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Everyone loves a good quote! Or, at least everyone should. Otherwise Shakespeare died in vain.
The following is a list of top blog quotes from 101 of the very best bloggers I’ve had the pleasure of reading in blogs, interviews and social media.
I also added one silly quote of my own, so I would look cool by association.
Enjoy!
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Michael Hyatt on giving up:Failure isn’t final until you quit.” [tweet this]
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Darren Rowse on awesomeness:99.9% of great bloggers are not awesome on day 1. Their awesomeness is the accumulation of the value they create over time.” [tweet this]
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Amy Harrison on consistency:(Superheroes) can disappear for months or years and then burst back onto the scene with a climactic display of their impressive powers. Okay for superheroes, not okay for your content. It might feel boring and constraining, but publishing consistently brings results.” [tweet this]
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Seth Godin on why to write:I made a decision to write for my readers, not to try to find more readers for my writing.” [tweet this]
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Syed Balkhi on writing efficiently:People often ask me how am I able to write several blog posts in a day? My reply is simple: I stay in the zone. I eliminate all distractions and just write.” [tweet this]
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Crystal Paine on overdoing it:Burning the candle at both ends doesn’t give you superpowers, it just makes you exhausted.” [tweet this]
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Jon Morrow on gaining readership:Anyone can start a blog, but the real test is getting readers.” [tweet this]
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Liz Strauss on writing vs. blogging:Writing is thinking out loud. Blogging is thinking out loud where other folks think back.” [tweet this]
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Chris Brogan on the protagonist:The key is, no matter what story you tell, make your buyer the hero.” [tweet this]
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John Chow on promotion:Way too many bloggers think making money from blogging is like the movie Field of Dreams, where Kevin Costner’s character was told, ‘If you build it, they will come.’ You can build it, but if nobody knows about it, then they’re not coming!” [tweet this]
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Pat Flynn on being proactive:Finding success is all about taking action. You can read all you want, but nothing will happen until you execute.” [tweet this]
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Jonathan Milligan on focusing on the reader:No one cares about your blog unless you are adding value to their lives in some way.” [tweet this]
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Brian Clark on optimization:You can’t optimize something that’s dead.” [tweet this]
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Penelope Trunk on finding yourself:A blog is a great way to figure out what you want to do with yourself because writing regularly is a path to self-discovery.” [tweet this]
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Yaro Starak on people:Everything comes back to learning about people, figuring out what makes them tick and then using your understanding of their psychology to present your offer as the best tailored solution for them.” [tweet this]
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John Corcoran on social sharing:Want more shares for your blog posts? Study what makes ideas spread. Shares will follow.” [tweet this]
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Glen Long on clear writing:Your writing is the instruction manual for assembling ideas in your reader’s mind.” [tweet this]
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David Risley on thinking big:It can be pretty rough out there for bloggers who think small. You’ve got to think – and play – big if you want to make a larger footprint these days.” [tweet this]
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Derek Halpern on being stupid:If you’re not building your email list, you’re an idiot.” [tweet this]
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Nathan Hanson on change:We grow and change every day and every year and every decade, but we have the option of choosing HOW we grow and in what ways we change.” [tweet this]
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Michael Dunlop on risk:If you start with nothing and end up with nothing, there’s nothing lost.” [tweet this]
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Gary Vaynerchuk on building goodwill:Your story needs to move people’s spirits and build their goodwill, so that when you finally do ask them to buy from you, they feel like you’ve given them so much it would be almost rude to refuse.” [tweet this]
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Jason Mathes on Google:First tip for having a Google Friendly Blog? High quality content.” [tweet this]
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Steve Pavlina on monetizing:If you think monetizing your site is wonderful, fine. If you think it’s evil, fine. But make up your mind before you seriously consider starting down this path. If you want to succeed, you must be congruent.” [tweet this]
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Adrienne Smith on attitude:If you approach (blogging) having a me me me attitude you will fail miserably.” [tweet this]
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Matt Wolfe on hope:It only takes one amazing post to push your blog past the tipping point.” [tweet this]
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Jason Calacanis on trust:The currency of blogging is authenticity and trust.” [tweet this]
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Daniel Sharkov on self promotion:The real problem behind self-promotion is that lots of newbie marketers simply don’t know when they’ve gone too far.” [tweet this]
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Kathy Frederick on renewing excitement:Print out some of your stuff and cozy up with it for a while. You might be surprised by your own writing, find a few things you can improve upon and renew your excitement for blogging.” [tweet this]
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Angi Clark on baby steps:The thing about all successful people is, they all started somewhere. They didn’t just wake up one morning with an international clothing company, or a graphic design firm, or a famous cupcake shop, or a blog with 50,000 readers. So make a list: What’s ONE thing I can accomplish today that will take me one step closer to my goal? Then do that one thing. Then another thing. Then another. It’s all about the baby steps.” [tweet this]
Angi Clark
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Jenny Weber on spelling and grammar:How seemingly literate people still don’t know when to use YOU’RE instead of YOUR is appalling.” [tweet this]
