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Blogging Quotes To Live By

January 26, 2010 by Jeffrey  
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Blogging is truly the next thing and can happen right now if you really sit down and bust your butt to get where you need to be …….. Where does a person need to be ? That’s up to them!

Eric Heavilin * Quoted in The Bloggers Market.com comments section about an article on building a proper blogging foundation. *

Blogging is the new poetry of our time!

Author Unknown * Found on the internet while building Bloggers Market.com in March of 2009 *

‘A government of the people that serves to unite society through law and order only ends up segregating humanity further.’

Alex Whalley * On all the law suits and liabilities we see and hear about everyday and the fact that our working lives are now wrapped in red tape and bureaucracy . *

Blogging is … to writing what extreme sports are to athletics; more free-form, more accident-prone, less formal, more alive. It is in many ways, writing out loud.

Andrew Sullivan * The Atlantic *

To me the definition of a writer is someone who writes a piece that is appreciated independently by someone.

James Richmond * The InfoPreneur.net, from one of his own post “Can I really call myself a writer” *

You can work quite hard, in particular online, and do quite well independently, but if you really want to grow you need points of leverage and most of them come from knowing people.

Yaro Starak * From an interview with “aussietycoon.com” *

The casual conversational tone of a blog is what makes it particularly dangerous.

Daniel B. Beaulieu

Blogging is hard because of the grind required to stay interesting and releant.

Sufia Tippu

Blogs are whatever we make them. Defining “Blog” is a fool’s errand.

Michael Conniff

Blogging is an art, same as any other method of self-expression. Some are better at it than others.

Hugh Macleod

Where the Internet is about availability of information, blogging is about making information creation available to anyone.

George Siemens

Not only are bloggers suckers for the remarkable, so are the people who read blogs.

Seth Godin * Seth Godin.typepad.com *

Making money from blogging requires you to do only two things: drive a lot traffic, then maximize the income from that traffic.

John Chow * John Chow.com *

With 206,675,938 websites and blogs as of March 2010, you should be able to gain understanding of anything.

Author Unknown

Train Hard, Fight Easy

James Richmond * The InfoPreneur.net, from one of his own post “I’m not super human” *

I don’t recommend any books – I recommend taking action and following the example of others.

Yaro Starak * From an interview with “aussietycoon.com” *

A blog with a business backend (i.e. products to sell and a method to sell them) is the key to a six-figure income as a blogger.

David Risley * From one of his own post “Reality Check: A Blog Is Not A Business” *

If you don’t agree with me that’s fine but I’m not entirely sure why you wouldn’t.

Eric Heavilin * From one of his posts, referring to the fact that we don’t really want money, we just want what we can do with the money. *

If you know what you want, blogging can get it for you. But you need to want something beyond blogging. Use your blog to figure out who you are and what you
are good at and who the best people are for you to connect with.

Penelope Trunk * From “SOTB” 2009. *

Blogging is not a business by itself. It is only a promotional platform. Okie dokie?

David Risley * From one of his own post “Reality Check: A Blog Is Not A Business” *

There are no lines in the sand in the blogosphere except for those who draw those lines in an effort to get attention.

David Risley * From one of his comments posted on “Hot Blog Tips.com” *

I aim to produce unique products and services that I would pay for myself.

James Richmond * From a response to a comment posted on “6 Aliens.com” *

You have heard about taking action and if you haven’t then I’m not sure where you’ve been and I’m also not sure I want to be where you’ve been hiding.

Eric Heavilin * From one of his own post “How to get exactly what you want out of your life” *

Have patience. There is no such thing as get rich quick. You get to two years, that’s when you’ll know if you’re going to be great or not.

Duncan Riley * From “SOTB” 2009. *

Success is simple. Success is doing whatever it takes to reach your goals. Nothing else really matters because it isn’t success.

Erick Heavilin * Previewing future thoughts for his posts to his Blog “Blue Pop 13.com” here at Bloggers Market *

Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.

Steve Shearer * Quoting on Twitter from his website “Web Design By Steve.com/blog” *

Blogging is just a medium. It isn’t a business.

David Risley * From one of his own post “Conferences & The Blogger Bubble” *

Don’t focus on having a great blog. Focus on producing a blog that’s great for your readers.

Brian Clark * Copy Blogger.com *

If you accept all the praise, you have to accept all the critics.

Chris Brogan * Quoting from Twitter while engaging James Richmond on a post James had written about him. *

The only people who should plan on making money from writing a book are people who made money on their last book. Everyone else should either be in it for passion, trust, referrals, speaking, consulting, change-making, tenure, connections or joy.

Seth Godin * Quoting from his Blog * http://sethgodin.typepad.com/” *

If you love writing or making music or blogging or any sort of performing art, then do it. Do it with everything you’ve got. Just don’t plan on using it as a shortcut to making a living.

Seth Godin * Quoting from his Blog * “http://sethgodin.typepad.com/” *

We are much better at writing code than haikus.

Matt Mullenweb * Quote taken directly from Automattic.com’s homepage * “http://automattic.com/” *

You can definitely find a lot of useful information in the blogosphere about where your position is if you look closely.

Eric Heavilin * Quoted in The Bloggers Market.com comments section about an article on one’s position within the Blogosphere. *

I’m sure I don’t need to tell you how blogging has effected my life, but in typical Alex style, I will anyway……

Alex Whalley * Quoted in The iThnk.com comments section about Sam Schuurman’s struggle to become a good writer and Blogger. *

I think there’s two ways to make money online. One way is by selling other people’s stuff, the other way is by selling your stuff.

Jeff Walker * Quoted from an interview with Darren Rowse *

Comments

7 Responses to “Blogging Quotes To Live By”
  1. Eric
    Twitter:
    says:

    I believe “You have heard about taking action and if you haven’t then I’m not sure where you’ve been and I’m also not sure I want to be where you’ve been hiding” has a lot of meaning behind it and can do a lot of damage given the right set of priorities and drive behind it.

    Anyone can get where they want to be as long as they are willing to do exactly as they have never done. If they are where they want to be and are not sure how they got there, that could be a big problem.

    Here’s something else for you… A quote by me and it’s going on here first and will soon be on my blog. Success is simple. Success is doing whatever it takes to reach your goals. Nothing else really matters because it isn’t success.
    Eric´s last blog ..Vital Parts Your Site Needs – Pop Post My ComLuv Profile

  2. Jeffrey says:

    Words to live by,…..errr “Blogging Quotes To Live By” Eric. Lead-on!!!

  3. Alex
    Twitter:
    says:

    Hey Jeffrey, that’s awesome man! Thank you. Can I just add that this whole post concept is brilliant. Seriously I have not gained that much value from reading one post in a while (add that quote man) Really awesome idea.
    I loved the quote you chose too man, made me smile as it really is me to a tea lol.
    Ps; My name is spelled wrong, it should be Whalley, not Whaley.
    Alex´s last blog ..Questioning Duplicate Content: Is it worth giving your content away? My ComLuv Profile

  4. Jeffrey says:

    Hi Alex,
    Thanks for weighing in! Name has been corrected. My apologizes. Just be thankful that your name is not “Albus Dumbledore”! You should try and GoOOogle that. ;-)

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