Blogger Interview: David Garland from The Rise to The Top
In the hour I talked to David, I got so many valuable insights that he probably could have charged money for the advice he gave in this interview. If I’d known these things in the first 3 months of my blog and implemented them, I would have grown really fast. It was clear he’s a really smart guy, who is very business savvy and you can learn alot from. I hope you enjoy it.
- Why being naive and optimistic is an asset
- The biggest makes that entrepreneurs make in their first ventures
- How he went from a television show on ABC to blogging
- The importance of a unique spin on content and creating it as if it’s for 2 million people
- How he uses video as a form of differentiation
- The Importance of good design
- How to create good video content in several different ways even if you are not a natural on camera
- The power of using Disqus to learn more about your audience and developing content of interest of them
- The secret of landing interviews with the A-list bloggers like Seth Godin
- Why it’s never too early to monetize
- Why shouldn’t wait to hit thousands of readers to monetize
- And much, much more….
David is the author and founder of The Rise to The Top. Follow him on Twitter @TheRisetoTheTop
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I think this has been the best interview you have done so far, my two best interviewers - you and David going at it and delivering content. I really like what David said about monetizing from the very beginning and reaching out to companies by creating content around ones product.
Bravo! Great job Chris! I learned more, I guess I don't have to do my interview with David because you did such a good job :-)
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