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Kerry Russell on sharing:I’m a big believer in sharing my failures as well as my successes, so (readers) know what works and what doesn’t.” [tweet this]
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Neil Patel on passion:Do something you are passionate about because it won’t feel like work. This way you will work harder and longer.” [tweet this]
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Matt Cutts on guest blogging:You should publish high-quality guest bloggers, people whose words you really, really trust.” [tweet this]
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Bob Lotich on blogging full time:I told myself that I didn’t care if I never made more than $8/hr – having freedom and not being stuck in the rat race was soooo worth it.” [tweet this]
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Steven Wilson on headlines:Your headlines are the first and sometimes the only chance you get to grab readers attention. Write something that makes potential visitors want to know more about the topic.” [tweet this]
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Eli Fennell on social media:The key to social media is being social.” [tweet this]
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Stephan Hovnanian on Google Plus:Whether you are trying to get noticed by prospective employers, build ‘street cred’ around your consulting services, or simply want to network with more people, there’s no better place to build a personal brand than on Google+.” [tweet this]
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Carol Tice on risk:You have to be willing to take some risks and learn new things to move into new, high-paid areas and keep your income growing.” [tweet this]
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Uttoran Sen on thinking global:By neglecting to communicate with the rest of the non English-speaking world, you’re costing yourself a mountain of money.” [tweet this]
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Pauline Cabrera on formatting:You need to organize your content in a clear and easy-to-read format to keep your readers engaged, regardless of its length.” [tweet this]
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Al Remetch on Google Plus:I always thought it was a given that the more content your site had about a specific topic, the better the top ranking potential.” [tweet this]
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Joan Harrington on social media:Social media is a phenomenal tool for building your audience, connecting with new people, and growing your business but it will only work when you are consistently present, engaging with your audience, and giving them content they will love.” [tweet this]
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Rand Fishkin on stories:Tell a story. Make it true. Make it compelling. And make it relevant.” [tweet this]
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Demian Farnworth on authority:Domain age alone doesn’t grant you authority, and your domain registration strategy doesn’t impact your search rankings quite like you think it might. Your site’s content and the links coming to those pages are what matters.” [tweet this]
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Henneke Duistermaat on followers:Follower numbers are less important than follower engagement, enthusiasm, and love for your blog.” [tweet this]
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Pamela Wilson on experts:If you have the guts to come up with an idea, and the persistence to see it through until it’s finished, you deserve to call yourself an expert on the topic. Because by researching and writing an ebook you will be.” [tweet this]
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Michael King on customers:Let’s agree that all content must be created with the customer’s needs in mind. Otherwise we are wasting time and resources as marketers.” [tweet this]
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Jerod Morris on taking initiative:If you want something, ask. You might actually get it.” [tweet this]
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Sean Smith on boring niches:The next time you find yourself lamenting the lack of content opportunities available to you, remember: there is no such thing as a boring niche.” [tweet this]
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Sophie Lizard on traffic:The truth is, traffic in and of itself is pointless unless you’re attracting your ideal visitor.” [tweet this]
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Beth Hayden on Pinterest:If you only pin your own stuff on Pinterest, you will fail as a pinner. You’ll never see that consistent flow of targeted traffic that you’re longing for.” [tweet this]
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Jon Acuff on mattering:If you’re going to risk and maybe fail, fail at something that matters. Fail gloriously so that even in failure, lives change.” [tweet this]
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Mary Jaksch on letting worry cripple you:Potential brilliance can easily be stillborn when a writer wrestles with worry. Don’t.” [tweet this]
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Peter Anderson on illusions:Some people have a notion in their head that running a successful blog isn’t a lot of work, that it just means writing a post here and there, publishing it and sitting back as the money flows in. It’s a lot more than that though.” [tweet this]
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Delia Rusu on burn out:You’re not a prisoner to your blog, take a break. Spend some time evaluating your life, getting clear about what’s important and what’s not and see if blogging is part of it.” [tweet this]
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Ramsay Taplin on readership:Something that a lot of bloggers and online marketers forget is that 80% to 90% of your readers are straight up beginners.” [tweet this]
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Kristi Hines on working from home:Having set work hours each day will help you get your body into the rhythm of being focused on work during a specified time of day.” [tweet this]
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Josh Kotsay on comments:Comments are the life blood of every blog. It indicates that people like and enjoy engaging with your content.” [tweet this]
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Ana Hoffman on what it takes to thrive:There’s only one you. And there’s no app in the world to change that. If you want to build a thriving business, something’s got to give.” [tweet this]
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Ileane Smith on evergreen content:Go through your blog archives and find the hidden gems of evergreen content that could use a little more exposure.” [tweet this]
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Ryan Hanley on writer’s block:Not posting to your blog is NOT the end of the world, the end of your business, or even a reason to have a bad day. Writer’s block is NOT creativity block.” [tweet this]
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Onyeka Abengowe on inspiration:Stand tall and proud. Be unique, be yourself. There’s only one you in the whole wide world.” [tweet this]
