That’s really interesting to hear your points of view regarding the money too, especially from someone who is able to travel whilst blogging. If making an income online is a goal, we really do need to evaluate how we are going about it. I agree that letting go of the money side of things and letting things flow naturally will be of far more benefit

How are things looking in Aust? Pretty miserable really….would much rather be in Fiji. Unless of course you are at the ski fields, which are going mental, and hopefully that will be me in a few weeks time

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Agreed fully on each point. Steven is a networking king, a wizard of outreach and I model my blogging campaign around his beliefs. It’s funny, but detaching from money outcomes has aided my development more than just about anything.

I never fully did that on my old blog. Sure I saw some success, but for years, that attachment to making money through blogging robbed me of my creative energies and filled my being instead with despair, anger, resentment, fear and jealousy, all of which greatly slowed down my progress as a blogger.

Lesson learned fully for my new blog. Now I’m intending to create good, targeted content, and to make friends with authority bloggers. That’s it. I’m monetizing through my freelance page and hootsuite ad right now but will add other streams slowly, as I like just being calm, cool and collected about the whole blogging for money bit.

So much of my success has been due to doing things for joy, not money….and of course the money sneaks in through the back door, through some unexpected channel.

Thanks Catherine and Steve, you guys rock.

I’ll tweet in a bit….and Catherine, just junk my Friday’s Featured Blogger emails ok hahahaha!

Hey you know what? Strike that! I owe you an interview now. Will fill it out – for its intended purpose – and cross my fingers.

Have a great weekend. Looking good here in Fiji so far, so hope it’s looking good a few hours away in Aussie land.

Ryan

Thanks so much for having me! It is really an honor!

The main thing I hope others take from this is that blogging is a lifestyle. It is something we have to incorporate into I routine.

I made the mistake with my first two blogs years ago, with the thought of “build it and they will come”

Thanks again and have a great day!

It’s neat learning some things about Steven I didn’t know. Most interesting, to me, was his daily schedule. He does the same thing every Monday, every Tuesday, every Wednesday, and so on.

Given the “fly by the seat of your pants” mentality of many bloggers, this routine gives Steven a leg up on them.

New Orleans is a great city. I was only there once, about 2 years ago, but I really enjoyed it. It’s totally unlike any other city in the U.S.

there are some great tips to take from the interview with Steven. Besides the great advice and experience he’s sharing, I like that he mentions to not focus on the money. Too many people who start blogging are solely focused on monetization and the audience can feel it.

I think it is much better to focus on helping people in solving their problems, if done right the money will follow.

Have an awesome weekend,
Torsten