David Risley

Many beginning bloggers just get it wrong. They “brain dump” into Wordpress and the post is barely readable. I wanted to share some advice with you today to help you write a better blog post. Headline is Important The headline is your hook in the sea. Yo...

Tweetglide. The new Tweetdeck killer. Or so they would have you believe… Last week, I got an email from Mike Filsaime. Now, Mike is a well-known internet marketer. I follow the world of internet marketing. After all, I’m, too, a marketer. Wh...

I got an email from a reader. I’m going to leave names out of it and I’m not even going to quote the whole thing. But, it really brought something to mind for me. I am a big believer in the idea that the only person capable of improving or messing up your life is you. Nobody else. Yo...

A common theme I hear from new bloggers is the time demands of creating so much content. Then, people like me will tell you how important it is to do videos, too, and your reaction might be… Are you Frickin’ kidding me? You don’t have to be the superman of writing to be a good blogger. You ...

“Personal branding” is a bit of a buzzword these days. Many claim to be experts on it even though the subject isn’t really that complicated at all. It is simply the art of creating a recognizable brand around yourself. The goals are: Be recognized whenever the brand is seen. Have...

Alright, so here’s the deal… Membership sites work. Period. I have made a bunch of money this year from two membership sites. Here is why I like this model so much: Sell once, get paid many times. Electronic delivery – no shipping costs It wo...

One of the keynote presentations at BlogWorld this year was a debate over sponsored conversations. I was warned ahead of time that it could get a little heated. Essentially, the debate was over the ethics of it...

A few days ago, I got an email in from a reader with the following: All the talk (you and others) focus on how to get all this money in a short amount of time- but nothing discussed about paying taxes on all this income. So, I thought I would address this for everybody...

This is a super quick little video interview I did with Azim Jamal, the author of The Power of Giving. This interview was done in Orlando, at Izeafest. Hope you enjoy. I tell ya one thing, this video makes me look like a damn whale. I should call Jenny Craig...

As might be expected, I picked up a lot of business cards from folks at BlogWorld Expo. When I get these cards, the idea is that I can check these people out after the show is over and see if they might be of any interest to me...

Mr. FTC dude: Yes, I was given this show ticket for free. Because Cirque Du Soleil is smart to use a bunch of bloggers coming to Vegas for show promotion. I’m about to say good things about them. If you don’t like it, fine me. OK...

There were two sessions at BlogWorld which really stood out to me as the most useful. One of them had to do with membership sites. Now, listen to me very carefully when I say this… Membership sites are THE BEST way to make money as a blogger. Period. End of story. Thanks for playing. ...

So, you’re walking down the Strip in Vegas. You’re minding your own business. You’ve already dodged a couple sets of Mexicans handing out hooker business cards. Then, you find somebody with a more aggressive sales process. Two women intercept you and ask you if you want a good time. No, ...

As I type up this post, I’m sitting in the Las Vegas airport waiting for my flight home to Tampa. I thought I would jot down my thoughts about this year’s BlogWorld Expo. Huge Growth. I was really impressed with how much Blogworld has grown. My first year was 2008 and it was pretty big then. Fo...