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Shane Birley

Mar 20, 2008

Etienne Teo Talks about Passion, Finding Time to Blog, and Comments on Blogging For Dummies

imageHave you ever thought about starting a blog?  Ever wondered how to make a little money while blogging?  Have you speculated how you may be able to turn blogging into a career?  Of course you have and the first thing you need to do is pick up a copy of our book.  But, if you aren’t about to launch out of your chair and run to your nearest book store, I invite you to check out Etienne Teo, a blogger and marketer in Singapore.  He has been blogging for a while now and has posted a few words about Blogging For Dummies

I passed by Borders which is one of the biggest bookstore here in Singapore and that is beside coffeebean but then again i thought i might find a few more new arrivals as they have a wide range of books and the section i normally browse through would be under “business management"and “self-improvements”. blogging for dummiesThese were the two categories that i want to improve in terms of self learning. As i was glancing along the shelf, i came across a book on “Blogging for Dummies” and i thought to myself for a second, “how on earth will anyone purchase such a book that could be easily Googled for online.” I flipped the book around and the price tag on this book printed $26.99 bucks after i do a conversion in currency, i mean you could get this book at $19 over at amazon if you love to keep a full collection on dummies, there is no need to purchase it here and why are there so many on this shelf, i can’t understand, will they sell?

What happened next changed my perception entirely and got me pondering why that happens, A lady walked past and grabbed the book which i have just described as basic stuff which i am sure it will be left on this shelf forever and there she started browsing through the contents and told a glance on the front cover “Blogging for Dummies” and left with a smile to the counter and purchasing the book at $26.99, i guess i was wrong after i rewinded the process and analysis what could have triggered the lady to purchase the book?

If you don’t know about Etienne, I have stumbled across his web site here and there when I have been looking for some new tips and advice about turning words into profit.  Go check him out he has a lot of great advice.

 

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