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Re: Exposing The Biggest Blogging Secret: Do Something In Real Life

steffanantonas — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:08:20 -0000

Definitely. It did for me, but I'm so thankful for the lesson. At the
beginning my goals and expectations were all wrong and I burned out because
I was so focused on reading and learning and regurgitating and riffing on
the work of others and being technical. My online to offline ratio was way
off and I wasn't focused on building relationships and having experiences
and reflecting honestly and clearly on them. Years in I know better and the
experience of blogging is really becoming fulfilling and has much more
meaning in a real-life sense. The other lesson you really learn (that you've
sited in your post in #2) is communicating what you've done and what you
learned in a way that really resonates with people. This is why you hear the
terms 'authenticity' and 'transparency' thrown around so much these
days...people think that that's all that counts...it's not. What counts is
to do, to learn, and THEN to communicate authentically (etc). You can't
achieve success in the latter without the former first.

Re: Exposing The Biggest Blogging Secret: Do Something In Real Life

ryangraves — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:55:16 -0000

Absolutely true that it takes a while to realize this. At least it did for
us.

I'd like to help people who are relatively newer into blogging face this
reality sooner so that their experience and content can be as valuable as
possible.

Hopefully we can get some good & bad examples of this shared here in the
comments :)

Re: Exposing The Biggest Blogging Secret: Do Something In Real Life

steffanantonas — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:45:42 -0000

This might be your best post so far. Seriously. You and I have discussed this before and it really rings true. Blogging HAS to be an extension of your offline life if you're going to be successful. Ironic that talk is cheap when that's what a blog is on the surface. Once you've been doing this a couple of years you realize the truth - blogging is a tool that is part of a lifestyle and living philosophy, not a writing habit. Your blog gets you access, starts conversations and builds relationships - it's a connection point to the digital world for your offline pursuits. Treated any other way, you get no where.

Re: Nate Ritter TDIA Case Study #2: Working From Abroad

ryangraves — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:20:28 -0000

Absolutely.

Re: Nate Ritter TDIA Case Study #2: Working From Abroad

steffanantonas — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:14:05 -0000

For the record: I love this photo of Nate. Hilarious.

Re: The Core Principles To World Changing Social Entrepreneurship

ryangraves — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:00:23 -0000

@Ralph

Actually it's a built in feature of disqus, you just have to enable twitter
from your disqus admin page.
Thanks for reading the blog, I hope to see you back around often!

Cheers,
Ryan

Re: The Core Principles To World Changing Social Entrepreneurship

ralph — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:43:51 -0000

Fantastic post! Worth reading more than once. Disqus is great! How did you get it to send Tweets to the comments??

Re: Identifying An Audience: This Ain’t For Everyone

ryangraves — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:12:08 -0000

@ItStartsWithUs (Nate)

I totally agree. It's an important but often missed points. The next step,
that we're all in search of, is how to find the value adding that you really
enjoy! How to have fun with the value process is tough but (I think)
necessary for success.

Cheers bud.

Re: Identifying An Audience: This Ain’t For Everyone

ItStartsWithUs — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:00:52 -0000

Ryan, you said one thing in here that I absolutely loved.

"What I like about entrepreneurship is that it’s not just starting a business. It’s a sense of creating value from minimal resources."

When most people think of entrepreneurship, they think of someone selling something. But you're right - it's SO much more than that. Most of the successful businesspeople I know didn't start out by trying to make a quick buck - they started by adding value wherever they could, by investing of themselves into people and projects, often just for personal satisfaction. THEN came the business and the wealth.

But creating value came first.

Re: Minimizing Mistakes: 3-2-1 Test, then Launch

ryangraves — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:26:13 -0000

Interesting. I am definitely more toward the 'shoot from the hip' category.
It's definitely valuable to have some rigor in the process but not so much
that it halts delivery.

