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What Bloggers Need To Know About Choosing The Right Market With David Risley

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Note: This post is being highlighted as part of BlogWorld’s Speaker Appreciation Week, October 3-7, 2011. Don’t forget to check out the full list of BlogWorld LA’s 2011 speakers - and yes, Srini and Sid are *both* on it.
David Risley is a BlogcastFM Alumnus that has had one of the most popular interviews here on BlogcastFM, and today we get some insight into one of the key elements of blog success, and something that many bloggers may not even think about when they first start blogging – but that is absolutely critical long term for monetizing your blog.

In today’s BlogcastFM Coffee Break Teleclass, we discuss What Bloggers Need To Know About Choosing The Right Market. Some highlights from the conversation include:

  • Why Choosing The Right Market Is So Important
  • What kind of guidelines do you use when evaluating markets?
  • One Specific Key That Makes For a Particularly Attractive Market
  • Why Seeing a Market Full of Competition Is A Good Sign
  • Specific Factors For What Makes a Good Market
  • An Overview of The Six Figure Blogger Blueprint

Check out David’s recently released Six Figure Blogger Blueprint Report Version 2.0.  Download the Blueprint free now: Click here for access.


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Michael Martine on Finding a Niche, Publishing Quality Content and Simplifying SEO

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I have been reading Michael’s blog for several months now, but until I got a chance to speak to me him, it wasn’t clear to me just how much knowledge he has. You’ll take away at least half a dozen immediately applicable tips that can make a significant impact on your success.  

  • How a regular blogger can contribute to mainstream media (i.e. cnn i-report)
  • Why there are so many niches that any blogger can be successful in
  • Why if you try to be everything to everybody, you’ll be nothing to nobody
  • How to go to the edges of your niche by cross pollinating
  • The idea of entertainment content vs business
  • Using Batch Writing to Publish High Quality Content Every Single Day
  • How to become a hub and an authority
  • Several simple SEO Tips to get some major spikes in traffic
  • The Importance of advertising products that are highly relevant to your audience
  • How to solicit advertisers for your blog
  • How to break up lengthy posts into a series and hook your readers

Michael Martine is the author of Remarkablogger. He provides a variety of blog consulting services and information.  He also provides home study courses and ebooks on blogging. You can can also check out his free blog traffic course Blog Traffic Fisher. Follow him on Twitter @remarkablogger

This BlogcastFM Interview has a corresponding worksheet and mind map in BlogcastFM Premium

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How To Put Together a Collaborative Ebook That Has Over 27,000 Downloads in 6 Months With Raam Dev

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Raam Dev is a BlogcastFM Alumnus that has just been up to some crazy success lately  You may have already heard his interview about his approach to life, blogging and monetization (Raam Dev talks about Crowdsourcing, Minimalist Travel, and Non-Sales Approaches to Monetization) and today we get some insight into how he has spread his message to over 27,000 people through an ebook in less than 6 months.

In today’s BlogcastFM Coffee Break Teleclass, we discuss How To Put Together a Collaborative Ebook. Some highlights from the conversation include:

  • The Power of Taking Immediate Action When You Have Inspiration
  • How Raam Decided Who To Reach Out To
  • How A Collaborate Effort Snowballed Into A Powerful Project
  • The Final Ebook – Small Ways To Make a Big Difference

Raam blogs at RaamDev.com, a site dedicated to the exploration of what it means to be human. Join the over 27,000 people who have downloaded Small Ways To Make a Big Difference.

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David Crandall on the First 6 months of Blogging, Analytics Based Decision Making, Building a Network, and Business Intelligence Bad Ass

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David is somebody I consider to be one of the rising stars in the blogosphere and somebody I’m truly grateful to have as a friend and member of my tribe.  In the short time he’s been in the blogosphere, he’s seen some explosive growth and in this interview he provided some of the most solid advice I’ve heard for an early stage blogger:

  • Why he observed and lurked for close to a year
  • The One Key to Letting People Know You are Here for the Long Haul (Even as a Newbie)
  • Why David Posted Every Single Day Until he hit 60 Posts
  • How to Use the archives of Successful Bloggers(this is genius)
  • Analytics Based Decision Making
  • The Wrong Assumptions that People Make About Their Success
  • The Essentials to Building Effective and Powerful Relationships with Other Bloggers
  • How to Write a List Post that Truly Generates Results
  • An In-Depth Look at David’s New Product, Extract Transform Load
  • The tremendous power of Writing Things Down with Pen and Paper

David Crandall is the author of Heroic Destiny and writes about his life as the Bootstrap Dad. As the official husband and father of the Crandall family, he writes about his journey to leave behind the template life as he seeks to fulfill his destiny as the hero to his wife and children.  He’s also the founder of Business Intelligence Bad Ass, and recently launched his first product, Extract Transform Load. You can follow him on twitter@davidcrandall.

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