Miguel
As promised, here is part two of the interview done with Blogger Sam Clark from the Authority Site Center. Thanks again Sam! Read part 1 of this interview
Interview Continues
“That’s why it is very important if you are going to become an effective blogger online, that you need to pick subject matter that you are passionate about. This will definitely come through in your writing and you will be rewarded with a consistent and growing readership to your site.”- Sam Clark
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Tell us the most startling thing you have seen or learned when trying to help bloggers succeed online.
Well, Miguel, finally an easy question 
When doing the survey of the new members that attended the first 16 steps to success training, I found out that 86% of the people, and these were mostly people who had been working online for at least 2 years, had NO written game plan for their business and when they logged onto the internet. NO written publishing schedule, NO plan of attach, which led to people to NO direction as to where they were going or what they were doing with their business.
If you have read any books on successful business owners, or for that matter, anyone who is successful in any areas of their life, you will see in every case that those who have written goals and a daily game plan to achieve them will out perform those who don’t. I ended up stressing this point a lot through the 16 steps and it was not my intent before I started the training to discuss it this much, but I found through the survey that this is a MAJOR issue.
Miguel, with the internet, attention deficit and information overload can happen so quickly. This I know because I have been a victim of it for a long time and it is a battle I still continue to work on.
- Being a blogging coach, what do you consider to be your greatest strength? Weakness?
My greatest strength as a blogging coach is my sincere desire to help people. Miguel, I spent 3 years working online and struggling horribly. I made so many mistakes and had no focus. I still can’t believe my wife is still here J . Without her support and willingness to hang in there with me, I am not sure if I would be here talking to you today.
It was apparent through the 16 steps that my sincerity and just being “one of the guys” came through the webinar series very well.
Also, I made my self available by phone and email to the students of the 16 steps. People were shocked when they called me on the phone and I actually answered it. We have become a society of unreachable people and call screening tactics, that when you actually get a live human being, people are stunned today! It seems funny but it is true.
Most “Guru’s” are unreachable, untouchable and do not have that personal relationship that I believe is critical to your success.
People are confused about what works and what doesn’t. They are skeptical as most of us have been taken for a ride by all the promises of instant internet riches and push button software’s. So making yourself accessible, while at times can be overwhelming, makes you real to your customers and site visitors. This has paid off tremendously and I think many online marketers are missing this component in their business. It is tough to open yourself up like that, but again I believe it is well worth the effort.
- What’s Your Greatest Weakness?
I always find it easier to talk about my strengths than weaknesses?
I would have to say trying to put too much on my plate is my greatest weakness. I want to do it all! I have so many ideas and projects I would love to implement that are sitting in a folder collecting dust.
You would laugh if you saw my daily work list Miguel. Sometimes I shake my head and wonder how the heck am I going to get all this done. It is tough to let good ideas fall by the wayside and I struggle with this often. On Monday mornings I do what Mark Joyner coined as my morning brain dump. This is where I unload every though and every task I believe I need to do. Then I prioritize it onto my daily targets list. The funny thing is that darn list has so many things on it that it becomes my weekly list.
This is a continuous battle I think we all face as entrepreneurs. As entrepreneurs we are built to generate ideas and learning when to shut those ideas done can be difficult to say the least. Just this week I have had several ideas about what I would like to do. They are really good ideas, but I have to ask myself…”Do they align with my long range goals and do they warrant going on my current workload?”
This comes back to laying out your plan and following it. I still have days where I drift off into cyberspace and find my productivity slip because I try to do too much or I slip away from my game plan.
For those who struggle with this, which from the survey I did in the 16 steps is more than 80% of you, I can not recommend heading over to http://simpleolgy.com and taking their free course to help you with this. Internet Marketing Guru and Father of internet marketing, Mark Joyner created this course and offers it for free. It has been a true blessing in my life.
But still I struggle at times with being totally overwhelmed with how much I have to do and letting go of good ideas that I want to implement.
Impressive, that will due for now. Please stay tuned! We will continue for talk with Sam Clark next week in part 3 of our series.
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