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Regards.
Oh yeah, that is one sexy coo!
The ones I think that are going to the worst because it too "simple" usually do the best...
Huh...
:p
When i first started blogging daily I thought that is what people wanted, but now I get better results with one post a week.
Really enjoying your blog! Thought you might like to see a little video of us enjoying your book - which stars about half way through - while taking a short trip to Pisa, then Florence, from the UK, to see our sister singing Bach in Pisa Cathedral, with the Montiverdi Choir. All three of us were able to take the time out for this family trip, because we are all devotees of the Four Hour Work Week, even before we knew what it was. I filmed this on a Flip Video, edited it roughly on the fly with Windows Movie Maker and uploaded it from our boutique hotel, straight to Google Video. What fun!
http://wealthcoach.typepad.com/nicola_cairncros...
Ciao for now, G
You are an inspiration.
Do you use any seo technique when writing? If so, what do you use?
Joe
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Hi Joe!
Thank you for the kind words. I don't currently use any SEO (Search Engine Optimization) technique when writing, but I'm open to suggestions. Any good methods you or others have found to work without messing up the composition of the writing?
Cheers,
Tim
"If I had more time I'd write you a shorter letter."
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/writing-style/p...
It's from 1997!
But thanks for sharing your thoughts with us.
Bastiaan
Safe Traveling,
Chris
You do a great job on your posts. They are concise and usually humorous. Keeps me coming back.
twist
That poor coo had to first stick the tongue out to catch the biscuit... It wasn't a "kiss" yet...
Don't be so sensitive... give the pet a kiss! Common!
And around the mouth wasn't that hairy, kid!
I see you're having great times! Enjoy it and thanks for sharing with all of us!
Inspirations for me and all, thanks again.
Do you like maybe a try with bull/horse bareback riding? See my picture linked ... ;-)
Cheers!
There are a few obvious ones, of course - make sure your Title attribute is useful and informative, assign Alt tags to images - but the fact is that a lot of SEO for blogging is either stuff you should be doing anyway (like informative and useful titles, standards compliance, blah), or borderline black-hat attempts to "game" Google/MSN/etc. Which don't work because a) Google is, collectively, smarter than you, and b) said techniques also tend to have negative effects on your content by making it less readable.
PageRank is by far the most important metric, from what I've seen, for Google rank, and the best way to get that is to get lots of incoming links. The best way to achieve that? Get great Digg/Slashdot/Reddit/Del.icio.us karma. In other words, it all comes back to the social media, the linkability, and just being readable and interesting.
IMO.
BTW - Tim, hope you enjoyed Edinburgh. You weren't training with Rick Young whilst you were here, were you, by any chance?
Did you adopt the list approach for your book?
Have you ever used mindmaps for your writing? I've used them before. For complex writing sometimes they help in ordering your thoughts.
A
question: the Invent Right ad. Did you choose to display it, or it's automatic based on keywords? Curious to know your experience with the company if any and if they helped you with Brain Quicken.
~V
"Hi Rick,
Thank you for your interest in Getfriday services. We can handle what you have asked for.
I am afraid that the deadline is too nearer and we couldn't handle the task. Due to a sudden increase in business, we currently have a 3 (three) week waiting period between the receipt of your membership form and the start of service. I apologize for the inconvenience this may cause.
Regards,
Kumar
Support team."
Thanks for the blogging tips. I've just began my adventure into the world of blogging and these tips will sure help me move forward. I've began paraphrasing articles/books/etc that I read onto one or two pages. That technique really helps me to remember and get a good understanding of content.
Question: It seems as if you interview a lot of people to find the secrets of life. What techniques do you use to prompt interviews? Would you feel comfortable providing 3 tips that would help me (and others) get started?
I hope you're enjoying the trip. Thanks in advance!
TJ
I have just recently got into reading blogs and one thing that's starting to annoy me are bloggers posting daily when they have nothing of significance to say. They are wasting their time and mine and just encourage me to unsubscribe from their feed.
Post less - post the best.
"Post less to be read more." Brilliant, my friend!
I hope you enjoyed the Trossachs, i personally consider it to be a -most- beautiful area.
BTW I recognise that cow! I live in Edinburgh and it looks to me like a cow in a field just outside Callander?
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It's Hamish! I don't remember exactly where he lives, but he's up near Loch Lomond. Great coo :)
Ta ta from Bratislava,
Tim
Whatever happened to the winner of the essay contest? Did you meet with him?
-Ari
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Hi Ari!
Roger is alive and well... and off to Japan within two weeks for his first non-native language adventure! Just left him a voicemail, in fact... More to come as Roger should hopefully be recording some of the craziness as he moves along in the land of the rising sun.
Pura vida,
Tim
While thinking about ways to automate income via Muses I happened to win a small lottery that will pay out about $800 every month for the rest of my life. Less than I can live on (in America) for the rest of my life without working but just enough that some serious investing can have drastic changes for me in the near future.
This is not stab for hot stock tips. I want to know, if you had $800 a month for the rest of your life, how would you use it?
Thanks,
Jim
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Hi Jim,
I definitely recommend you jump in the reader-only forums on the main site (www.fourhourworkweek.com in "resources"), and that is where you will probably find a good amount of help with this. Also revisit the first "muse" chapter in the book for thoughts on converting this expertise into something that allows you to separate time and income.
Good luck!
Tim
***Chris Says: ...[an iPhone. Now that I successfully unlocked mine, I can use it with any provider.]...
Chris, could you give me any information how did you get that? Link? Was it an on- or offline service?
