The new year is nearly here, so what better time to declutter your digital life? Here are 12 things you can do to start 2013 off right.
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12 Aspects of Your Digital Life to Clean Up Before the New Year
Posted by TristanH under ResourcesFrom http://thebacklight.com 4343 days ago
A Newsletter Business Model, Recurring Micro Revenue, 2012 in Review, and 7 More Ideas
Posted by TristanH under Online MarketingFrom http://thebacklight.com 4347 days ago
In this post, I cover 10 different topics and ideas from a newsletter business model to the year in review and my plans and goals for 2013, but that's just the tip of the iceberg.
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One-Star Reviews, the Biggest Blogging Fallacy, a Business You Should Start, and 8 More Ideas
Posted by TristanH under Online MarketingFrom http://thebacklight.com 4361 days ago
In this episode of the Digital Publishing Podcast (of which there is a full transcript below, as usual), I cover 11 different topics from the biggest blogging fallacy to a couple different business and product ideas you should run with.
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How My Free eBook Was Downloaded 1600 Times in 24 Hours (Without a Following)
Posted by TristanH under Online MarketingFrom http://thebacklight.com 4364 days ago
In this post I talk about how I managed to get 1603 downloads of my free ebook in 24 hours, and that’s without a following and pretty much without social media. The book is question is...
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I Just Saw This on Another Website and Added it to My Blog
Posted by TristanH under Online MarketingFrom http://thebacklight.com 4371 days ago
I get really excited when I see someone do something on a website that I’ve never thought of doing before. I saw this the other day and the nerd in me got excited. What did I see? Well, I randomly...
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Why I No Longer Follow Back Every Single Person Who Follows Me on Twitter
Posted by TristanH under Social MediaFrom http://thebacklight.com 4378 days ago
It used to be my policy to follow everyone back who followed me on Twitter. I figured there was no reason not to. It didn’t hurt me at all and following people who follow you is just a nice gesture, right? Plus I wanted to have as many followers as possible.
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A Clever Way of Getting Bloggers to Write About Your Product
Posted by TristanH under Online MarketingFrom http://thebacklight.com 4385 days ago
I saw this on a product’s sales page and thought it was a pretty awesome idea. The product in question is...
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4 Lessons Learned from Selling a Blog for 4 Figures
Posted by TristanH under Success StoriesFrom http://thebacklight.com 4388 days ago
So last month I sold one of my blogs for four figures. This was the first big-ish sale of a blog that I’ve made, and I came away from the experience a little wiser. Here’s what I learned.
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Announcing My New Magazine, Digital Publishing Lab, and How to Get it for Free
Posted by TristanH under Online MarketingFrom http://thebacklight.com 4390 days ago
A couple months ago the idea to start a magazine related to what I write about here on The Backlight popped into my head, and the first issue is now live.
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6 Non-Stupid Uses of Pinterest’s New Secret Boards Feature [INFOGRAPHIC]
Posted by TristanH under Online MarketingFrom http://thebacklight.com 4392 days ago
Pinterest announced last week the addition of secret boards that are private. I’ve seen some sites discuss uses for them but all of the ideas were stupid. This original infographic shows 6 non-stupid uses for secret boards.
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