Begin blogging with help from Mark Mason and others

Mark Mason put up another fine podcast episode, his seventh, on Sunday. The topic this time around is Blogging, which is the sixth of a series on how to make money online. He has previously covered affiliate marketing, information products, eBay, membership sites and e-commerce sites. You can go straight to his page to listen to the podcasts, but better to subscribe via iTunes or at Podcast Alley.

In my humble opinion, Mark has a real gift for speaking and teaching. I know he’s an engineer by day, but hopefully his company is taking advantage of him for some internal training, because he really has the perfect voice and calm demeanor for teaching. Words like “soft and clear” yet also “authoritative” come to mind when I think about his podcasts (I’ve listened to every one of them.) Don’t get me wrong, I like loud guys too (Chris and Bryan over at Jupiter Broadcasting come to mind), but Mark is a refreshing contrast.

Anyway, while listening to his podcast on blogging, I thought of a few other resources about blogging and wanted to throw them out there.

• First is “31 Days to Build a Better Blog” by Darren Rowse (Problogger.net.) This is an inexpensive product that is, in my humble opinion, well worth its price. I was lucky and bought it for half-price when Darren celebrated his 5 year blogging anniversary. Now I think it’s back to its previous price (just under $20). The link I’ve given you there is an affiliate link. Like I already said, I think it’s worth it because Darren is the man when it comes to professional blogging. It’s 94 pages of juicy PDF goodness and is structured like a class, replete with daily assignments. It pushes you right along the perfect pathway to making a better blog.
• Next is Yaro Starak’s Blog Profits Blueprint. The landing page for that link is, in my opinion, a bit hyped (replete with the obligatory “Earn 5,000 Per Month!…”). That’s surprising, because this excellent report and its audio version are not hyped. This product is free — Yaro just asks for your name and e-mail address. I got it a long time ago and can tell you that I have not, thank goodness, been bombarded by daily spam e-mail from Yaro. He mails out newsletters only occasionally and they are in no way offensive; on the contrary, they are often filled with interesting ideas.

Those are the two main reports that I have been referring to as I work on improving my blogging. Pepper in some ongoing wisdom from people like Lynn Terry, and I feel like I’m getting a pretty complete education these days!

Blog on,

Bill Dawson

P.S. If you know of any other articles or reports that assist with blogging as much as these do, I definitely want to know about them, so leave a comment!

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