Thanks,
Lou (ise)
Just when I posted my comments Apple released an update to the firmware (1.1.1) This successfully disables any unlocked phone. My phone is still working fine, because I have not updated the firmware. There are several iPhone dev. hacks examining the update and they hope to come up with a solution.
If your phone still has version 1.0.2 and you want to unlock it. Follow the instructions to install the program installer app. on your iphone:
http://iphone-mods.org/?p=34
From there you will find the program anySim located in the list of programs. Pull your sim card out and let it run. It worked great for me.
Regards,
Chris
I want to read your book, 4hww, so I went to a few of the local bookstores today. They all had it, (and I perused and loved it) but only in hardcover form. I am traveling around Europe in a couple weeks (with plenty of your packing tips, tyvm) and want a good book to read but I am not going to bring a hardback. Any plans to publish a paperback? Second question: any plans such that I can get it in my hands in the next two weeks?
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Hi Ben!
Not in the next 2 weeks, but you could download the audiobook (www.audible.com) or ebook (www.powells.com) in time. Have fun!
Pura vida,
Tim
Chris,
Ha! :P I got it... and many thanks, but no I do not own an iPh, just interested in the specific techs ...
Anyways, enjoy freedom of monopols! ;-)
Cheers!
Lou
I totally agree re: blogging frequency. I limit myself to one/week, and try for solid (if a bit long) original content. The only way "link blogs" (vs. "think blogs") work is if the author's information tastes are *very* close to my own. If found, this form of collaborative filtering is valuable. It's rare, though...
When I first came across the knowledge of your book via Mercola.com I thought, "wow that some interesting stuff, I gotta get it." Months later when I actually got my procrastinating butt to barnes and noble to read it, my mind was blown. Finally. Some Truth in the world! "I've been waiting for this for a long frickin' time!" So like everyone else, I immediately loved it and couldn't put it down. Your book excited me tremendously, I mean i was preaching to my mom and my wife etc. It just fit perfectly into my life as I needed it. Everyday is a gift and we need to live like thats truth. The only other book that had an awakening effect in my life that i've actually read is the "natural cures they don't want you to know about" book. But yours is way better because I find it is more impactful, applicable, and exciting.
Anyways I have a question, enough ass kissin'. I'm 22 years old, my wife is 26 and she happens to have $150,000 worth of school debt. Go University of miami. woo hoo. :/ I have a little bit too, but my main concern is hers. What did you do for your school debt? did you have any? and what advice could you give as to tackle it or at least take care of it so we can get the heck out of this slavery. Anything would help. Thanks -Chris
I have a question.
I want to be like you, ultravagabond. But I have a problem. It's my girl friend. I feel lonely traveling alone. But I don't want to travel with girl friend:)
How do you manage relationship being an ultravagabond?
Ken
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Bud, that is one of the big questions! You really only have two choices: get a girlfriend who likes to travel (and with whom you like to travel), or travel single and get more ambitious in meeting people. The latter is easier if you stay in one place for 1+ months. The former is easier for shorter periods, as one of the two of you usually have a 9-5.
Good luck!
Tim
Have fun traveling...
arigatou gozaimasu!
I always find that I am very productive in the morning. Have no intrest of working in the afternoon, and then productive again in the evening just before going to bed.
I think we all have a natural work cycle or circadian schedule as he calls it. If we pay attention to it we can get far more done with more productive time.
Thanks Tim
BTW Tim, loved the hairy coo..soooo cute!
-Monica
I have just started experimenting with this. So far, I've experienced the least amount of frustration in writing my articles first, and then picking out the naturally occuring keywords from the article. I put these into a WordTracker seed list, and see what comes up. I sort based on KEI, and then often am able to replace words and phrases in the article with my SEO results without disturbing the integrity of the article at all.
I'll probably have more to report in the upcoming months as I've just inadvertently landed a full-time writing gig for an architectural lighting design company. I wrote a sample piece depicting a chandelier as a seductive woman and it got me the job. I'll be re-writing all of the firm's existing web content to establish a single, sophisticated corporate voice. After that, I'll be blogging and maintaining microsites, forums, etc. for them.
After years of being self-employed as a yoga teacher and designer, we'll see if they can keep me happy at 40 hours a week. I'm not thrilled to give up so much control in my life, but I'll be apprenticing with an eCommerce expert on staff. So, it seems like a strategically sound choice for now. Plus, segueing into life as a writer isn't such a bad thing, right Tim?
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Not a bad thing at all :) Thank you for your thoughtful posts -- I've been noticing and appreciating them.
All the best,
Tim
BTW... Will you be speaking at any conferences before SXSW?
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Hi R,
Thanks for the tips. I will be speaking before SXSW and more to come in a post next week :)
Tim
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Hi Mike,
The "Tools and Tricks" resources should be available on the reader-only section of the www.fourhourworkweek.com main site. Thanks!
Tim
As for the video of the cow, heh, that hardly qualifis as a kiss! :-)
By the way, I just found your website - my brother suggested I check it out - and I feel like my brain is going to explode now.
You are a very rare species indeed.
One additional tip of great value is to spend a lot of time considering the title of the post. Some folks say this is worth spending 50% of your writing time upon...
This post by Brian Clark of CopyBlogger fame gives excellent templates to get you started:
http://www.copyblogger.com/headline-swipe-file/
Great post. I agree, sometimes my best hours are in the wee hours of the morning. Thanks for sharing your tips on creativity. I also am finding that listing information helps me when I begin to craft a post or write a column, book, etc. Peace,
Roy
This post has a few nuggets that can be savored, digested and nourished. I am going to use these in my next offline article. Thank you! Hope you are having a ridiculously wonderful day!