5 Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Start Blogging

You can probably guess why I’m writing this post. We’ve all been there. We start out with a burst of blogging energy and enthusiasm, writing like crazy, you can’t shut us up, and then…BAM, writer’s block. I’d like to say I have a great excuse, like I was backpacking through the Andes and didn’t have access to a computer.

But, no. The answer is simply that I stared at the screen for a few days and literally had nothing to say. I should know better. I teach creativity and innovation and tell others not to let this happen to them. But it happens to even the most creative people.

So, I’m going to take my own advice. Here are a few tips to get back and start blogging:

Forget about it!

Have you ever just been driving down the street or taking a shower and you suddenly have a great idea for something? That’s because your brain has been working in the background and it suddenly makes a connection. Go watch TV, take a drive, climb a mountain. Anything! Just get out and do something different and stop trying to force it. Trust that your brain will recalculate. [Read more…] about 5 Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Start Blogging

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PR SERVICES with ABBOTT & KLEIN:

A typical PR agency charges between $5,000 – $10,000 a month but rarely gives you personalized service. I know, I hired the largest PR firm in L.A. and spent a fortune for 3 months and only got one mention in a magazine. My firm, Abbott & Klein is a small boutique PR and marketing agency that has represented celebrities, Fortune 500 companies, along with small business owners, inventors and TV/film companies. We don’t have the big overhead the larger companies have and will treat your company and products like they were our own. Therefore, unlike the big guys, we don’t take on everyone. If we feel we can’t do an incredible job for you or the business is out of our line of expertise, we won’t take you on. We specialize in publicity for speakers, artists, and inventors.

$1,000/month

1 press release (limited distribution)

Word Press site management

SEO (directory submission, links, etc.)

2 blog posts

2 articles w/ distribution

Social media campaign

Listing in Indie Sponsor or Speaker Sponsor

No fee crowd-funding

$2,500/month

2 press releases (full distribution)

Follow up calls

Word Press site management

SEO (directory submission, links, etc.)

Posting in forums

Weekly blog posts

2 articles w/ distribution

Social media campaign

Listing in Indie Sponsor or Speaker Sponsor

No fee crowd-funding

$4,000/month

2 press releases (full distribution)

Follow up calls

PPC campaign management

Word Press site management

SEO (directory submission, links, etc.)

Posting in forums

Twice weekly blog posts

4 articles w/ distribution

Social media campaign

Listing in Indie Sponsor or Speaker Sponsor

No fee crowd-funding

Full sponsorship management (no other PR firm offers this!)

Coaching & PR Services

Coaching and PR services

Prices

CREATE YOUR OWN JOB WEBINAR:

The Basics

$59.00

This is the “Create Your Own Job” webinar. It’s an hour and a half class on how to create your own jobs or have jobs created for you. The course is very detailed and is enough to get you started. It’s fine for those do it yourselfers that can take an idea and run with it themselves. If you need more help you can subscribe to the Create for Cash RSS feed for free, valuable advice on being a bootstrapping entrepreneur. You can also buy a copy of “The Money Garden: How to Plant the Seeds for a Lifetime of Income” on Amazon. It’s loaded with free and low cost marketing tips on how to promote your new venture. It’s also available in the Kindle version for only $9.99.

PR SERVICES with ABBOTT & KLEIN:

The Basics

$80.00 per press release

This is for business owners that already know what they want, they just need someone to write up a press release. This doesn’t include submission of the press release to the media.

Best Value

$2500 /month

A typical PR agency charges between $5,000 – $10,000 a month but rarely gives you personalized service. I know, I hired the largest PR firm in L.A. and spent a fortune for 3 months and only got one mention in an international magazine. My firm, Abbott & Klein is a small boutique PR agency that has represented celebrities, Fortune 500 companies, along with small business owners and inventors. We don’t have the big overhead the larger companies have and will treat your company and products like they were our own. Therefore, unlike the big guys, we don’t take on everyone. If we feel we can’t do an incredible job for you or the business is out of our line of expertise, we won’t take you on.

Our fee includes 1-2 press releases per month (depends on what you’re promoting), distribution to the media, brainstorming sessions with you to make sure we are in line with your branding message, all costs of postage, phone calls, etc.

Platinum Package – minimum of 3 months – space limited to 1 client per month

$5000/ month

When you consider most large PR firms charge between $5000 -$10,000 a month for PR, we really are a bargain. This package includes everything the Best Value has, and more. We also maintain your blog and social media for you and write 4 articles a month and distribute them on the appropriate Internet sites for your target market.

Who’s The Boss?

I was talking to a friend today who works in an office. She said she really hates her job, but as long as she makes sure her boss is happy, she’s pretty sure she will always have a job. I told her that’s probably not the only thing she needs to be worried about in this new economy, but, whatever.

She said she only has to please one person, but I have to please everybody. At first I thought “I don’t have to please anybody. I’m the boss.” But after giving it some thought, I realized she was right. As an entrepreneur, everybody’s your boss. And since I’m running multiple businesses that number multiplies greatly. She IS right. EVERYBODY is my boss. And I have to make them all happy. [Read more…] about Who’s The Boss?

The Learning Curve

The unemployment numbers lately have been pretty bleak. But for recent college graduates they are even worse. Almost half of all recent grads are either unemployed or underemployed, meaning there are a lot of very educated people flipping burgers and serving cappuccino. I’ve been there. It’s the learning curve.

I used to dodge the question I would always get asked “So, where did you go to college?” “Um, oh, a school you’ve never heard of”, and drop the subject. I always felt like I was missing out on some kind of secret party that everyone had been invited to except me.

The truth is that I could have gone. I’m sure my parents would have scraped together the money somehow or borrowed it if I had pushed the issue. But I didn’t. Instead I saved up a few hundred dollars and as soon as I turn 18 I left my small town and jumped on a plane headed to NYC.

I had no idea where I was going to go or what I was going to do when I got there. And I didn’t know anyone at all in the city. Talk about not having a plan! But fate had other plans for me. [Read more…] about The Learning Curve