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Colin Wright(@colinismyname) on Your First 100 Subscribers, Reaching a Broader Audience, and Networking Awesomely

square_copyFor those of you who don’t know or have never heard of Colin Wright, you really should subscribe to his blog. It’s a  series of entertaining, never-ending antics that take place on a global scale.  Colin lets his readers pick what country he should live in next. Despite my attempt to send him to Somalia, [...]

Bud Hennekes(@aboundlessworld) on Writing For A-list Blogs and Staying True to Your Roots

budBud Hennekes was somebody I spoke to prior the launch of BlogcastFM when I was running this series on my personal blog. Since then he’s experienced some dramatic changes. He’s currently the main writer for  PluginID, a site that was run by Glen Allsopp, an A-list blogger. Here’s just a few of the highlights from [...]

Leo Babauta on Mistakes He Made, Blogging as a Career and Monetizing Your Blog

Leo Babauta Zen Habits Power of LessNote: 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.   This interview was amazing – we immediately get to the meat of how Leo has turned blogging into his [...]

Book Deals, Literary Agents, and A Genuine Love for Writing With Neil Pasricha(@1000awesome)

I want to tell you guys right off the bat that this is a very different kind of interview. This is a guy who truly makes a difference in the lives of his readers and appreciates life in a way that we all really should.  This interview you’re going to hear with Neil was one [...]

Everett Bogue on Influential Subscribers, Leveraging Interviews to Build Relationships, and Building a Tribe, and How to Win a Copy of his Ebook

mefortwitterFirst I just want to thank all of you for being patient with us as we dealt with all the hacking issues. Hopefully you weren’t affected by the incident and if you were, hopefully you are back up and running. Now let’s get back to the interviews. I recently spoke with Everett Bogue at Far [...]

Joe Wilcox On The iPhone 4G Leak at Gizmodo – A Technology Journalist Reviews Both Sides of the Story

Joe WilcoxJoe Wilcox is a unbelievable source of information.  He has been online since 1993 and has researched and written about technology news for a number of publications including at CNet,  the Microsoft Watch Blog, the Apple Watch Blog and currently freelances for Betanews. He has appeared on CNBC, Fox News, MSNBC, NPR, PBS and others [...]

StumbleUpon Traffic versus Getting Featured on CNN and Lifehacker with Luciano Passuello (@lucianop)

luciano-passuello-120x180Luciano Passuello is the author of Litemind: one of the biggest personal development blogs on the web. Luciano often digs deep, analyzes issues and looks at reasons behind why we think the things we do – and he applies his same analytical perspective to blogging.  You’ll love this interview, as Luciano shares some original methods for [...]

The Blogger’s Evolution: Nathan Hangen and Kelly Diels discuss Massive Growth, Finding a Voice, and Forming Essential Relationships

IMG_4203Kelly Diels and Nathan Hangen are two of my favorite bloggers. In in the archives you’ll find our original interview with Nathan Hangen and our original interview with Kelly Diels. For this very special episode, we decided to bring back Nathan and Kelly to talk about the success they have experienced since I first spoke [...]

Ali Hale(@alihale) Discusses Paid Writing for Major Blogs, Massive Subscriber Spikes, and Launching Succcessful Ebooks with A Small Email List

AliprofilepicIf you read any self help blog, or any well known blog for that matter, then it’s likely you have heard of Ali Hale. I consider her an icon for blogging success and hard work. She really impressed me with everything she shared. In this interview Ali revealed TONS of the secrets to her ongoing [...]

Jeffrey Tang(@JeffreyFTang) on The Latecomer’s Advantage and Planting the Seeds for Traffic Growth

CIMG0004Jeffrey Tang is definitely someone to keep an eye on in 2010. In less than a year he’s grown his blog to over 2300 subscribers and has had some huge leaps. We packed this chat with a ton of great information and it was one my personal favorite interviews that I’ve had the opportunity to [...]

Peter Shankman(@Skydiver) on Self Promotion, PR Strategies, and Marketing Yourself as a Speaker

me-rev-back1-smYou may have heard of Peter Shankman (or perhaps seen him on TV – as I [Sid] am editing this he just Tweeted he was going on the O’Reilly factor). Peter has has accomplished a number of things from growing his blog audience to building a successful business online, and doing 50 speaking gigs a [...]

Karol Gajda on Building Guitars by Hand, Extraordinary Freedom, and Effective Guest Posting

GiantSwing01When I spoke to Karol Gajda, he told me that it might be challenging to get this schedule because he was in India building a guitar by hand. Despite a few technical difficulties, I still managed to get this story about how he wants to help 100 people achieve ridiculously extraordinary freedom. How Karol grew [...]

Jamie Varon on Unique Job Search Methods, Entrepreneurship and Paid Freelance Writing

newpic_biggerJamie’s story is one that has always intrigued me every since I first heard about here so I was really excited when she agreed to be interviewed here at BlogcastFM.  You may have already heard of her given the amount of press that she received. Her unique job search methods resulted in some pretty interesting [...]

Amber Zuckswert Shares Her Tips on Niche Blogging, Myths of Location Independence, and Virtual Pilates

19544_632180218728_11708945_36690822_400029_nI had a chance to chat with Amber from Epic Self about a week ago an we even caught up in person at a cool speakeasy in San Francisco. She’s clearly headed for some amazing things. She’s been in blogging game for over 3 years so she’s got plenty of wisdom to share. How to [...]

Diversified Income Streams – Services, Ebooks and WordPress Themes with @EricHamm

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How to collaborate with well known bloggers by building relationships

Why You Can’t Pay For Better Advertising Than a Blog With @ScriptPhD

Jovana J. Grbic Script PhDIn this interview we take you behind the scenes at a fascinating blog – ScriptPhD.  From being invited to movie premiers, exclusive events to balancing caring for their readership while expanding to new audiences, you’ll enjoy this interview with Jovana J. Grbic, PhD. Some highlights from the conversation include: Content is king. You have to have [...]

Why You Have To Write Compelling Content with @thebridgemaker

Alex Blackwell The Bridge MakerAlex Blackwell is perhaps one of the hardest working bloggers you’ll meet. In this interview you’ll learn how he got started, why you need goals for your blog – and about the many doors blogging has opened up for him. How he got started blogging – as an accident Why you have to write compelling [...]

The Clash of Freelancing and Lifestyle Design – Why Selling Your Time is Overrated with @jdbentley

J.D. Bentley Wage Slave RebelWe took notice of J.D. Bentley from Wage Slave Rebel recently because he has just been on a roll – pumping out great content, and releasing products.  In this interview we got a sneak peek at what he’s got in store for the future –  as well as some insight into how he’s looking beyond [...]

A Chat with a Mom Blogger whos’ site gets 8-10 Thousand Visits a Month

RiaSharonRia Sharon is our first mom blogger here at BlogcastFM. I’ve been eager to explore other niches outside of the life hacking, personal development, social media areas. Ria shared some pretty amazing insights here and you should listen to her considering her site gets 8-10K visitors a month. How 30 hours in a hospital waiting [...]

Jenny Blake talks about How to Find a Literary agent

photo_2_-edit2bJenny Blake is yet another Blogger I discovered at Life Without Pants. I was a big fan of everything she was writing about and had to make her part of the BlogcastFM interview series. In this interview Jenny shared some great ideas: How she turned the post-college confusion into a successful blog The intrinsic value [...]