Wherever you look, you’ll find people telling you that you are who you are and you need to like yourself. They’ll even say changing your character is a sign of weakness. This is, obviously, untrue. On top of that, there are some things you absolutely have to give up if…

You Really
Want to Be Successful !

Some of those things might be easy to get rid of, others might be hard. I’m going to list them for you here, and I urge you to start working on them now!

1. Give Up Your Need to Be Right

We’re hard wired to think that we have to be right all the time. I mean, think about it. We argue with people over small things even long after the argument itself has lost its meaning, just to prove we’re right. We hold grudges for weeks, months or even years when someone offends us and cherish the thought that…

They’re Wrong and
We’re Right !

You might already realize, however, this kind of a mindset is terribly limiting. What happens when you want to be right all the time is…

You’re Afraid of
Being Wrong !

This, in turn, causes you to be afraid to try new things and miss out on the many opportunities that might lead you…

Straight to Success !

2. Give Up Your Need to Control

There’s only so many things you can get done in a day. Even a very efficient person won’t work better or faster than a team of qualified individuals. That’s why, if you really want to be successful, you have to realize that it’s OK to…

Let People Do
Some of Your Work
for You !

This might cause the work to be a little less than perfect (meaning, not exactly how you’d do it), but it’ll get done and you’ll be able to focus on whatever it is…

You Can’t Outsource !

The one thing to remember is, even if you decide to outsource everything you can think of, there will still be enough work for you, so…

Don’t Be Afraid to
Give Up
Some of that Control !

3. Give Up Your Negativity

If you were to go out and talk to perfect strangers, you’d realize that people in general don’t believe in themselves. They consider themselves to be powerless individuals that are destined to fail. While you can’t control what other people tell you, you should never be…

Negative
Towards Yourself !

If you really want something in your life, you have to believe in it, and believe in yourself. If you don’t, you’re never going to see any real success, no matter how hard you try. If you don’t believe yourself, you’ll most likely give up the moment it gets tough, so…

Believe in Yourself !

4. Give Up Your Fears

People naturally fear things that they’ve never tried before. I can promise you that you’re going to have to try a whole lot of new things on your way to success, and that’s why you should never allow fear to creep in. Again, if you have a good plan of action, and you need to try something new, just go for it. Even if you fail, you’ll learn great things in the process and have…

A Much Better Chance
for Success !

5. Give Up Your Excuses

Making excuses is probably the one single thing that annoys me the most. I mean, you have to get something done, it is imperative that you do it, you know you should do it, and you still sit there, justifying to yourself why you can’t do it…

• …or don’t have time to do it…

• …or don’t know how to do it…

The truth is, there’s never a good reason for not doing something you know has to be done. Dedication and hard work are the two things that will lead you to success, so…

Just Do it !

When it’s done and out of the way, your work will move on and you’ll be much closer to…

Your Success !

6. Give Up the Past

Most of us have failed in the past. That’s normal. There’s not a single person in this world that is good at everything and never failed. What’s more, a lot of people seem to give up right before they succeed because they feel if they failed some time ago…

They’ll Keep Failing !

What happened in the past really doesn’t matter. The only important thing is here and now, so… give up your past. It might be difficult and take a long time, but once it’s gone…

You’ll Have the Power
You Need to Succeed !

7. Give Up Your Resistance to Change

The older we are, the harder it is for us to change. Have you ever noticed how kids can change pretty much any behaviour they want very, very quickly? It’s because they’re great learners and they don’t have their own agenda. As we get older, pride and limiting beliefs come in and…

We Think
We Always Need
to Be Right !

This limits our ability to change, and without constant change, without constant adjustment based on feedback, it’s literally impossible to succeed. It’s not enough to do what it takes to be successful…

You Also Have to Be
All You Can !

There you have it. The 7 things you should give up in order to become successful. As I told you before, it’ll be easier for you to get rid of some of them and harder to give up others, but I personally believe, you must give all 7 of them up to be…

Successful !

Don’t worry if it takes time. It always does. Just keep working on it and you’ll be fine. Promise.

What Things You Had to Give Up?

Now that you’re done reading, and hopefully decided to implement what I told you, let’s talk about what things you had to give up in your life to become successful.

Go ahead and post them in the comments below. Thanks!

Stay Successful,

The Bad Blogger

Also Known As “The Successful Bad Blogger”

English is an extremely fun language, especially if you compare how we speak to how we write. Obviously, I don’t want to give you an English grammar class here. It’s enough to know that written English is more formal than the spoken version of it and, on top of that…

It’s a Bit
More Complicated !

