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Blogging and Internet Marketing is a Lot Like Tennis
I get email after email from readers asking me for help. They really want to make money through blogging and internet marketing … and I’m happy to help as many people as I can.
While I was out playing tennis with some friends yesterday I realized that blogging and internet marketing is a lot like wanting to get good at a sport … which for me is tennis.
If you wrote me an email asking me to help you get good at tennis … I’d need to know some things first:
- How long you’ve been playing
- What is your playing level
- What type of equipment do you use
- How often do you play
- How often are you willing to practice
- What are your strengths and weaknesses with the game
- What are you willing to do to work on your weaknesses
If you are a beginner or an intermediate player you will probably need some basic instruction and a whole lot of practice. As you gain experience and start to get really good:
- You will want to increase your practice time and frequency
- You will want to take some private lessons
- You will want better equipment
- You will want to start playing competitively
- You will need to push yourself further
I remember growing up my grandpa used to get his golf clothes on and my sister and I would ask, “Papa … Are you going to play golf?” And he would always say, “No … Suzie … I’m going to WORK golf!”
My grandfather was not OK with mediocrity so he WORKED hard at his golf game. Well, I think you’d agree that if you want to get good at your business you’ll have to work hard at it too. You’ll have to be dedicated to practicing and getting better at your trade. Have you heard the old saying, “Treat your business like a hobby and you’ll get paid like it’s a hobby … treat it like a business and you’ll get paid like it’s a business”? Sounds about right to me.
So … which is it … a hobby or a business? You going to go out and bat the ball around the court every now and then … or are you going to get down to business and see how good you can get? Only you can decide. *SmiLes* Suzanne
Hey … you even get to see me play a little tennis! LOL … BTW … Tell Bob The Teacher to get over here and check this out! Those on Twitter can tweet him:
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Do you enjoy any sports? Which ones? Do you agree that to get good it takes practice, hard work, and dedication? Are you dedicated to working hard at your online business? I’d love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment.
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Hi … My name is Suzanne Franco (Land) and I’m a wife (newlywed actually) and mother to 5 amazing kids (my 3 and his 2 – ages 9 to 16) and we live in the Texas Hill Country where we try to spend a lot of time in the water (river, boating, wakeboarding, the beach, etc.) and running from one kid’s sporting event to the other (mainly football, cheerleading, and soccer).
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Enjoyed your analogous use of tennis for building an online business. Of course the nice thing about being online is it’s not so competitive that there can be only one champion.
As for your strokes – I’ll suggest less tentativeness on your forehand. Your backhand looks great – very confident.
Looking forward to our match!
Bob Jenkins
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@ bob ~ It’s not so competitive online … unless you’re in the running for BLOGGIING IDOL!!!!!!! Geez … this thing is going to come down to the wire! You gonna give me a shout out? I think you should. As for the tennis … I’m the only one I know who runs around their forehand! LOL … Especially when I haven’t been playing … I’m so weak and the racquet feels “foreign” and awkward. Not good at all … but I’m glad to be playing again that’s for sure. *huGs*
P.S. Did you vote yet? http://www.dailyblogtips.com/blogging-idol-2-voting-session-is-open/ (#7 on the list) Thanks!
Suzzane, I not only love making money online and helping others, but I enjoy tennis too
What a coincidence! I’m glad I’ve found your blog (via another blog…) and I truly like your audio intro…
Hey Codrut … that’s awesome to hear! where do you live? can we hit some time
LOL … that audio intro is what got the whole audio on the video “deleted” by youtube *sigh* I’ve reuploaded the video to Vimeo so it’s back!
I knew there was something unique about you and your blog! I am a huge tennis fan as well. I also played competitively in High School and College (many moons ago) but haven’t played in a couple of years due to my work and just life taking over. You have now not only motivated me to do my best online but now I am ready to go back out on that court and find my “A” game! Thanks!
Here’s to you Suzanne Franco – Blogging Idol 2008!
this will be cool finding out who else plays! It’s frustrating that I hung up my racquet for some time and now I have to work hard to get my game back … but it’s so fun! *SmiLes*
I SUCK @ tennis! But i challenge you to a game of Tiger Woods Golf on the XBOX 360 haha! You know what i loved about the video????? Seeing what appeared to be WARM SUNSHINE! It’s been too $#%^ cold in the foothills of NC!
anyways, GREAT post as always!
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While I’m not an avid tennis player, I do love and can relate to the sports analogy. While some people are naturals, they can always improve if they work at it. Same goes for beginners- who will hopefully take the steps to become more successful.
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Hi there, it’s really good to see a well written blog that’s insightful as well as entertaining. cheers!
Thank you! I love your blog already! Yes, it is true that in order to really get good at anything whether its writing, photography, or playing the piano-it takes hard work and dedication. It is important to get training, practice and do everything you can to improve, and if something is not working then it’s important to take a step back and look at what your doing, just like you said. I just finished another writing class, and I look forward to taking your class in December. Thank you so much!
Sarah Ince
Nice analogy! I never played tennis, but I know some basics. By the way, you are now 4th on the Blogging Idol subscribers contest…congrats!
PS. I would like to follow up the concern of my friend Manuel Viloria who voted for you, made a post, but cannot see his comment live….
Thanks!
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hey Suzanne,
Very nice comparison. I agree with your grandfather. If you want to be good at something, you’ve got to take it seriously and work at it.
~ Steve (aka the trade show guru)
PS. I find the secret to golf is to have an ice chest with a six pack of beer in it strapped on the back of the golf cart. Maybe that’s what I’m missing when I’m working on my blog.