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Eric Deeter on conventional wisdom:Long-term gradual growth is more important than a shot of activity that dies off after a month or so.” [tweet this]
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Laurel Staples on entrepreneurs:True entrepreneurs have skin in the game. WE TAKE RISKS. There’s no safety net, no comfy paycheck, and there’s rarely a backup plan.” [tweet this]
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Ali Luke on snap judgements:We all make snap judgements, and if your blog doesn’t look like a reputable, high-quality read, visitors won’t come back.” [tweet this]
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Adam Connell on value:Your focus needs to be on value and ensuring that your readers get something out of your content, whether you are teaching your readers something or entertaining them.” [tweet this]
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Enstine Muki on problem solving:Solve a problem! That’s the magic to make money online. That’s the key to succeed even offline.” [tweet this]
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Andrew M. Warner on comments:If you really want to have success on your blog through blog commenting, you need to write comments that starts to get the attention of the blog owner.” [tweet this]
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Don Purdum on results:If you really want your web presence to explode, it’s time to try something new. If you keep doing what you are doing, you will keep getting the results you’re getting.” [tweet this]
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Mi Muba on blogs:It is so easy to start a blog. Easier to continue it with good/bad content. But the real test is to make it successful.” [tweet this]
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Catherine Holt on confidence:One of the great ways to improve your blog is to be confident with what you are doing. Have confidence in yourself, and that will shine through in your site.” [tweet this]
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Marc Andre on epic content:While epic content may take a significant amount of your time to write, it will be more valuable to your blog than cumulative impact of several typical blog posts.” [tweet this]
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Brian Dean on promotion:If you’re serious about generating high quality links, you need to be very systematic with how you create and promote your content.” [tweet this]
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Sally Ann Miller on the right audience:If you have the wrong people on your list, then they’re not going to open your emails.” [tweet this]
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Lisa Mallis on scheduling:By scheduling time to complete the important tasks – you will finish!” [tweet this]
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Scott Taft on content creation:There is a small percentage of people that actually create content on the web. Most people just lurk and absorb.” [tweet this]
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Ryan Biddulph on creating:Creating is a wonderful thing. Creating a product that folks can consume on a large scale is even more wonderful.” [tweet this]
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Harleena Singh on blogging as a business:(If) you want to be a professional blogger, you need to treat your blog like a business. The first thing you do when you start a business is have a business plan.” [tweet this]
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Alexis Grant on art and money:It is NOT wrong to try to make a living from your art, to charge enough money that you can afford to create — so long as some people will actually pay what you’re asking. So stop feeling guilty about it!” [tweet this]
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Brittany Bullen on choices:I have learned that most things are a choice. You can choose to be happy. You can choose to be healthy. You can choose to be successful. We are not victims of our circumstances or identities. Tough things happen, but we choose what they’ll do to us.” [tweet this]
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Jeni Elliott on “more”:People come to your site because they are looking for something. They want to do more, have more, be more.” [tweet this]
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Carol Amato on multi-tasking:I think we’ll all feel – and do – much better if we live ‘in the moment,’ and attempt to focus on the important thing going on or needing attention rather than trying to do it all at once.” [tweet this]
Carol Amato
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Craig Emerson on quitting:You won’t be very successful if you just pack it in the first time something doesn’t go the way you plan.” [tweet this]
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Dennis Seymour on link building:Link building is not just a strategy to increase rankings, it’s also a result and looking at it like that will open your eyes to more efficient ways to build backlinks.” [tweet this]
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Donna Merrill on learning:People like to learn things, but they especially like to learn what they can do to improve their lives.” [tweet this]
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Gertrude Nonterah on the little things:Little drops of water do make a mighty ocean. The key is to not take those little drops for granted and give up before the ocean actually arrives.” [tweet this]
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Jane Sheeba on discipline:If you lead a disciplined life you have no chances to encourage bad habits. You either won’t have time for those or you simply cannot accommodate or adopt yourself to spending time and money on bad habits.” [tweet this]
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Jennifer on success:Blogging success can’t be duplicated… it’s as individual as the bloggers themselves. Discover what your readers love and capitalize on it.” [tweet this]
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Jens P. Berget on success:You need a good definition of success. It’s so much easier to keep doing hard work when you see that you are moving towards your goal.” [tweet this]
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Maxwell Ivey on good enough:I would rather do something pretty well than not do it at all while I wait for things to be ideal.” [tweet this]
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Mandie Sanders on opportunities:Big opportunities to be a hero don’t come around that often for most of us, but we probably pass up a whole bunch of small ones every day.” [tweet this]
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Lauren Tamm on routines:When everything in life is going crazy, routines create a sense of reliability.” [tweet this]
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Nathan Ambrose on fusion cuisine:Building a successful blog is like preparing a tasty dish. There’s more to it than knowing what certain ingredients are, and how they taste on their own. Rather, it’s about having a working knowledge of how they fuse together, and why.”
