Episode 230

Challenges are a great way to motivate yourself and develop new skills. We’re discussing our recent live challenge around on-camera presence, why you should join a challenge, and our plans for a new challenge moving forward. Main Topic: Challenge Accepted 00:25  Why Challenges?02:45  Feedback Loop & Accountability07:41  New Storytelling Challenge13:56  What Niches Would Benefit Additional…

Today Anna joins Jim and Ricky to dive deeper into search analysis and answer your blogging questions.  They’ll give their take on assessing competition. Main Topic: Search Analysis 00:57 P24 Question: Best in Year Posts 06:21 P24 Question: Buy or Start Site? 15:43 P24 Question: Competition with Newbie Blogs 17:38 Search Analysis 18:56 Google Trends…

Google has made one thing apparent to content creators: You cannot rely on one traffic source for your business. So how do websites pivot in a post-HCU Google-dominated internet? Ricky identifies areas of Search Analysis that he would adjust as you plan your written content. Nathan & Ricky also discuss utilizing email marketing and Community…

Ricky & Anna dig into member questions around Search Analysis, competition, and motivation. Anna interviews successful Project 24 member, Mike. Main Topic: Search & Success 00:39 Early Ranking Success03:05 P24 Question: Competition 09:13 P24 Question: Content Mix 16:25 P24 Question: Failure & Starting Again 34:38 Interview with Mike

The next generation of consumers (aka Zoomers) seem to have opinions about written content. So what does that mean for the future of blogging? Listen in as we discuss incorporating video and making your content future-ready. Anna and Nathan also answer questions about using Alt text for images, when to move on from a niche,…

In this Episode, we welcome Freddy to the podcast! We’re going to talk about 4 issues we see in tons of blog posts (especially our own) and how we go about fixing those issues for our writers.