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My New eBook: How to Manage Multiple Blogs Without Going Crazy (Plus Win an Amazon Gift Card)

May 9, 2012

I just released my latest ebook, How to Manage Multiple Blogs Without Going Crazy. It costs a whopping $2.99 and for that you get the book in audio (MP3), PDF, and Kindle formats.

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The Little-Known Google Tool That I Love Using

May 1, 2012

Everyone knows about Gmail and YouTube, but I’m fairly certain you’ve never heard of this tool. And it’s one of the more useful free tools I’ve run across recently.

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I’m Going to Write 6 Kindle Books in the Next 6 Weeks

April 17, 2012

I’ve written 4 Kindle books in the past few months, 3 of which have been in the past month or so. They’re a lot of fun, and I made a couple hundred dollars from them last month. I’m now ready to kick it up a notch.

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Should You Create a Blog and Then a Product or a Product and Then a Blog?

April 6, 2012

Is it better for you to create a blog, spend time building it up, and then launch a product, or create a product first and then use your blog to market it?

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My Kindle eBook is Now $2.99 and Includes Links to the PDF and MP3 Versions for Free

April 3, 2012

My 101 Blogging Tips ebook is now $2.99 and includes links to the PDF and MP3 versions of the ebook for FREE.

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Why and How I’ve Recently Been Creating New Websites and Products Like Crazy

March 23, 2012

In the past few months, I’ve creates a bunch of ebooks, blogs, and websites. This has gone against both my prior pattern of activity and the general advice of everyone saying to just focus on one thing at a time. Here’s why I’ve been doing it.

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Is This Trend in eBook Cover Design Good or Bad?

March 20, 2012

I see thousands of ebook covers every week (while picking books for fkb.me) and have noticed some interesting trends. I thought I’d share this one with you because I’m not quite sure how I feel about it and wanted to see what others think.

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Managing Online Reputation Across Various Languages

March 16, 2012

This is a guest post by Christian Arno, founder of Lingo24. See Tristan’s thoughts in the comments below. For any company, organization or individual, your reputation is one of your most important assets. You might offer superb products and services or occupy a unique niche. You might have wonderful staff and a visionary marketing strategy. If [...]

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Announcing My Collection of Good and Bad eBook Covers (and a Free eBook!)

March 13, 2012

I’ve been “collecting” good and bad ebook covers for a little while now and figured it was a good time to show them to the world.

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This Is One of My New Favorite Twitter Tools, and It’s Free

March 6, 2012

For the past few months I’ve been using a neat little Twitter web app. It’s not something that I use every day, but it makes my life a lot easier the one or two times I use it every week.

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