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Tor Refsland on paying it forward:Be polite and ask for advice. Successful people like to share their knowledge with other people. They have also been in your shoes, and they have also learned from others.” [tweet this]
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Sylviane Nuccio on true success:The real recipe for success is when you work from the inside out. Because if you’re not ready for success mentally and subconsciously, true success will be long in coming.” [tweet this]
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Sherman Smith on ol’ number one:If you’re only looking out for yourself, you may end up being by yourself.” [tweet this]
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Pooja Lohana on passions:Having multiple passions is not easy. It’s hard work. You are always pulled in different directions. You want to do this, and you want to do that too. And you want to do it all together.” [tweet this]
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Paul Back on who you know:No matter how good your content is, without powerful friends to share it, it will most likely sink without a trace.” [tweet this]
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Sue Anne Dunlevie on traffic:Successful bloggers know a secret. They only write certain types of posts. They don’t waste their time writing a post that won’t bring them traffic.” [tweet this]
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Jaime Buckley on personality:Unless you’re engaging, my eyes will glaze over. We all have a personality, but do you use it? Does it come out in your comments?” [tweet this]
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Kevin J. Duncan on rocket science, for some reason:Starting a blog from scratch isn’t rocket science. Unless, of course, you’re starting a blog about rocket science.” [tweet this]
Kevin J. Duncan
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Very very wonderful and magnificent list of quotes.. and really liked the collection just bookmarked it and gonna print it soon 🙂
Hi, Swadhin.
Thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed the list. There certainly is a huge collection of wisdom from all those wonderful bloggers listed. Hopefully the 40 additional ones I add later will be just as good!
And thank you for commenting! It’s always fun when you get a comment from someone new. 🙂 Hope you’ll be back!
Hi Kevin,
Oh my ! Thanks so much for featuring me on your blog. YOUR BLOG ! Thanks so much Kevin for the honor.
Hey Kevin, I made it and I read every single one of them. Wow, what a great job and how time consuming for you. I’m very impressed with all these quotes, bloggers and the tweets you set up.
Thank you for taking the time to put this altogether and I guess you still have a few more to share! As I told you in my tweet, thank you for quoting me. That’s just too cool!
~Adrienne
Hi, Adrienne.
Congratulations on making it through all the quotes! Yeah, it was a tad time consuming. 🙂
Many of the quotes I’ve gathered along the way. But putting them all together, creating a custom black-white-circular photo for everyone, finding everyone’s Twitter and G+ profiles (you would be amazed how many bloggers don’t make this info easy to find on their blogs!), error checking, error checking again…
Let’s just say it took a good while! And yes, as you pointed out, I still have more to add. Haha.
You’re very welcome. I’m glad I have the distinction of being the first person to quote you! I’m sure now that I’ve done it, everyone else will start doing it now, too. Especially since your blog is full of so much quotable text!
Thanks for visiting and commenting! Hope you come back.
Congratulations, Adrienne. It isn’t surprising that you get quoted often. Of all the bloggers who have been around as long as us, your site stands out for the loyalty of your audience.
Oh I love having a go to page now when I need a little pick me up! Like Shawdin I am bookmarking it and sharing it. Thanks again.
Hi, Kristina!
I’m glad you like the post enough to bookmark it and share it. It’s nice receiving positive feedback, especially considering how long it took me to put this thing together (and I’m still not done with it)!
Thanks for commenting!
Great list! I especially love #30 from Angi Clark. I try (and sometimes succeed) to remember this all the time. I have a never ending list of things to do, but even when I’m overwhelmed I can take ONE postitive baby step each day!
Hi, Laura!
Thanks for visiting and commenting. Yeah, I like Angi’s quote, too. (She’s my oldest online friend, actually. I don’t mean oldest in the sense she’s aged, I mean oldest in the sense we’ve been online friends since 2005!)
My wife absolutely adores sewing. I’ll have to tell her about your blog.
Thanks again for visiting, Laura. Feel free to come back!
I started blogging on Blogger almost 3 years ago this month and used to write my heart out on topics that appealed to me on a weekly basis based on my Life but with a story and an educative experience – just like Kerry Russell, a favorite of mine says in the blog quote collection.
It took time to find an audience but readers came. No wonder the blog won a year after it was created and I continue to write my metaphysical stress busting posts there in addition to my official website blog which is focused more on the problems of my ideal client and based on experience.
I don’t have a quote to share, Kevin because you’ve covered all my favorites already, bloggers whom I read along the way and still follow.
The one thing I can add to the awesome compilation is to blog from the heart and write something you would want to read if you needed a solution to the problem. Be consistent but if you have nothing to say then better to keep quiet that week. 🙂
Hey, Vatsala.
Congratulations on your almost 3-year blogging anniversary!
You’re absolutely correct in that (usually) it takes time to find an audience. Unless you already have a built-in audience from another popular blog, the norm is: readership takes time to build. I’m glad you stayed with, stayed consistent, and found readers. 🙂
“Write something you would want to read” is smart advice. So, too, is keeping quiet and not writing anything if you have nothing to say!
Thanks for commenting again, Vatsala! How are the color tweaks with your blog coming along?
Thanks Kevin for including my quote on your list. I am so honored to be mentioned along with these great seasoned bloggers. Very brilliant collection, I did read them all! Amazing quotes, really looking forward to updates! Keep up the great work!
Onyeka
Onyeka,
You are welcome! Don’t tell anyone else this (I write pretending as though no one else will be able to read what I’m about to write!), but your blog was possibly the easiest for me to find a good quote! You do those daily 1-minute inspirational tips that are custom-ready for a quotes-roundup post like mine here. 🙂
Thank you for the kind words. You keep up the great work, too!
And thanks for commenting!
I’ve been collecting quotes from various bloggers as I read blogs for a while now, but seeing so many of them in one place is priceless. Made it a fun and inspirational Saturday morning read…
Thanks for including one of mine, Kevin!
