I am a professional blogger, internet entrepreneur, and world traveler. I've been to over 40 countries and am currently working on my second book about long-term travel and how to work/live abroad. On my blog I write about self development and creating a unique lifestyle for yourself. Feel free to ask me anything.
Building up a blog and writing an ebook are kind of a chicken and egg sort of deal. If you don't build up your audience then nobody is going to buy the book and no one will care that you wrote it. If you don't write a book and build your audience, your brand suffers and people give you less credibility. I wrote a number of smaller ebooks and products on dating over the years before I wrote "Models" (my flagship book). So I had built up an audience for a few years prior to that. For new bloggers, I would suggest getting some sort of audience established before writing a book. The months it takes to establish an audience will help you hone your message and figure out what people want to hear. Once you've done that and have created somewhat of a loyal following, then put out a book. Books have a lot of amazing intangible effects on your blog and site. Like I said, they give you a lot more credibility, they establish your brand, people take you more seriously, they're link-bait, and they get spread through word-of-mouth. People rarely say to their friends, "Hey, you should read this blog," but they always say, "Hey, you should read this book."
I don't get involved in PPC or PPV. Most of my the non-PM income comes from past consulting gigs I did or past products which are promoted by old websites that I don't update anymore or affiliates. PPC isn't what it used to be. Very few people find it profitable these days. I think the average internet user has become too sophisticated, so the old school "buy traffic, shove them to a squeeze page/salesletter" usually turns up empty. That's been my experience at least.
As far as I'm concerned, two consenting adults can have whatever type of relationship they agree to. I have nothing against it.
The vast majority of my income comes from postmasculine.com and the products and books I sell through it. I do have some past projects lying around the web that still generate some extra money. I used to do consulting and some free lance work as well, but not any more. 100% of my effort is on PM these days.
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Just normal high school and college writing courses. If you research on how to improve at writing, you'll consistently come across the same two piece of advice: 1) read a lot, 2) write a lot. I'm not really going to deviate from that. I actually never did too well in my writing classes (I deviated from the assignments too much). But I always read a shit-ton. Mostly non-fiction. And I cut my teeth writing a lot by actually... wait for it... posting on too many forums. Yes, I was THAT guy who would sit in a Friday night and write a 5-page cited dissertation on why Dream Theater's "Awake" album redefined the paradigm of melody in heavy metal... or something. Seriously, I racked up thousands of posts on various forums and was addicted to debating. Over the years, my posts got really good. Then I started a blog where I wrote 1,000 to 2,000 word posts three times a week for 4+ years. Do that long enough and you get good. Also, read literature. Reading fluff is fine. But read the greats. Read the recent geniuses. Read good books that make you think. David Foster Wallace, Jonathan Frazen, Bret Easton Ellis. Cormac McCarthy. Pay attention to how they write. Why it works. Why it doesn't. Then play around and try to mimic their style. Have fun with it.
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