A common aphorism is that “nice guys finish last.” Typically used in the context of dating, it’s been seen countless times with women being drawn more towards the stereotypical “bad boy” while giving a perfectly polite, respectful & unselfish man the cold shoulder. The phrase has almost become a cult-like anthem of sensitive types to wallow in their own self-pity. These lost souls go out on date after date and find themselves in the same position over and over again. They bring flowers. They hold the door open. They choose a great restaurant and foot the bill. They even might have awesome conversation while walking down the boardwalk on a spectacular night. After all of

BlogWorld Expo is right around the corner and bloggers from around the globe have been ramped up about the conference event of the year. If you’re not in the know, then where the hell have you been? It’s time to crack open the piggy bank where you stored the $18 earned off your last eBook launch. Go ahead and pawn off your free Facebook ad coupons on eBay for $5 a piece. Start pushing your blog’s Adsense blocks to the max just to reach Google’s $100 payment threshold. This is definitely not a conference to miss! Besides coming to listen to your favorite bloggers drone on about how great they are while you take notes on things you’ve already known and failed to actually do

Many bloggers have started to veer away from the ad-based monetization model. Good choice, unless you’re looking for a very steep uphill battle for enough eyeballs to even just pay your cell phone bill. So, in the search for income, now many are are producing their own products or pitching their “consulting” services. I put that word in quotes for a reason. Why? Because I have no fucking clue why I’d want to hire 95% of these people for any reason whatsoever. And it’s their own damn fault. It’s not that they’re offering something totally outside of my needs like fish tank setups or nude cow milking. It’s that they haven’t given me a single solitary reason whatsoever why

I’m not sure if I’m spoiling the illusion for you, but stand-up comedians don’t write new jokes for every performance. In fact, most rarely update their acts much at all over the course of a year. Sure, we’ll tweak and tinker with a few things, yet fresh brand spanking new material is kind of a “zen” experience that doesn’t happen too often. Maybe a comic will come out with 10 solid polished minutes of laughs after a year of hard work testing it on stage. (writers like Louis C.K. who can churn out a full hour in this time frame are the very rare exceptions) When you see an unknown, but professional comedian at a local comedy club, you’re likely getting the “best of” medley of his

For Immediate Release: NEW ALBANY, Indiana. (April 1, 2010) – Not A Pro Blog, the web’s worst blog tips site, today announced that it has been acquired by ProBlogger.net. This acquisition will be a part of Darren Rowse’s extension of the ‘ProBlogger’ brand and a precursor to his new paid forum for the hopelessly unsuccessful, NotAProBlogger.com – where broke bloggers sabotage each other. “Blogging continues to grow in popularity, but since no one actually implements my advice – I might as well hedge my bets.” said Rowse on one of his horridly boring UStream chats today. “Not A Pro Blog will put an amazing array of obstacles in front of those copycats wanting to overtake my

Bloggers are inherently self-made entrepreneurs – rogue entities living the internet lifestyle on their own island. Loving the ability to succeed completely on our own, it’s important though to admit that help may be needed to reach our goals. If you’re willing to do this, maybe you’re the perfect candidate to build a powerful blogging alliance. At this point, you must think I’m crazy to suggest that you don’t know it all. You’ve been blogging for a whole 5 weeks, so you obviously have all the answers already. Why would you want to collaborate with competitors in your field? Of course you don’t. It would be silly to actually help your mortal foes. I’m not suggesting that whatsoever.