That’s why, it’s not enough to speak it to be able to write well. You also have to have some understanding about the grammar. The one thing I’d like to focus on today is what’s called…

Homonyms !

Now, in case you don’t know, homonyms are words that sound exactly the same (or very similar), although they’re spelled differently and often mean completely different things. Now, as you probably already realize, using homonyms are where a whole lot of people, even professional writers and bloggers fall short. That’s why I decided to give you a short, useful list words and phrases that are often…

Misuse !

1. Your vs You’re

A whole lot of people get this one wrong, especially if they’re just writing quickly. It doesn’t even matter where they’re from. Obviously, “your” means belonging to you and “you’re” means you are. For example, you could say this is your car, while this is you’re car…

Doesn’t Make
Any Sense !

Both of those phrases sound exactly the same, so there isn’t a problem when you’re just talking to someone, but if you’re writing a post…

You Must Distinguish
Between Them !

2. Climatic vs Climactic

This is a tricky one. Those two words don’t sound exactly the same, but they are very similar and get mixed up a lot. “Climatic” is derived from the word climate, and “climactic,” as you can probably guess, comes from the word climax (meaning, the point of greatest intensity.) So, you could say, for example, that Luke Skywalker fighting Darth Vader, right after he found out they were related, was the Climactic event of that part of Star Wars. Using the word climactic in that sentence…

Wouldn’t Make
Any Sense At All !

3. There vs Their vs They’re

Another very common slip-up. The word “there” indicates location, “their” is a possessive pronoun and “they’re,” obviously, means they are. Every single one of these phrases means something completely different and they really shouldn’t get mixed up (although they do quite a bit.) Let me give you some example of how you’d use each one of them in real life.

• There you’ll find a bucket of water (tells you where the bucket is)

• This is their book (indicates who the book belongs to)

• They’re going to school on Monday (talks about two or more people)

As you see it’s not too hard to distinguish between these three. You just have to pay attention to them…

When You’re Writing
Each of the Words !

4. Who vs Which vs That

These are not homonyms, but I decided to throw them in to the mix as they do cause a lot of people trouble. Again, it’s not very hard to use them correctly, especially if you pay close attention to what you’re doing during the writing and…

Editing of
Your Content !

When you talk about people, you’re not going to use “which.” The word “which” mostly refers to things and animals. That, on the other hand can be used for groups of people and things. So, for example, you could say John, who was singing the song, did an awesome job. You would not ever say John, which was singing the song, did an awesome job, though, as you’re talking about John, and…

He’s a Person !

You could use which, however, if you shifted the focus from John, to the song itself. For example, that song, which was sung by John, sounded very well.

Easy Enough,
isn’t it ?

5. Principle vs Principal

If you stop and think about it for a moment, you’re going to easily spot the difference between these two. Both of those words are nouns that sound exactly the same, but mean completely different things. The word “principle” means a truth or a rule. On the other hand, a “principal” is…

A Person
in Charge of a School !

I don’t think you need an example for this as it really is quite obvious, but if you do, go ahead and drop me a line…

In the
Comments Section !

6. Accept vs Except

This is another common error that’s relatively easy to spot and fix. “Accept” means to receive. For example, I accepted the gift from my children. “Except,” as you already realize, is normally a preposition that means excluding. For example: I don’t normally go out to eat, except when I am on holiday. If you’re having a hard time remembering the difference between those words, think about the word…

“Exception !”

An “exception” is a person or a thing generally excluded from a statement or one that doesn’t follow a rule. You wouldn’t say “acception” for that…

Would You ?

7. Emigrate vs Immigrate

“Emigrate” means to exit, or to leave the country. On the other hand, “immigrate” means coming in to the country. There’s a very easy way mnemonic to remember the difference between these two. Just keep in mind that…

Emigrate Means Exit and
Immigrate Means In !

There you have it. The 7 silly misuse words that will make you look dumb if you aren’t careful. They might be a bit overwhelming, especially at first, but there’s a little trick that I’ve been using for years that helped me avoid these mistakes. Writing and editing are two separate processes. It is literally impossible for an average person to catch spelling, grammar or syntax errors in the text they just wrote. That’s why, when you’re done writing your post, you can either have someone else edit it for you, or…

You Can
Take a Day of Break
from it !

If you wrote something today, save it and forget about it until tomorrow. Then, when tomorrow comes, sit down and go through your text carefully. You’ll see that most of the errors will be easy to spot and fix and you’ll be able to take care of them…

In No Time !