Ana,
I’m glad you enjoyed them! And you are very welcome regarding the inclusion of your quote. Thank you for mentioning me in your Weekly Marketing Skinny, not to mention your sharing on social media. I really appreciate it!
Also, thank you for the kind words about my blog design on G+. That was very nice of you. I really dig the look and layout of Traffic Generation Cafe, too.
Hope you have a great Sunday. Thanks again, Ana!
HI Kevin,
I am so much inspired and excited to see all these top bloggers and their Quotes in one place.That’s definitely a great read.I am adding one from me.
“All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you.Take action Now”
Hello Abdul,
Thank you for commenting! I’m so glad you enjoyed these great quotes. They inspire me, too!
Your quote is a really good take on being proactive. So many people/bloggers wait for something big to happen. But what they need to do is take action!
I like the name of your blog: Passion Blogger. Very neat.
How long have you been blogging?
Hi Kevin,
Sorry for being late,i should have subscribed for following comments.Anyway
I also like the name of my blog.It reminds me of my passion which is writing.I have started blogging almost 3 months ago.
Adbul,
I usually forget to subscribe to comments when I leave someone a comment, too. No worries!
Congrats on reaching the 3-month mark with blogging! I’ve been at it almost ten years, but Be A Better Blogger is barely a month old. Hopefully I’ll be at a good place, too, when it reaches the 3-month mark. 🙂
Thanks for stopping by again!
Hey, Kevin! You’ve made life easier for people looking for expert advice. Thanks for doing and sharing this.
Hi, Irwin!
Thank you! I’m glad you liked them.
Thanks for commenting!
Fantastic collection – lots of my favorite bloggers and some new ones for me to discover too. Thank you!
One of my mantras is – quality over quantity. I tell my audience to stop focusing on your number of email subscribers. Instead think of one place your ideal customer hangs out and one way you can help solve a burning pain. Do this and you’ll be on your way to building a list of email subscribers who love what you do.
Sally,
Thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed them. Lots of good bloggers on here, that’s for sure!
That’s a great tip. Quality beats the pants off quantity time and again. Give me 50 devoted email subscribers over 500 who couldn’t care less. Ditto Twitter followers. Ditto G+.
I like your blog a lot. Very nice!
Love these quotes! Thanks for including the “tweet this” option on each one – you made it so easy for me to share my favorite quotes – and my favorite people. (HUGE fan of Laurel Staples . . . and Delia to, of course!!) Lots of great “stuff” to ponder! I am also bookmarking!
Lisa,
Thank you! You’re the first person to mention the “tweet this” options next to each quote. Glad you liked them and they made Tweeting easier for you! 🙂
Thank you so much for bookmarking and leaving me a comment! I’ll have to check out your blog/site once I get home tonight.
Hope you have a great day!
Wow! this is fantastic Kevin. I see so many wonderful bloggers I interact with here.
I’m a money making blogger and I often tell my readers the best way to make money blogging is to blog for your readers first, then the money will follow nonstop!
This is working for me 😉
Enstine,
Thanks! I’m glad you liked it. The collective wisdom and years of blogging experience from these bloggers are huge!
I really like the design of your blog. (And not just because your action color is blue like mine, though that helps. Haha.)
Your “about” page says you started blogging in 2012? Wow, you’ve come a long way in a relatively short amount of time!
Are you having good success with it? Are you enjoying it?
I am truly honoured to have been selected in this list, Kevin. And also the fact that I’m getting to “sit” next to some amazing bloggers that I truly respect and follow. Thanks again for including me.
Delia,
You are quite welcome! I liked your quote a lot, and I think it fit right in among all the other great quotes listed. 🙂
Thanks for visiting and leaving a comment!
Hello Kevin D
After my guest post on Adrienne Smith’s blog last week about selfish website owners, you can well imagine just how her quote struck a chord:
‘If you approach blogging having a me me me attitude you will fail miserably.’
Anyway, great read.
Kevin C
Hey Kevin #2!
Glad to see you here after conversing with you in the comments of your guest post on Adrienne’s blog. Appreciate you stopping by!
Yep, hers is a really great quote. Is it your favorite from the list?
Hello Kevin D
Adrienne’s quote was defo one of my faves. But I also like #57 Ramsay Taplin on readership:
“Something that a lot of bloggers and online marketers forget is that 80% to 90% of your readers are straight up beginners.”
Even when we get more accomplished at this blogging/copywriting/social media thing we still assume everyone else knows at least as much as we do.
Hi Kevin,
Yes, Ramsay’s quote is great, too. And it’s true. To my surprise, I’ve found many of my visitors (not my regular commenters, but my visitors) are beginners.
It’s a big reason why I chose to write the 8,317-word post on “how to write a blog post.” I knew it would benefit many of my readers.
And it’s “thanks” to that large post that I’m behind on responding to comments! Sorry I’m just now getting to yours.
Hope all is going well. Have a great weekend!
Ohhh what Matt Cutts Doing here??? 😛
Anyways believe me very helpful quotes, i’m in blogging from last 4 years but still these type of information are very helpful for me.
