First, ya gotta watch this:

Blog Action Day 2008 Poverty from Blog Action Day on Vimeo.

Now then. Here’s what has kept me and the rest of the Blog Action Day 2008 team nearly sleepless over the past couple weeks:

Imagine a stove with about 50 burners.

I’m the chef.

And I know you’re hungry.

There’s so much good stuff coming … just hard to stir every pot.

I recently helped the great folks at PSDTUTS (an incredible Photoshop tutorials website) launch their new Photoshop wiki.

Right now I’m getting crazybusy on a little something called …

On this fine Blogtipping Day, I’d like to blogtip the whole world of business blogs for a minute.

If I had 60 seconds left before my blogging voice was silenced forever, I would leave you with these three classic business blogging tips.

They are near and dear to me above all others.

And they are crucial to visionary blogging.

1. Listen.

Stop talking.

Be still. Observe. Pay attention. Seek awareness before anything else.

Listening enables deep conversation – the kind that builds relationships of trust.

And trust is the single most valuable thing you can cultivate through your professional blog.

A business blog works best when it listens more than it talks.

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Do you ever lose hope regarding your business blog? Ever worry that business blogging may be wasting your time and money? Terrified of blog failure?

If so, you’re not alone. Many business bloggers experience despair to some degree. I sure have.

Here are some tips on how to develop hope in your professional blogging efforts and boost your blogging success.

Welcome to Part 3 of a 24-part series on using the Visionary Blogging method to overcome business blogging challenges and develop successful business blogger attributes.

So far we’ve covered Enemy #1 (fear) and Ally #1 (courage). Now we’ll talk about doubt and how to overcome it so you can have more professional blogging success.

What is doubt?

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Note: This is a 3,000-word article. Please don’t stop till you’ve reached the end. I promise it will be worth it.

What is fear?

Want better blog traffic? Here’s how to use the five-step Visionary Blogging method to build your blog traffic and get better results. (For one-on-one help, check out my blog improvement services.)

Step 1: Increase Your Awareness

How much do you know about improving blog traffic?

Barry J. Moltz knows how to fail – and how to bounce back from failure. He’s even written a book on the subject, called Bounce! I heard about Bounce! from a friend a few months ago and got a copy. I read it. I recommend it.

I recently had the opportunity to ask Barry some questions by email about blogger failure. If you’re ever struggling with a blog-related problem, I want you to remember Barry’s answers. They can help you become a more visionary – and more successful – blogger.

Easton: What can struggling bloggers learn from your book?

Barry: I talk about …

Use these 139 tips to improve your blog and make your business more successful. I wrote them down at the SOBCon08 business blogger conference last week in Chicago.

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