279 Days to Overnight Success: An Unconventional Journey to Full-Time Writing

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279 Days to Overnight Success: An Unconventional Journey to Full-Time Writing

by Chris Guillebeau (Goodreads Author)

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Published 2009

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Oct 11, 2011 Brianna Soloski rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: reviewed-for-blog, books-in-2011, writing

I am something of a non-conformist. I am a creative thinker. I think outside the box. I’m not afraid to do things a little differently from the norm. There isn’t much I’m scared of. Anyway, I first heard about The Art of Nonconformity by Chris Guillebeau from Elise a year ago. I needed something to get free shipping on Amazon, so I grabbed a copy. It’s been sitting on the shelf ever since. More recently, I downloaded 279 Days To Overnight Success. I’m so glad I did.

The report details how to beco...more I am something of a non-conformist. I am a creative thinker. I think outside the box. I’m not afraid to do things a little differently from the norm. There isn’t much I’m scared of. Anyway, I first heard about The Art of Nonconformity by Chris Guillebeau from Elise a year ago. I needed something to get free shipping on Amazon, so I grabbed a copy. It’s been sitting on the shelf ever since. More recently, I downloaded 279 Days To Overnight Success. I’m so glad I did.

The report details how to become a successful blogger in less than a year. Mr. Guillebeau did things unconventionally. He doesn’t have any advertising on his site. Instead, he has created documents that detail how he survives as an entrepreneur. Before launching his site, he spent a lot of time researching what other people in the blogging world were doing. He spent four years in Africa volunteering. He made a goal to visit every country in the world. He isn’t afraid to try new things and see what happens.

The biggest thing I got out of reading this report was perseverance. It’s not going to happen overnight. I have to work as hard as I can, every single day, in order to be successful. I’m already thinking about my goals for 2012. I’ll be setting up a blog schedule and sticking to it. I’ll be writing daily – there are short stories to write and novels to write. I’ll be reading daily. I’m going to examine more closely the blogs I read to see what they’re doing. My mind is spinning with things I can do to make some money at what I love.

One other thing I really liked is that he doesn’t push ad sales. Having advertising on your blog isn’t always the best way to go. I don’t have crafty things to sell, so connecting with that market isn’t going to do me much good. I am a writer and connecting with that market is huge. It should be my focus. I might need to do that by offering an editing service, like Roxanne does. I might need to do that by sending other bloggers one of my short stories to read and review for their blog.

I read a lot of blogs, in a lot of niches. And every single one of those bloggers has dozens of loyal followers. I want to people to come to my blog and stay. I need to give them a reason to stay. Figuring out the reason why has been the hardest thing. I often feel like my blog is all over the place. That’s one thing I want to get away from in the coming year – I want to find a few set things to blog about and do them on a weekly basis.

Another thing I want to do is find people who want to guest blog for me. I’d also like to find guest blogging opportunities for myself, in an effort to get my name out there. There’s a whole world of writers and readers I’m missing out on. Sure, I leave comments on a lot of blogs, but it’s not as in your face as having a guest post on someone’s blog. I don’t want to shove anything down anyone’s throat, because it’s annoying and I hate when people make me feel like I have to do things their way or not at all. But I do have a lot to offer and I need to work on marketing myself so that people will take advantage of what I have to offer.

Following Mr. Guillebeau is one way to do that. He has a lot of great ideas and I agree with his way of thinking. If I can learn from him, then I’m all the smarter for it.
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Nov 27, 2012 Colleen Wainwright rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: business, creativity, how-to, marketing, technology, web

Delighted to see this on Goodreads, even though it was released as a free PDF "manifesto" on the interwebs. (Let's blur those lines, people!) This is a generous detailing of how Chris Guillebeau got here (a viable online business built on quality information served up in a non-exploitive fashion) from there (Internet obscurity, or "zero"). I've marveled over Chris's rise—not because he doesn't deserve it (he absolutely does) or didn't work hard for it (he absolutely did), but because he did it w...more

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Dec 13, 2012 Kevin Miller rated it 5 of 5 stars

The best essay I've read on writing with Chris' blogging twist. It's a call to action for aspiring creatives, with the "how" behind Chris' success.

Awesome.

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Nov 13, 2012 Lenka rated it 4 of 5 stars

This book provides great tips for those wanting to start a career in writing or take their existing writing career in their hands. Very helpful.

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Feb 03, 2011 Martin Linkov rated it 4 of 5 stars

Starts promising

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Jan 10, 2012 Kristin rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: business, curious, writing

Straight-forward. Good things to think about.

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Jul 20, 2012 Jami rated it 4 of 5 stars

This book is a good realistic overview of one approach to online business success... and Chris has been and continues to be successful in ways that money cannot buy. He's as understatedly impressive in person as any of his books will lead you to believe.

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Nov 26, 2011 Polina rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Read this little gem twice already and it never fails to provide the necessary motivation and a blueprint for turning my passion into a blogging career.

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