Stay Dumb-Free,

The Bad Blogger

Also Known As “The Bad (or Beg) Blogger —> Well… obviously I don’t “Beg”

There are so many different blogs out there, it’s not even funny. It seems that everyone and their kitchen sink wants to have a blog or some other kind of virtual dump where they’ll be able to vent…

Without
Feeling Guilty About it !

The thing is, it’s not enough to just put a few words together and hope people are going to like what you tell them. If you can’t glue them to the screen and compel them to read what you have to say with great interest, your blog will become…

An Abandoned,
Unwanted
Virtual Space Waster
Before You Know it !

There are a few things you can do to make sure people never have enough of you and your content, though, and I’ll list some of those things below.

1. Be Outrageous

The world is filled with people trying to be politically correct. No one wants to be wrong, so everyone’s trying to play it safe. The great thing about blogging is, you have the power to say whatever you want, however you want and no one, I repeat…

No One
Can Stop You !

I can guarantee if you’re outrageous and different than the rest of the bloggers out there, you’ll attract a great following really quickly. People will literally…

Devour
Your Posts !

2. Be Right

If you’re outrageous, there’s one thing you need to keep in mind.

You Have
to Be Right !

When you’re right, people will love you, no matter how crazy you act, if you’re wrong…

People Will Feel
Sorry for You !

I mean, look at Frank Kern, for example. Before he changed his image, he came to expensive, sold out live events in jeans and t-shirt and openly admitted he was still hang-overed from the night before. He swore like crazy and cracked inappropriate jokes all the time, but…

Why Did People
Listen to Him ?

Because despite all that, his methods worked. People tried what he taught them at those events, and it worked. Even now, he can do whatever he wants and people will love him because he’s not only entertaining and outrageous, but…

He’s Also Right !

3. Be Real

There’s great power in authenticity. If you look around the major Internet Marketing forums and blogs, you’ll see that there are people who constantly want to say something important, but there are not very many of them who actually…

Live
What They Teach !

They’ll share advice they’ve never tried just because it looks or sounds good. They’ll talk about something they’ve heard, because they think if it worked for someone else…

It’ll Work
for Them !

That’s not enough, though. If you want to teach people about something, either do careful research to see if it’s good advice or try it yourself and then, only then…

Blog About it !

This will give you that extra authenticity that your readers will spot right away and they’ll love it. On the other hand, if you decide to fake it till you make it, your readers will see through it immediately as well, and…

You’ll Lose
Every Single Ounce of Trust
You Might Have With Them !

4. Make People Laugh

You might have heard me say that, as a blogger, you have two major responsibilities:

1. You must help people by teaching them things that are going to improve the quality of their lives, and then…

2. (and this is just as important) you need to entertain them.

Remember that people live extremely boring lives. They go to work, come home, eat dinner, watch TV, sleep, wake up, go to work, etc.

It’s mundane !

That’s why, they’ll do everything they possibly can to be entertained. Public speakers know this and they’ve been using humour to get people to pay attention to them for ever. If you look at Zig Ziglar, Tony Robbins or Frank Kern, for example, you’ll see  they put a whole lot of great humour into their presentations and that’s the only way to…

Stop People from
Falling Asleep, And
They Know it !

5. Show a Sexy Woman

If you look around your town you’ll see the majority of ads you see on billboards feature sexy women that don’t wear too many clothes.

Why ?

Because nudity is a great attention grabber. Men and women alike notice those ads and are drawn towards them. I use partial nudity on my blog and I can tell you from personal experience…

It Works
Like a Charm !

6. Be (Terribly) Honest

Do you know why millions of people love Eminem? Because he tells it like it is. He doesn’t care if he gets sued for describing the world as he understands it, or if he’ll make someone mad with his lyrics.

He Tells the Truth
About the World Exactly
How He Sees it !

You want to do the same on your blog. If you’ve been running a blog for any amount of time, you’re probably already an expert in your field. Don’t be afraid to look at your market and tell the truth about it.

You’re Probably Going to
Make Some People Mad,
But Who Cares ?

7. Tell a Great Story

Every one talks about how powerful stories are. In fact, it’s been touted so much that I almost didn’t want to write about it in this post. The reason why I decided to include it, though, is that people still don’t get it. When you blog, it’s not good enough to just tell people what you know. You want to entertain them (as I’ve already mentioned) and get them to come back and…

A Good Story
Will Help You to Do That !

It’ll be an awesome opener, a great vehicle to teach people a principle, it’ll be the one thing that will get people to literally wait at the edge of their seats for your next post. It’ll be the power that will draw people in. Stories are awesome, so…

Take Advantage
of Them !

Can you think of any other ways to become and interesting blogger? Post them below!

