Ten Awesome people to check out in the blogosphere

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Ryan Critchett

This guy is TEARIN’ IT UP right now! Ryan is rapidly moving into the Social Media space. A guy with strong opinions and excellent ideas, he is an up & coming blogging and Social Media “rockstar” of the future! Ryan “gets” the Social Media thing and what it is actually for, and is eager to engage with people and chat. Ryan is more about passion than profession, that’s what I love about him. Expecting big things from him this year. So check him out!

Not only is Mark Harai a really nice guy and awesome blogger; as far as I’m concerned he is the “go-to” guy for Business Development. It’s unbelievable to think that Mark only set up his blog this year, if you look at it and look at the amazing community he’s already built there you will think that he’s been blogging for years! Mark and I had a great chat, we talked about his extensive and impressive background consulting companies, his work at Dime Labs, his awesome blog and the importance of building high quality relationships online, as well as a few other things.

…It probably is.

Sometimes it’s not easy to press the “Publish” button on these type of posts, but I think that this is important for people to read, particularly if you’re new to Internet Marketing.

***DISCLAIMER – This post may seem negative, but there are lots of valuable lessons to be learnt ***

Last year I was scammed.

I was 21 years old, new to Internet Marketing, and I was scammed out of a few hundred pounds. I had a little more burnt than just my fingertips.

Stu is a great guy. I noticed we were commenting at many of the same spots, so I thought I better check out his site (Unlockthedoor.net). When I did, I was overwhelmed with how awesome his blog was, and immediately approached him for an interview. He was happy to help. We got on great, hence the interview lasted over 40 minutes!

He really knows his stuff, and is a blogger through and through – all focused on community and conversation, and a truly excellent writer, as you’ll see when you look on his blog.

A warm welcome if my “Guest Post on FirepoleMarketing.com“ has brought you here. A massive thanks to Danny for asking me to guest post.

You’re going to hear me use the “C” word an awful lot in this post!

So what does it stand for and why is it the most important word when it comes to blogging?

It is of course community. As far as I’m concerned, blogging is not about community, blogging IS community. Some of the kind acts that I have heard about, read about and experienced myself over the last few months have been truly touching and inspiring. There are so many people out there that are willing to help you it is unbelievable.

A massive thanks to Jon Alford from JonAlford.com for making time in his busy schedule to do an interview with me. We quickly established a rapport and the thirty minute interview flew by, it’s full of great content!

Jk Allen, from Hustlersnotebook.com, very kindly agreed to do an interview for BeliefandAction.com. I’m honoured to say that this was his first blog-related interview! Jk is a really cool guy who has a unique perspective on things. His blog is less than 12 months old and doing really well. It mainly covers personal development and business, and he focusses on providing high quality, value-adding content. , I’m sure you’ll learn something and appreciate his content. “You can check his posts out here“

In the interview we talk about all themes covered on my blog – business, blogging, and personal development.

I’ve just finished an excellent interview with Peter Vogopoulos, the other half of the great team over at “FirepoleMarketing.com“. Peter is a marketing strategist, business coach and certified Guerilla Marketing Coach who does a great deal of work with local businesses. Peter is also a seminar leader, sought after speaker on marketing and small business, and is a faculty lecturer of entrepreneurship at the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University, one of the top business universities in Canada.

I’ve decided to start doing these “what I learnt this week” posts, I’ve never seen it done although I’m sure there are several people doing it somewhere in the blogging space. This isn’t one of those silly commercial blog posts, these are real lessons that I’ve learnt that will be of  value to some of the people that read this. I love to give credit where its due, so I will (usually) acknowledge the person who taught me the lesson. This week I’ve kind of summarised the points from the interview I did with Danny Iny and the interview I did with Ryan Critchett. I’ve included any other lessons I’ve learnt in here as well.

I recently came across a great blog called “imarketinghacked.com”, and the guy behind that blog is Ryan Critchett. He also has a personal blog “RyanCritchett.com“. Ryan is both an IT Technician and an Entrepreneur. He focusses on the psychological and mental aspect of online blogging, something that is disregarded by many people who make a living online.

What Ryan says about himself: “I’m really into mental performance, psychological experimentation and how the mind relates to everything else.” He has a healthy obsession not only with experimentation, but also with tracking data to see the implications and results of the experiments.