Tristan Higbee

How to Be Better Than 99% of the Blogs in Your Niche

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how to tell blog stories

I nearly died while ice climbing a few years ago.

It was late in the season and the temperatures weren’t quite as cold as necessary for the frozen waterfalls to be solid enough to safely climb. But my friend and I were fearless and stupid—literally a lethal combination—and we wanted to get one last climb [click to continue...]

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9 Distractions that Kill Your Blogging, and Why I Hate Shopping Malls

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blogging distractions

I hate shopping at the mall.

I hate it because the mall’s entire purpose is to ambush me and make it way too easy for me to spend all my money.

I can’t just walk through the mall to get to where I need to shop; I have to run the gauntlet of ten thousand [click to continue...]

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Bloggers: If You’re Not Struggling, You’re Failing

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blogging struggle

This is a guest post by Tristan Higbee

“If you’re not struggling you’re failing.”

That’s one of my favorite quotes, though I can’t remember where I first heard it.

A lot of bloggers struggle to get traffic, to write content, to find their niche, to find their voice, to figure out how on earth [click to continue...]

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5 Things All Prebloggers Should Be Doing Now to Get Traffic Later

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traffic generation for blogs needs planning

This is a guest post by Tristan Higbee.

I guarantee that just about everyone reading this is a preblogger.

Whether you’re getting ready to launch your very first blog or are a seasoned pro busy plotting your next uber-successful online venture, the majority of us are in some stage of planning to start a new [click to continue...]

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