Stay Interesting,

The Bad Blogger

Also Known As “The Interesting Blogger”

When it comes to blogging, you have to be original and creative. Just take a look at this blog design and the killer work and creativity that has gone into it. Right when you get to the site you are blown away with the killer design, then all of the amazing graphic work and of course the various sexy images through out the site.

It’s definitely a blog design that you won’t forget any time soon… and that’s what matters!

Let’s take a look at five different ways you can make your blog into a branding machine like The Bad Blogger, which makes a killer first impression and gets people coming back for him.

1. The Name

Everyone has a name, but not everyone gets remembers. “The Bad Blogger” name is just such a perfect name for the site. Not only is the design and concept memorable, but the name also sticks.

If you want to create a brandable site with a name that no one forgets, you better get creative and build everything around your site that also represents your name. By the way… what’s your name?

2. The Design

Yes, the design… we keep going back to the design. Why? Because you only have a few seconds to make a first impression before someone leaves your site and never to return again.

The Bad Blogger site design is just mysterious, classic and grabs your attention. With so many bland and boring designs out there, bringing quality and a lasting impression to your site design means everything. If your blog was thrown into a gallery of 100 other blogs, would anyone remember yours?

3. The Hook

Every web site has a purpose, the concept behind The Bad Blogger is two-fold… to bring you news and articles on the world of making money, but also with a sexy twist.

Even if you might find better content or articles elsewhere, people will keep coming back for the pictures and feel the site generates with it’s readers. How are you going to create a hook for your site and keep users coming back for more?

4. The Money

You got the name, the design and even a hook… but how are you going to monetize your site? The Bad Blogger has plenty of monetization and a concept that will keep paying off for years to come.

With quality content, sponsor slots on the web site and a free downloadable user guide, The Bad Blogger already has a sweet monetization plan in place and is just collecting new subscribers, readers and loyal followers til the next big thing comes around. What is your monetization path?

5. The Fame

Finally, the Fame! Yes… in the world of online marketing and blogging there is actually a fame game. Though it’s more like authority and the power of branding. Everything we discussed so far all falls into the funnel which eventually creates the fame (branding and authority) for any web site or blog.

Once you have the fame, you have a massive readership and loyal following that will listen to every word you have to say. Building a loyal following and heavy readership is not easy, but it’s one of the finest accomplishments for any blogger or marketer. Are you ready for your shining moment?

All that is… The Bad Blogger…

It looks like you are still here, which means all of the time and focus spent on the design, monetization and content of The Bad Blogger is doing it’s job. For anyone out there who is struggling to become their own little Bad Blogger, look at your blog and follow the same steps and points we covered above.

Nobody becomes an authority and established brand overnight, it’s takes a ton of time and work. It’s just a matter of who we can learn from in the process and putting in the work and dedication that is needed.

It’s a great feeling when you start a blog. It seems you have so much to say and you’re eager to get started right away. You begin writing, and after a few short minutes you realize…

You Really
Don’t Have Much to Talk About
After All !

In this post, I would like to run you through 7 smart tips you can use right now, to write what you do have to say in such a way that…

Your Readers Keep
Coming Back for More !

1. You Must Have Something Worth to Say

One of the worst experiences you can have as a blogger is typing and not saying something worth. Don’t worry, though. It happens to almost all of us. You see, the actual writing process, the time when you actually sit at your keyboard, should be the very last stage of…

Creating a Content !

First, you need to have an idea of what you want to talk about. Then you decide what you want your readers to take away from the content you’re creating. After that, you start writing.

Here’s a pro tip:

It’s much easier to organize the content in your head first, before writing it down on a piece of paper, because you have unlimited editing power. You can delete, add, and shuffle concepts at will. Once you have a rough plan of what you want to talk about, go ahead and…

Scribble it Down
On a Piece of Paper
Somewhere !

It doesn’t have to be anything too complicated. Just a few words, so that you know what goes where. Then, when you have it done, start typing and editing it into your new post. So, to summarize what I had just told you:

1. You decide what you want to share (the idea in your head)

2. You organize it in your head, and then put it down on paper, and…

3. You type and edit in your new post entry.

2. You Must Be Clear and Specific

As you write, it’s crucial for you to be as clear and easy to understand as you possibly can. Make sure you always have your readers in mind and…

Write at Your Readers’ Level !

3. You Should Use Short Sentences As Much As Possible

Long and complicated sentence structures might be impressive to your English teacher, but they’re terribly boring to an average blog reader. When you have a long sentence in your content, go ahead and pause for a moment to figure out…

How You Can
Break it Up into Small,
Dynamic Phrases !

