The Enormous Post-Launch Best of the Web

A lot has gone on in the month and a bit since our last Best of the Web post.

Specifically, the launch of Engagement from Scratch! and all of the work associated with it. It would be easy for me to forget that the rest of the internet has been pretty busy, too – but no, I’ve been paying attention, and I’ve got a particularly engaging list of great stuff to share with you today.

So, without further ado, a MONSTER Best of the Web!

Food For Thought

These are some of the best, most interesting posts I’ve read in the last few weeks – although the list is by no means exhaustive – I recommend you check out what you can.

• Do You REALLY Want to Know How to Build a Successful Business? (Adrienne Smith)
• No Future is Worth Wishing Away Your Present For (Life is Limitless)
• How my 9-5 Forced me to Consider my Position (Quitting the 9 to 5)
• The World’s Best Digital Marketing Campaigns ({Grow})
• 2 Psychological Studies Reveal How To Practice Like an Expert (Expert Enough)
• Baa Baa, Black Sheep… (Traffic Generation Cafe)
• Million Dollar Blog Project Update: First Month’s Results (and Revenue!) (ThinkTraffic)
• Is Marketing the Scourge of the Internet? (Corbett Barr)
• The Impossible Manifesto (Impossible HQ)
• There is no ROI in Social Media Marketing (CopyBlogger)
• Launch Day! Love’s Subversive Stance is Here! (A Wish Come Clear)
• Homeless and Happy: My Long Term Business Strategy (Benjamin Jenks)

Guides, Tools and Advice

A lot of people have been putting a lot of work into creating “comprehensive” guides in one subject or another lately. The sheer volume of information is almost overwhelming, but if you really want to learn, you should give the following a look:

• Achieve a Perfect Blend of Structure and Flow (Spirit Sentient)
• 64 Great Free Marketing Resources (100 Marketing Things)
• How to REALLY Make Money from a Website (Chris G)
• 27 Productivity Killers: Why Nothing Ever Gets Done! (Dumb Little Man)
• 45 Awesome Posts on A/B, Multivariate and Usability Testing (Unbounce)
• Google Search Stories Video Creator (Search Stories)
• The Beginner’s Guide to Content Marketing (KISSmetrics)

Interviews and Info about Engagement from Scratch!

I’ve been thrilled with the online response to Engagement from Scratch! It’s been pretty exciting to be on the “interviewee” side of the table for once, and I can’t express enough appreciation for all the bloggers who took the time to share their opinions on this project!

• How Danny Iny Became the Freddy Krueger of Blogging (Blogcast FM)
• 21 Bloggers Kicking Ass, Taking Names and Creating Greatness (The Sales Lion)
• Building Engagement from Scratch! – Danny Iny (Make Money Blogging)
• Engagement from Scratch! – Interview with Danny Iny (One Spoon at a Time)
• Book Review: Engagement from Scratch! (Freelance Switch)
• Engagement from Scratch! – Interview with Danny Iny (The Next Goal)
• Danny Iny of Firepole Marketing Ponders the Future (Seer)
• The Ultimate Book Marketing Guide (Fluent Brain)
• Three Things I Would Have Done Differently If I Started Blogging Today (Danny Brown)

Honorable Mentions

We’ve been mentioned several times by some truly awesome bloggers this month, and we couldn’t be happier about it!

• 3 Hidden Benefits of a Controversial Guest Post (Traffic Generation Cafe)
• 5 Reasons Why You Should Guest Post (WPMU)
• Free Content Marketing and Social Media Resources to Your Business (Freelance Writing Blog)
• Question of the Day: Do Bloggers Write to Become Famous? (Log a Lot)
• Marketing Your Small Business Online? 10 Tips from the Experts (Right Mix Marketing)
• 2 Great Posts on Video Marketing / YouTube Marketing (One Spoon at a Time)
• Do you Want Free Lessons from the Experts? (Content Strategy Hub)
• How to Stop Those Unwanted Solicitors in Their Tracks (Adrienne Smith)
• How to Get More Views on Your YouTube Videos (Adrienne Smith)

And… 24(!!!) New Guest Posts

To help promote Engagement from Scratch!, I wrote a lot of guest posts.

A whole lot.

(They don’t call me the Freddy Krueger of Blogging for nothing!)

I’d like to take this opportunity to again thank those bloggers who gave me the opportunity to share with their audiences.

• The Absolute WORST Day to Take a Vacation (It’s Not When You Think!) (LifeHack.org)
• Want Fanatical Traffic? Here’s How (Traffic Generation Cafe)
• The Ultimate Freelancer’s Guide to Community Engagement (Freelance Switch)
• What to Do When E-Books and Round-Up Posts Just Won’t Cut It (MarketingProfs)
• How to Break the “I have no traffic” Curse (DIY Themes)
• The Guy Kawasaki Guide to Rocking Your Online Marketing (KISSmetrics)
• Why an Engaged Audience Beats PPC or SEO for Affiliate Marketers… and How to Get One! (ClickBank Blog)
• How I Got 30 Superstars to Write For Me (Traffic Generation Cafe)
• Why You Need a Month-By-Month Blog Growth Action Plan (ThinkTraffic)
• How to Build an Engaged Audience with Content Marketing (Copyblogger)
• Why I Wrote the Kind of Book That I Hate (Problogger)
• The Secret to Staying Ahead of the Blogging Curve (Triberr)
• Over-Empowerment, Entitlement, and Anonymity: The Dark Side of Social Media (Smart Passive Income)
• When Bloggers Should Care About Comments… And When They Shouldn’t (Famous Bloggers)
• 8 Ways to Make Money With a Blog (And the Major Mistake You Should Avoid) (Passive Panda)
• The Best Customer Relationship Tip You’ll Ever Hear (Freelance Switch)
• How Tim Ferriss Knocked Me Out Without Even Trying (Traffic Generation Cafe)
• How Flaky Freelancers Destroy Golden Opportunities (Freelance Folder)
• What’s Your Brand of Courage? (LifeHack.org)
• How to Turn Tweets and Likes Into Dollars (The Daily Egg)
• What Do You Do When Round Up Posts Don’t Work? (ThinkTraffic)
• Why Freelance Writers Should Self-Publish (Freelance Switch)
• Seth Godin Was Wrong: The Trouble With Being “Remarkable” (Passive Panda)
• The Best Blog Growth Strategy is to Say Thank You… A Lot! (Problogger)

So there we have it – a MONSTER Best of the Web.

But just because we included a lot of great sites, doesn’t mean we didn’t miss something great.

If you can think of a blog post or article that belongs on this list, let us know in the comments.

Danny Iny (@DannyIny) is an author, strategist, serial entrepreneur, expert marketer, and the Freddy Krueger of Blogging. Together with Guy Kawasaki, Brian Clark and Mitch Joel, he wrote the book on how to build an engaged audience from scratch.

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