented me a perfect opportunity to keep the promise I’d made to visit them eons ago (after they moved to their new house). Hakeem teased me about my timing, since they were […]

Career Development

How To Use The Self-Development Nuggets™ Blog

September 29, 2012

SD Nuggets™ (i.e. http://www.tayosolagbade.com/sdnuggets) is a multi-disciplinary blog. As a result, you may find that not everything published on it interests you. This is why I would suggest you use the links provided below to subscribe to the category you want. That way, when new content is published on the blog, only those belonging to […]

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