Thanks.
Ryan

Re: Minimizing Mistakes: 3-2-1 Test, then Launch

bridalspace — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:44:54 -0000

I think this is one of the best ideas for testing as I find two camps one only tests and never gets anything up and the other shoots from hip

Re: Identifying An Audience: This Ain’t For Everyone

ryangraves — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:14:15 -0000

@Karl -
You're absolutely right, persistence is critical in any enterprising venture
but the corporate "red tape" takes a special kind of persistence!
Thanks for the comment!
Cheers,
Ryan

Re: Identifying An Audience: This Ain’t For Everyone

Karl Staib - Work Happy Now — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:57:54 -0000

We can't fulfill a dream if we don't take action. I believe the hard part is staying motivated. If a person works in corporate america they might feel stifled by all the red tape. They have to keep pushing through these walls and make "it" happen.

Re: Identifying An Audience: This Ain’t For Everyone

ryangraves — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:13:24 -0000

Thanks Zach. Stale is the right word for sure.

I'm excited to get more feedback from 'corporate entrepreneurs'. They are many, they are motivated, and they are restless...an awesomely dangerous combo!

Re: Identifying An Audience: This Ain’t For Everyone

zachware — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:03:29 -0000

You've definitely just coined a term. To your point on "corporate entrepreneurs," I think you are dead on. Enterprises go stale because of complacent employees. Growth comes from the innovators. That drive is, in every way, entrepreneurship.

Re: Minimizing Mistakes: 3-2-1 Test, then Launch

ryangraves — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:55:20 -0000

Thanks Joseph.

Very much appreciated. Thanks for checkin out the blog, stay involved!

Re: Minimizing Mistakes: 3-2-1 Test, then Launch

Joseph — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:13:20 -0000

Awesome blog post! I love how you talk about how you evaluate your test and if they fail or succeed. Keep it up!

Re: DubFX: Doing Things Differently With Passion Creates A Market And Opportunity

ryangraves — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:09:14 -0000

The music is energizing! Thanks for reaching out.

Re: DubFX: Doing Things Differently With Passion Creates A Market And Opportunity

CAde — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:00:36 -0000

no problems at all. you can get the albums at...

http://www.dubfx.net

Once again Ryan thank your for your energy.

Re: DubFX: Doing Things Differently With Passion Creates A Market And Opportunity

ryangraves — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:53:09 -0000

@Cade-

Thanks so much for the edits. I'm still loving DubFX.

If you could provide a comment & link here about how people can buy DubFX
albums I'm sure many would, I've heard a ton of feedback that people love
his music.

Cheers,
Ryan

Re: DubFX: Doing Things Differently With Passion Creates A Market And Opportunity

CAde — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:46:15 -0000

Thanx for the BIG write Up /// !!! much respect.

I manage dub/z and noticed a few things that needed an edit on the article.

Dubfx is not Eduard whoever, his name is Ben Stanford //
He grew up in Melbourne Australia

If you need any info feel free to contact me.

Thanks again & good vibrations!!!

Re: Minimizing Mistakes: 3-2-1 Test, then Launch

ryangraves — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:36:19 -0000

If you don't mind sharing, how much did you have to spend to find the right
name?

Would you be willing to share more about your testing?

Re: Minimizing Mistakes: 3-2-1 Test, then Launch

Miguel Mayher — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:51:07 -0000

Man, that was a solid post.

Ryan I have very considerable experience with Google Adsense, setting up campaigns, building keyword lists, creating landing pages and testing new niches. Let me know if I can give you a hand in any step of the process.

Remember if the results are bad it may mean your -that- landing page, with -those- keywords, does not convert into sales. Not that the business concept is flawed. That's why it's important to be as good as possible in each step of the process!

It is a painful/slow exercise but if done properly can save you serious money down the road.

I used it for my newest project in chosing the domain name, just as in the 4HHW they picked the title: the highest Click-Through rate wins.

Great stuff, let us know your results!

Re: Minimizing Mistakes: 3-2-1 Test, then Launch

ryangraves — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:57:10 -0000

That was part of the reason I wrote the post...simplifying the process so
that I can execute on it.
Easier said than done :)

Re: Minimizing Mistakes: 3-2-1 Test, then Launch

ItStartsWithUs — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:41:30 -0000

All fantastic ideas, all best practices, but man, it made my head spin just thinking about doing all that. Which is why you'll make money and I won't. :)