Thanks for sharing nice quotes with us
Regards
Hi Waqas,
Welcome to my blog! Yeah, sorry… had to include Matt. 🙂
Glad you found these quotes helpful! Glad you stopped by and left me your comment!
Hope you return!
This is the best guide I have ever find in my Blogging carrer. Really you can learn many things from it and the best thing is that all my favourite bloggers are in the list.
Hi Nishant,
Welcome to my blog! The best guide in your career? Wow, that’s high praise. Thank you.
Thank you for stopping by and leaving your comment. Hope to see you again.
Hi Kevin,
This post I found on facebook one of my friend shared it. And I am really Glad I found it at least! Wonderful article Inspired my a lot. Thanks for sharing this lovely article.
I personally believe that one should always believe in themselves in order to achieve anything in life. “Life is very short, always do whatever you love” ! 🙂
Anyways thanks for this awesome post.
Hi Shaswat,
Welcome to my blog! I’m glad you found the post from your Facebook friend.
Glad you enjoyed it! And I agree, you should do what you love to do. Or, in my case, blog what you love blogging about.
Hope all is well. Come back to the blog any time!
Hey Kevin,
Thanks for adding me on here. Shock of the day for me but I really appreciate it. I’ll have to start collecting quotes myself, not to put in a post but maybe incorporate in posts sometimes. Alot of great bloggers and alot of great quotes here that I’ll have to take time to read through.
Thanks again for this surprise.
Have a great weekend.
– Andrew
Hey Andrew,
You are very welcome! Happy to do it.
Gathering quotes you can incorporate into posts is a great idea. That’s what I did (I just used them in one giant post here, but now that I’ve exhausted my archive I wish I had saved some of them)!
Feel free to quote me any time, btw. 🙂
Hi Kevin,
Thanks so much for adding me to the list! An absolute slew of wisdom here, from THE top bloggers on earth. I love Amy Harrison’s quote. She sums up why the people on this list, are on this list.
Superheroes show up out of nowhere, with super human abilities, and save the day. Super hero bloggers show up daily, when they don’t feel like it, and create, or connect, or write, or do what needs to be done to succeed.
I spent the past 2 hours or so walking into town in Fiji, shopping, and walking back home. After some light work this morning – I woke at 5 AM – I’m at it again this afternoon. I’d probably rather be chilling on a Saturday afternoon for since we’re doing that later, I work now.
It is how it is.
Of course, later’s chilling involves drinking Kava – aka grog, here in Fiji – on our porch, wit a local….a mini ceremony. Which of course is darn cool! But still, I’m tired now, and even though I feel grateful, and high energy mind-wise, I’m human, and would rather go to sleep.
Then, I see posts like this, and the tweet you sent me, and I feel inspired. I also just scored my third interview request of the week, from Successful Blogging, one of the top”blogging” blogs on the web. I’m deeply honored, and I know that my persistence was one reason that I’m see more exposure, through your generosity, and due to the fact that I’m continuing to pop up on the radar.
This my friend, will go viral. No doubts about that.
Bravo dude.
Thanks SO much again Kevin 🙂
Tweeting in a bit.
Have a fun weekend.
Ryan
That’s tons of wisdom put together on this list. It was amazing to read quotes from all the people I look upto. 🙂
My favourite from the list is definitely Brian Dean 🙂
Hey Kevin,
Its early in the morning i saw this post on my fb shared by one of my friend.I came here and these quotes gonna make my Day.
Thanks for this beautiful collection
Gagan
Hi Kevin,
My goodness! What a collection of awesome quotes 🙂
Who isn’t on this list I must say, so much to learn from all of these bloggers and what each one has said. It must’ve taken lots of hard work to gather all of these, but it does make it a wonderful collection.
Thanks for adding my two cents too and I am surely going to bookmark this page as bloggers always need quotes on blogging and all of these categories you mentioned.
Thanks once again – appreciate it a great deal. Have a nice weekend 🙂
Superb..
I was really looking for bloggers quotes….and I got it from Top Blogger here…
Great Work..
What an awesome collection of quotes you have collected from some very inspiring bloggers. I feel incredibly privileged to be featured here.
If you ever feel the need for some uplifting in your blogging, then this is really the place to come!
Thanks so much for including me Kevin 🙂
Super honored to be included in this list! Each time I read your post I pick a new favorite! Currently, I think Chris Brogan’s quote is my favorite!
Kevin,
This is an excellent collection of quotes, and thank you for including me in it. I really like the way you have formatted the post and the quotes. It really makes it easy to read and scan.
Hi Kevin,
Thank you for including me. I’m honored to be featured along side such illustrious company – including many of my blogging heroes!
I wonder – are you going to stop at 100 quotes? It’s a nice round number and you only need to collect 19 more. Or maybe you’ll keep going for 250 😉
Anyway, thank you and great job!
Sally
Why did you get to say something about Rocket science???!!!??
That’s the best one! LOL
Thanks for including me Kev. It’s a big honour! HUGE list of blogging’s finest and it’s amazing that you put together something like this. Freaking big effort on your part! 🙂
Hi Dennis,
I agree! The rocket science one WAS the best one! 🙂
You are very welcome, my friend. Happy to include you! And yeah, this list has taken me a long time to complete. A long, long time. (I started in June of last year!)
