* left good comments on people’s blogs who I liked and thought had good material.

* Profiled interesting blogs, and not necessarily blogs from this little blogging world circuit. See my writeup on Rick Toone for example. I was careful to provide quality anchors on backlinks for these. The people I profiled had no idea I was doing it, and they weren’t done for quid pro quo. They were done as a gift to my readers.

* Once, I worked with an individual on “the circuit” (I call it Blogistan) to trade a link to specific articles. I’m not inclined to do this very often. I’m extremely wary of quid pro quo/tit-for-tat arrangements. My one specific instance of this has had no effect on either community or search results I am sure.

* In short, give more than you get, and don’t worry about getting back. If you stick with it, it will eventually come back in spades.

And now I have a new blog post!
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And any tips apart from this article dude?

Hit me up on email even if you want.

Cheers.

Thanks for the pointer!

But you need to know… as long time readers know already…

I expect this site to be a primary part of my future income.

I intend on earning a fair living from my effort here.

Which means I sell, and will be selling more in the future.

I hope you stick around, just want you to understand my intention here.
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I’m in no way affiliated with the company, but I thought it was relevant to this article and specifically this comment.
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I guess I’m just a little bothered by the formality of a “blogging alliance”. I just want to meet people and make friends. :) If they want to checkout my website, great. If they don’t like my website, that is fine too. I’m sure there is something we can all learn from each other….which is part of the reason why I am glad I found your website.
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However, think of this:

When you get to a certain size, and you find that someone has decided to compete with you (for really no good reason other than they can), you are faced with a choice: compete, or fold.

I see this All. The. Time. in surfing. And it annoys the hell out of me.

I’ll take the time to to watch a break for 30-40 minutes, and walk or paddle to a nice peak where nobody is surfing. I’ll have it to myself, instead of competing for waves in the currently popular spot.

It never, ever fails.

I cannot catch more than two waves without attracting a crowd. People will NOT do the work if they don’t have to. They will let YOU do the work, then they will swoop in and collect as many of the spoils as they can, as fast as possible.

Pillagers.

Ruins it for everyone.

Blogging is the same way.

If you understand the saying “Arizona has no caves to speak of” you will get some key insight here.
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Think of it this way: when you plant a garden, you don’t put seeds in the ground then stand there watching for them to grow.

Instead, you plant more seeds elsewhere, hoe a different row, repair a leak in the water hose, or simply do something else for a while…

Like help your friends plant some seeds of their own.

Then you all share the harvest.
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Good article..now I need to go kick CL in the rear to get it to realize I AM registered so I can pick different posts lol Ha! and I got it to work!
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