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		<title>Long-Term Vision Should Trump Reader Feedback</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In July 2009, a new blogger entered the same gaming niche as my blog. His blog looked like it had a lot of potential. He posted daily including several 1500+ word posts. He was very active on Twitter. He wrote several guest posts. He scored an interview on a popular blogging blog. With these efforts, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://performancing.com/long-term-vision-vs-reader-feedback/</link>
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		<title>Book Review of Rework, a New Bestselling Business Book</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rework is the new business book by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, the executive team of 37signals.
I&#8217;m a big fan of their blog and Backpack, one of their products, so when I found out they were releasing a business book, I had to check it out.
The release date was yesterday so I went to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://performancing.com/rework-book-review/</link>
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		<title>Why eBay Partner Network Makes 22 Times More Money Than AdSense On My Blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Updated on March 5, 2009:  I noticed a huge discrepancy with my Google Analytics pageviews versus the impressions being reported by eBay Partner Network. 
I did some digging and found that eBay counts link impressions not page impressions. For example, one of my posts has 22 links to eBay. This means a pageview is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://performancing.com/epn-vs-adsense/</link>
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		<title>Your Product Doesn&#8217;t Have to Contain 100% Unique Content</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many bloggers seem to find the task of creating a product daunting. I know I did.
I knew creating a product could greatly increase my income, but coming up with content to fill up an ebook, video, membership program, or any other product seemed like an overwhelming project.
However, after listening to this interview with Pay Flynn [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://performancing.com/product-unique-content/</link>
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		<title>The Best Way to Differentiate Your Blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the blogging tips that I hear a lot is be different. Be unique. Stand out from the crowd. This is a great advice for typical businesses and it&#8217;s also helpful for probloggers especially with all the competitors on the internet.
But how can you apply it practically to your blog?
I&#8217;ve been thinking about this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://performancing.com/the-best-way-to-differentiate-your-blog/</link>
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		<title>A-List Blogs Are Not Good Examples to Follow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo by Kriss Szkurlatowski
When I first learned about problogging, I definitely looked up to the A-List blogs. You know, the TechCrunches, the Gizmodos, the TMZs, the Daily Koses, the Mashables. These were the blogs that had made it. They were the most high profile blogs. They had the most traffic. And more traffic meant more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://performancing.com/dont-copy-a-list-blogs/</link>
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		<title>How to Find Guest Post Opportunities For Your Blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Guest posting is a great way to increase traffic, network with other bloggers, and build links. But how do you know which blogs are good guest post opportunities?
In the last couple of weeks, I&#8217;ve been doing a lot of guest posting for various blogs so I thought I&#8217;d share what I learned from my experience.
Check [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://performancing.com/how-to-find-guest-post-opportunities/</link>
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		<title>3 Reasons Bloggers Should Read Books</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reading a book seems very low tech in this current digital age. But don&#8217;t underestimate the words on a physical page.
While many bloggers do their reading online, you can gain an advantage by shutting off the computer and reading a book offline. Here are three reasons to head over to your local bookstore.
1. To Improve [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://performancing.com/reasons-to-read-books/</link>
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		<title>2010 Reminder: Test the Monetization of Your Blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Monetization can get lost in all the blogging activities we have to juggle. Let&#8217;s face it, there&#8217;s a lot that goes into blogging. Content, marketing, and building relationships take up a lot of our time and it can be easy to forget about monetization. But if you want to make money with your blog, you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://performancing.com/test-monetization/</link>
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		<title>How to Stop Being Boring (and Why You Probably Are)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m boring and you&#8217;re probably boring too.
I just listened to this interview with Seth Godin. He gives really good advice about how to successfully run a business. You should definitely listen to the whole thing if you want to make more money with your blog.
One of the things Seth said that struck me is found [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://performancing.com/how-to-stop-being-boring/</link>
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