Appreciate your comment, Dennis. Hope you’re having a great week!
I can only imagine how long it took you to pull this entire thing together Kevin, even if it was done it two parts. This is awesome!
Love the formatting and inclusion of all the contact information.
BTW – thanks for including me in this list with all of these amazing bloggers. Highlight of my day!
As for the best quote of the bunch, #102 of course 🙂
Hi Craig,
I long ago gave up counting how many hours I put into this list. And if you add the time my wife spent finding quotes (whenever she found a good one, she’d send it my way)… well, I bet it rivals that 8,000-word post I wrote! No wonder I’m so tired. 🙂
Thanks! I’m glad you liked it. And you are very welcome for the inclusion, my friend. Well deserved!
Ahhhh. Thanks! Haha. My wife says #102 is the best, too, so you’re in good company.
I saw you emailed me earlier today, and I promise I’ll respond to it shortly. This was one of those crazy, crazy days!
Hope your week is going great, Craig. Thanks for the great comment!
Wow! This post is EPIC Kevin… or should I say epically Kevin?! So many awesome quotes here… and I’m stunned that you included me in this list. I’m in awe and flattered beyond expression.
I’m pinning and sharing this because everything about it… from top to bottom is amazing.
Thanks for sharing.
Ooooohhh, epically Kevin, hehe, I like that.
Hi, Kevin.
What a great list!
I was inspired by several quotes, from Chris Brogan about making the reader a hero, to Pat Flynn about taking action. From Angi Clark about baby steps to Jens-Petter Berget about a good definition of success.
And what an honour to be included too. I had even forgotten that I said what I did about fusion cuisine!
Great post. I’ll be tweeting some quotes.
Nathan.
I’m…..59th—ish???
Well I might have gotten here sooner had I actually KNOWN about the post…
(eyes Kevin with disappointed suspicion…)
THAT, my friend is an epic list. THANK you for including me….though I’m not sure if anything I say matches the value of these bloggers…but I’m grateful to be among them.
Especially next to you, bud.
You know what I always love about lists?
It’s a connector.
Now I go through the article, find the fascinating quotes that not only grab my interest, but inspire me and say—“I’m gonna go chat with this guy/gal…cause I AGREE.”
…and off I go to make a new friend.
Hadn’t thought about this until just now…and I think that’s impressive, Kevin. Ya just slapped me with a “Howdy Neighbor Technique.”
[Note to Kevin: change the above “Howdy Neighbor Technique” into a link to your article…cause I, ya know…just made a clever plug for you to redirect attention….yup…got yer back, buddy. *wink*]
Have to say, this was a heck of a good comeback after your blogsphere coma (glad you’re okay, BTW….took a lot of pleading with Devon to keep her from pulling the plugs on the machines…..again, get yer back, buddy).
[What? ….are you serious? They weren’t life support machines? Oh. She was wanting to unplug the lamp to recharge her phone? Erk. Okay….don’t tell Kevin…still makes us look good.]
SOOOOooooo, good job, buddy. Talk soon!
He put you right before the last one so that’s the biggest honor 🙂
[What a big list! Bet this stops at 100…….boom #101 Jaime Buckley]
Always love reading your comments Jaime.
Dennis, buddy—we seriously should have our own comment party.
Soooo, you’re place or mine? The others can join in if they like, but we should chat more often.
You have a quick mind, great personality….even if we never did resolve that addiction to cat videos.
…just sayin,
Epic, my friend. Just epic.
My favourite is an unknown called Darren Rowse.
“99.9% of great bloggers are not awesome on day 1. Their awesomeness is the accumulation of the value they create over time.”
Think he might do quite well… 🙂
His quote touches on a recurring theme that I’m seeing more and more. So many potentially wonderful people are put off because they think they have to hit the ground running ~ and perfect.
I think that the ubiquitous “get rich quick” brigade give out a false message about how quickly you can succeed if only you have the right niche, the right domain name, the right SEO yadda yadda.
Just like diets, there is NO quick fix *stares longingly at chocolate eclair*
Work and more work. This is where it is so important to work at something you love ~ as Neil Patel says in his quote ” Do something you are passionate about because it won’t feel like work. This way you will work harder and longer.”
And he ought to know.
Just brilliant, Kevin.
And one more thing. Not only did you garner quotes from so many great people, I love that you took the time to add their own social media to their quote box. Thoughtful touches like that make all the difference by adding so much.
Thanks for all your hard work 🙂
Ya know, Ms. Awesome, Darren Rowse didn’t complete the WHOLE quote….
“99.9% of great bloggers are not awesome on day 1. Their awesomeness is the accumulation of the value they create over time. …and they are only fully appreciated after they’re dead.”
Not something I’m looking forward to, if I’m being honest.
[I’m JOKING Darren!!!]
*cough*
(Licks the at chocolate eclair residue from his fingertips….)
Course, my favorite quote from YOU, Mary is… “I was Googling what does “jIyajbe’,” mean in Klingon because I didn’t understand – loved the irony there…”
HAHAHAHA…**COUGH**
Gonna go eat another chocolate eclair.
This post is awesome! Love the layout, and your quote is…truly…inspiring.
