The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Starting, Growing, and Selling Successful Blogs with Ramsay Taplin

The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Ramsay Taplin remained anonymous for several years under the name Blog Tyrant. He's built and solid multiple blogs in many different niches.  If you haven't checked out his site, I'd highly recommend it. It's always packed with actionable insights. Here are some highlights from our chat:
  • A Funny Story About Accepting Payment in the Early Days Ramsay Taplin
  • The Evolution of the Social Web in the Last Few Years
  • Why it's Easier To GRow a Blog Today Than Ever
  • The Downside to Relying too Much on Google
  • A Look Selling a Blog and What Goes Into It
  • Strategic Actions for Reinvesting Money into Your Business
  • A Really Smart Way to Buy Advertising for Your  Blog
  • The Keys to Finding Places that Are Relevant, But not Directly Linked
  • How  to Find the Branches on a Trees of Various Topics
  • Figuring Out Which Projects Are the Most Meaningful to You
  • Understanding Whether You are Extrinsically or Intrinsically Motivated
  • How to Develop an Intrinsic Value Approach to Your Work
  • Why Ramsay Remained anonymous for Several Years
  • Building a Vibrant Community of Tyrant Troops
  • Why Ramsay Writes 6000 Word Blog Posts 
  • The Stumbling Blocks That Keep People from Making Progress
  • The Power of Building Something for The Audience You Already Have
Tweetable Insights Include:
  • Traffic is completely useless unless it's target to an outcome (Click to Tweet)
Ramsay Taplin (AKA the Blog Tyrant) has sold several blogs for handy sums and uses blogging to make a living from the couch. He keeps Blog Tyrant all about helping people do the same and has built an amazing community there called the Tyrant Troops. You can follow him on twitter @BlogTyrant. If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here to post it to Twitter. Oh, and we’d be really grateful if you write us a review in iTunes.

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