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You’re becoming quite the vlogger! (Video blogger for those that may not know.
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It is a very good analogy…one of those simple things that is totally missed.
I loved tennis at one point.
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Good analogy! I think for any kind of online campaign dedication and hard work is the most important factor!
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Hi Suzanne, I like your tennis analogy. I was a horseback rider, and in horses, it’s all “if you do it the right way, you’ll get the right results.” But if you don’t know the right way, you know, you’re sunk. That’s why I want to be in your blogging bootcamp! I think I’ve done the deal for getting myself in … I joined your RSS feed and the email update. Plus, though I wasn’t able to write a blog about you because my blog is only on Fort Worth lifestyle, I did put a promo about your quest on twitter.
Best of luck and hopefully we’ll meet in bootcamp.
Sonja
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Suzanne, I really am enjoying your blog you have alot of good info here. I’ll have you know you are now on my RSS feed.
In regards to your post. It is funny the corollary between sports and business. I agree 100% in order to make great money online you need to work harder than the next person.
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Suzanne
I may well be a newbie, but with your blog showing the way, hopefully I will get there in the end. I long gave away my tennis raquet, so I guess its the internet from now on.
Paul
For me blogging is just like another event or sport or whatever in our life. I enjoyed your post and how you made a relation between tennis and blogging. Anyhow many tennis players can’t blogging and many bloggers can’t play tennis.
this blog is discuss some important subject. thank you for your efforts
Awesome information there Suzanne. I’m yet a newbie and this information was so helpful. I’ll keep in mind all the aspects you have mentioned. Hopefully I can succeed. And yes, i accept the fact that practice, hard work and dedication is a must. Thanks for the great article
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Great post. Learnt few stuff which i wasn’t aware of before. Also enjoyed the whole post written combined with tennis. It was fun to read and understand. I’m still new at this, but as you have mentioned, practice and dedication could hopefully put me through. thanks for the awesome post.
Loved your article. Especially the way you have combined it with tennis. I’m a huge tennis fan and it was a treat to learn blogging and internet marketing in this way. Awesome write up. Great blog too. Will be back for more interesting articles. Cheers
That was fun. Really loved the style you’ve written the article
Keep it up. It really was interesting and different than other posts. The tennis really made the article really fun. Rock on
That’s really cool. My friend who dropped by yesterday mentioned me about your site. About the way you had written the article. I must say I found it really interesting. Nice work.
Stumbled across your blog accidentally. But glad I did. Your write-up was really interesting. Just thought to drop a word and thank you for the great article. And yup, blogging is somewhat like tennis
Agree 100% with you on that.
@getac b300 – glad you stumbled on through … do you need any help with a blog or internet marketing? let me know *SmiLes* S
Wow, that’s a really good article. Covers two of my most favorite things. tennis and blogging.
) Great work. Love the whole article. Keep up the good work.
You are dead on with the whole analogy of tennis being like marketing. You have to calculate a plan..and you were especially right about the equipment you use. Most of the top bloggers have the right equipment to make them successful, such as automatic software. I wish I would have known about this software when I first started blogging! It would have saved me a whole lot of headache!
That’s a really cool article. I’m not much into blogging but I really did enjoy the article. Stumbled across the article randomly and I’m glad I did. Awesome stuff. Thanks. Cheers
That’s a really interesting and fun article
I like the way you have written the whole article. Being a tennis fan my self, I really did enjoyed the article. And your dead on about blogging and internet marketing. Nice work. Keep it up.
It is funny the corollary between sports and business and agree 100%
blogging and online shopping have become favorite of young generation but i feel short of real joy that we get outside the house.
blogging and online shopping have become favorite of young generation but i feel short of real joy that we get outside the house. but its not like tennis.
Nice article. Certainly did enjoy the article. Love your writing style. Apart from the tennis analogy you have used
Keep it up. Awesome read. Cheers.
Excellent post! really loved it. Your tennis isn’t that bad either!
thanks so much for sharing Suzanne..
Although it is an older post but it is more than interesting and i am going to stumble it. I think different people have different perspectives to make the stuff easy. You quote a wonderful example.
hi vanessa … thanks for the “thumbs up” … youtube took the audio off of the video due to the song i used … but i’ve reposted it using vimeo … so you can now hear the video if you’d like
I am excited and convinced to read your entire post because this is the pretty good way to make the stuff easy. I often do the most difficult tasks in the same way. Thanks for the sensible post.
I must agree that the more you blog the better you get and just as with Tennis it takes a lot of practise to get good.
“It is funny the corollary between sports and business and agree 100%”
I would like to compare it to war too, but war is already a simulation of war
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I wish work would always be as funny as playing tennis…
This is really an interesting blog to read yeah, blogging would give you a nice source of income if you have interesting articles and would really catch the attention of your readers.
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Excellent post! really loved it. Your tennis isn’t that bad either..u got amazing stunts really cool…
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I agree to the post. Very informative and thanks for sharing it!
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I like this article, Suzanne . It is short, informative and to the point. Good job.
i think its a great idea to combine tennis or other sport with business. Sponsorship which is my specialty, can for shore be more effective and stronger than many other marketing channels. Keep on trying, one day you will find the right way and then you can get back for old efforts. I wish you good luck!
As I’m a fellow blogger I know very well that it is hard to think of entertaining blog post ideas all the time. So I just want to say: great work, I enjoyed this one very much! / Maire Krajnik
I agree that becomming good at something takes a lot of hard work and very little talent. But if it’s something you love it doesn’t feel like work
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