Now off to try and put as many of these quotes into actionable steps as possible!
Enjoy what’s left of your week mate.
Luke
Intergeek
Kevin, I loved this one! I’m tweeting out my favorites (unless they are too long). I really liked yours at the end, a little humorous but oh so true too. Jerod’s is in my Buffer que 🙂 So many really good quotes Kevin, thanks for putting this together (I know it’s a lot of work) and for sharing with us. Have a great rest of the week!
LOVE Crystal Paine’s quote today on “burning the candle” – needed to hear that one today.
Here I am reading away and njoying all of these quotes and was pleasantly surprised when I see my friends quoted and then super surprised when I saw my quote!
Thanks so much for including me, Kevin.
Sue
Hi, Kevin,
WOW! WHAT A COLLECTION! Truly inspiring, and I’m ever so grateful to be included.
I like Adrienne Smith’s quote about approaching blogging with a ‘me me me’ attitude will result in failure quote (I paraphrased) because I’ve been noticing a lot of selfish people lately. Sad really.
Appreciate the kind mention, Kevin, and hope you have a great rest of the week.
Oh, by the way, did you see the new widget on my blog? You’re a Star! 🙂
˜Carol Amato
Sorry Carol, but…HAHAHAHA!!
NOT including you in a list like this?
That’s…like not inviting the Samoan’s over for dinner. Yeah, you’ll still have the food, but the rest of the party will suck.
Sure, just my opinion, but it’s the only one I’ve got and you lady…you I adore and respect.
(polishes his “I Think Carol Rocks” badge and thrusts out his chest for all to see)
Anyone gonna argue? No?
Gonna go have ice cream and cake now.
Woo Hoo
What an awesome collection of quotes from such awesome people. I love them all so I can’t even choose which one is my favorite. I see so many of my friends here it is incredible.
Thanks for the mention!
-Donna
Thanks Kevin!
Pretty honored to be up there with all the great bloggers. As payback I have actually included you in my next post 😛
The post looks great, and thanks for the social media shout out buttons too – really beautifully presented.
Cheers buddy
Paul
Great list of good quotes, Kevin.
A million thanks for including me, buddy,
I really appreciate it.
Have an awesome day!
Tor
Hey Kevin!
Thanks for the mention in this incredible list of bloggers. I especially love what Sue Anne said about successful bloggers only writing posts they know will generate traffic. Isn’t that the truth? Because at the end of the day, it’s about what the reader wants to see, learn and read about. Not me sharing about the 87 sprinkles I ate off a donut today.
Hope you are doing well. It was great to hear from you.
Lauren
Hey Kevin,
This was a great list of quotes and the bloggers that go with each quote. I only know a few of them out of the list, but the one’s I do know I can remember reading their quotes on their posts. I was surprise that I was included and I really appreciate this Kevin. This let’s me know that I’m doing something right 😉
Thanks for the share Kevin and have a great weekend!
Hi Kevin,
Sorry to be a little late to the party – but glad I am here 🙂
Wow! What an awesome collection of blog quotes, which is one thing I always love and must have on my posts! Surely a post to be bookmarked and referred to often.
Thanks so much for adding mine to this awesome list – much appreciated. Happy weekend too 🙂
Hi Kevin,
What a fantastic post, and thank you so much for including me with those marvelous people.
I’ve just moved on the other side of the ocean for a while, so I’ve disconnected with blog a bit lately between my move, the jet lag and all 🙂
I think that the quote that you’ve chosen here is perfect as I’m living my long time dream.
Thanks bunches 🙂
I’m gonna say the same thing to you and I said about Carol….which now I’m seeing is kinda funny, ’cause this isn’t MY blog.
…just have a summer home here.
Not inviting you is like apples arguing in a moonlit crumpet of backwashed traffic jam.
It just doesn’t make sense.
(See what I did there? Jumbled silly words to make a point—doesn’t make…sense?)
Maybe ya had to be there. It was clever, though, at least in theory.
Hey Kevin,
excellent round up of tweets, great work and thanks for the mention,
wow 102 quotes, that is some very serious hard work you have put into.
So many known faces, have been following most of these bloggers for years now. Will start checking out the rest of them as well.
thanks and regards,
Uttoran Sen,
Congrats on finishing the post at last — it was worth the wait for me! You introduced me to a load of bloggers I don’t know, and the quotes cut across a wide swathe of the blogosphere. The Pinterest quote by Beth Haydn :”If you only pin your own stuff on Pinterest, you will fail as a pinner. You’ll never see that consistent flow of targeted traffic that you’re longing for.” — that was a good reminder.
Thanks again for putting in the time to create this 🙂
Kevin,
What a great list. I can appreciate the time and effort it took to create it. My favorite quote is # 72 by Catherine Holt on confidence. People tend to naturally gravitate to those who exude confidence in all that they do. Also, they stand out from the crowd and are memorable. When was the last time you remembered someone who blended in with everyone else?
I will share and definitely bookmark as every blogger no matter their experience level needs to read this.
Thanks,
Kurt
What an amazing post Kevin. I found your blog through BoostBlogTraffic and so glad to be here. This is a very unique ideas and you did a great job. Thank you so much for sharing. I just tweeted this post.