Shawn Gossman

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Why Have a Newsletter?

Why Have a Newsletter?

Why Have a Newsletter? ​A newsletter is good to have for many reasons. It’s a direct line of contact between you and your followers, subscribers, and customers. Social media algorithms can’t get in between you and your newsletter subscribers. Google’s search engine...

Consistency

Consistency

ConsistencyConsistency is important. If you want to grow your social media presence, you need to be consistent about posting and engagement. If you want to grow your blog audience, you need to be consistent about posting and responding to blog comments. Consistency is...

Buffering

Buffering

Buffering...I have multiple online projects. Most of them use at least one or two social media pages to help promote them. In order to stay ahead and stay sane, I use social media scheduling features. I use scheduling on my blog, too. It’s not cheating. It’s staying...

Artificial Unintelligence

Artificial Unintelligence

Artificial UnintelligenceArtificial intelligence is not a thing. But it can be used for bad things. Using it to create your blog posts is a bad idea. You can't confirm accuracy when you do this. If you use AI to create an outline, fix grammar, or make a statement more...

No brand means no reputation

No brand means no reputation

No brand means no reputationBranding is important. There are over a billion websites online. An estimate 600 million of those websites are blogs. You've just made a website. You've just made a blog. Your 1 blog against 600 million others. That sounds impossible to...

Paid Community Guide

Paid Community Guide

Paid Community GuideI’m going to launch a paid online community soon. It’ll cost $25 a month to be a member. If that’s too much, then I assume you’re not serious about the topic of the community. It would be better if you didn’t join. The topic is: Paid Online...

A successful community makes connections

A successful community makes connections

A successful community makes connectionsIf you want to start a successful community on the internet, you have to be able to provide value to its members. Without value, success just cannot happen. This is even more important if you decide you want to charge money to...

Missed a few days

Missed a few days

Missed a few days...I was on a good streak posting a new blog post daily here on the blog. Then the weekend came, and I totally forgot I was doing a daily blog again. I wonder if Seth Godin ever missed a daily blog? I bet he didn't. That's okay. I'm not Seth Godin....

How to be good at social media…

How to be good at social media…

How to be good at social media...Quit looking at it like a promotional board! That's the answer. The short but sweet answer. The long answer? Well, longish? Don't join social media and expect to get a lot of website traffic by promoting your blog posts and other site...

The Secret to Being an Expert

The Secret to Being an Expert

The Secret to Being an ExpertThe secret to being an Expert at something is not so much a secret at all. You just have to change your mindset. Too many people struggle too hard to be experts at their trade, The problem is that they’re trying to hard and expect it to...

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