4. You Must Not Repeat Yourself

When you sit down to write, hopefully, you have a few things you want to get across. Once you make a point and you feel your readers should understand it, don’t re-explain it to them. It is fine if you need to summarize something, but there’s absolutely…

No Need for You to
Beat a Dead Horse !

If you feel a need to explain something twice in one post, go back to your original explanation and alter it until you’re satisfied with it. When that’s done, just move on to the next thing you want to cover. Your readers are intelligent, and they don’t need a concept…

Repeated
Three Times to Get it !

5. You Must Limit Yourself

Sometimes, when you write a content, you’ll get in the zone, which means you’ll actually want to sit there and write…

…and write…
…and write…
…and write…

When that happens, the process seems enjoyable, the ideas flow into your head and even the actual typing is a pleasure. While this is a good thing, because that’s how the best content gets created, you need to be sure…

You Always
Stay On Topic !

If, in your writing frenzy, you have created a ton of content that doesn’t fit in one post, edit it and divide it into smaller chunks you’ll be able to schedule to appear over the next few days or weeks. That’s the best way to deal with it. What’s more, if the content is valuable and you know your readers will benefit from it, you have a nice buffer of posts and…

You Can
Take it Easy
for a While !

On the other hand, if what you wrote is just a pointless rant, get rid of it. I know it’s hard because you put your time and effort into it, but you’re building a valuable, authority blog and ranting about nothing…

Has No Place On it !

6. You Must Use simple English

When I write, I like to think that my content will be read by a twelve year olds. While that’s obviously untrue, it helps me make sure that what I have to say is extremely easy to read and understand. Most of the time, you don’t need complicated grammar or syntax to get a point across and, as a blogger, your main objectives are to help your readers by getting through to them in your writing, and to be…

Entertaining !

When you use English that’s hard to read, you’ll severely limit the number of people who’ll be able to benefit from your advice. You’ll also bore the readers that do understand what you’re saying to…

Death !

7. You Must Edit Fiercely

The last thing I want to talk to you about is, not everything you’ll write will be worth publishing. That’s why, when you’re done writing, you should take a day’s break and edit what you have the next day. Remove anything that doesn’t deserve to be put up in the content, make sure the content is a breeze to read and always have your main objective in mind which is…

You Want to
Help Your Readers and
Entertain Them
At the Same Time !

Here’s another pro tip:

Editing and writing should never be done at the same time. It’s OK to just sit there and type whatever is on your mind when you’re writing, as you will be able to edit it later. When you try to edit while writing, you’ll experience writer’s block and…

It’ll Take You Forever to
Get Everything
Written !

So, there you go. The 7 smart tips for brilliant blog content. Do you have any more to add? Welcome you to share

Stay Smart,

The Bad Blogger

Also Known As “The Smarty Pants” <—- Am I? You Decide!

One of the main differences between a blog and a static site is that it’s extremely easy to interact with your readers on your blog. All they have to do to ask you a question or talk to you is type what they have to say in a little box and hit submit. That’s all there’s to it. In fact, interacting with people on blogs is so easy that commenting has become the defining feature of blogging, but…

How Do You Get People to
Post Lots of Comments
On Your Blog ?

1. Join and Continue the Conversation

You see, when someone gets to your blog, they have a conversation going on in their head, and that conversation depends on how they get there. If, for example, they clicked through from a guest post that was written from you, and the resource box talked about your blog that’s going to show a step by step way to become sucessful in blogging, they’ll be thinking about that…

When They Get to
Your Blog !

If, on the other hand, they saw an adwords ad talking about Internet Marketing Scams and ended up on your blog, the conversation they’re going to be having in their heads will be completely different. Whatever that conversation is, just join it and continue it in your post.

People Will Respond to it
Very Well !

2. Ask a question

This seems obvious, but you’d be surprised how many people just don’t do it. I mean, if you want people to talk to you after reading your post, you have to show them that you’re interested in what they have to say and the easiest way to do that is by asking them a question and…

Encouraging Them to
Post a Comment
Below the Post !

3. Use scarcity

This is something I’ve seen a marketer do just recently. The way he has his blog set up is so that he’s able to take only a certain number of comments. When that number is reached, the comments are closed.  Now, every time he posts something up on his blog, he lets his mailing list know about it, obviously, and he asks them to go ahead and post a comment under what he had to say. He lets the people know only an X number of comments will be approved so…

They Have to HURRY !

This is all I have for you for now and don’t forget to comment too

Stay Frosty,

The Bad Blogger

Also Known As “The Not-So-Bad Blogger”