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You’re in marketing for one reason: Grow. Grow your company, reputation, customers, impact, profits. Grow yourself. This is a community that will help. It will stretch your mind, connect you to fascinating people, and provide some fun along the way. I am so glad you’re here. -Mark Schaefer

You must get out of the echo chamber. Here’s a personal view of how I escaped.The Anti-Blog Post to Writing Better Blog Posts.

Born to Blog is an exciting new book that presents the art and science of blogging in human, actionable terms.
The biggest stumbling block to effective blogging may not be time or ideas. It might be having the confidence to make that leap and push “publish!”Five ways to be a more confident blogger
How do you hold down a job, pay the bills and create a blog that sings?

The most powerful advice I ever received came down to one important sentence from a remarkable teacher.

How do you begin to blog if you’re not “an expert? Here are some easy ways to get your courage up!
Don’t get too focused on “traffic” as your blog metric. You need to get the right kind of readers who will stick around and become fans. Here’s how.
It happened to Justin Bieber. It probably ain’t going to happen for you! Let’s sing the praises of the patient blogger.
If you’re only looking at social media strategy for success, you’re only seeing half the picture.
I can improve your blog readership by 400 percent with one easy tip. Lean in close. You’re about to find out!
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