How Can You Discover Your Talent And Purpose In Life?

Discover your talent and life's purpose

How can you discover your talent and purpose in life?

Your talent is God's gift to you, what you do with is your gift back to God. Use your talent as a vehicle in your life, fuel it up with passion where potential is your destination.

The answer to the above question is surely not simple. Let me try to present what I have learned, know, and understand. My advice is:

1.     You have to keep trying, you will never know if you do not try.

2.     Look inwards, asking for advice is good, but listen to your heart and mind. Ignite your talent with primal cues.

3.     If you 'do' (hustle) something, it may or may not click, it may be terrible in the beginning. so, discover what really matters.

4.     Improve on it. Unwrap the gift and unleash the talent, you will see your life's purpose.

No one will lay the path in front of you. It is good if you feel lost sometimes. Go out and get what you want. Nothing is instantaneous, it is about getting a feedback and improving (action), constantly.

You can't just 'think' your way into finding your life's purpose; you have to 'do' your way into it. You must hustle. Look into your heart, listen to it and you will find the true purpose and passion.

Discovering talent + Hustle (Action) + Passion = Life's purpose

It is simple. Discover your talent, nurture it and then apply it in your life. Make your life meaningful.

Discover your life's purpose

1. As a child, what were you passionate about?
2. What makes you smile?
3. Is there anything that makes you forget the world around you?
4. What makes you feel great?
5. If you did not work or have a job, how would you occupy yourself? Are you good at something?
6. Is there any issue closest to your heart?
7. What topics you repeatedly bring up to talk about with your closest friends or loved ones?
8. What challenges, difficulties, and hardships have you overcome and how?
9. Have you created a bucket list?
10. Do you have a dream and want to pursue?

Write your life's purpose (mission)
When you write your life's mission, here are three questions to help you:

• What do you want to do?
• Who do you want to help?
• What value will you create?

Have I helped you discover your life's purpose? I’d love to hear about your mission. Share with me in the comment section.

-Inspired and Adapted from Arpan Roy's answer to the question on Quora

Go to Work For a Boss or Be the Boss

I get this question from many of my friends, 'How I work and earn?'.

If you do not like the 9 - 5 job hustle and are thinking of an earning opportunity, then you can be your own boss. Freelancing is an option.

Let me clarify...

Who is a freelancer?
A freelancer is a self-employed person.  You can opt to offer services to businesses or work with many clients at a time.

What type of work can freelancers do?
A freelancers' work often varies as they can provide every type of service a business would need. This includes, but, is not limited to:

• Internet marketing
• Affiliate marketing
• Social media marketing
• Publicity
• E-commerce/ online store
• Copywriting (writing text for advertising/marketing purpose)
• Writing and proofreading - articles and blog posts
• Technological support - web programming and design
• Creative work - graphic design
• Financial support -accounting and bookkeeping.

What are the requirements for a freelance job?
You'll need basic computer skills, of course, a computer, and an Internet connection. But most of all, you need the right attitude to succeed online. It requires you to make a choice - something you love doing or can stick with. Of course, you will need to do some research, plan, and execute it well.

Are you still wondering if it is really possible to make a living working online and from home? Well, the answer is a definite 'yes'.

Benefits of freelancing
You can read my post on 4 major reasons that make freelancing an attractive choice for many people today. But before you jump in, make sure you know what you are getting into. Here are the benefits of freelancing:

• Quick, flexible, affordable, and easy to start

• Set your own price

• Set your own work hours

• Work full or part-time on the projects of your choice

Disadvantages of freelancing
Well, Freelancing has its advantages and disadvantages. It:

• Takes time to build reliable clientele.

• Work can be intermittent and erratic.

• Managing multiple projects and clients is a challenge.

• Pays less to beginners.

How to start freelancing?
You must know how and where to begin as a freelancer. Read my post on evaluating and defining yourself as a freelancer but here is a recap for you:

• Decide what work you will offer.

• Niche or target market.

• Create a website or online portfolio.

• Network on social media.

• Set your price and charge enough.

• Find work by reaching out to clients using freelance sites like Freelancer.com, Upwork.com, Truelancer.com, Guru.com and many more.

As a freelancer, you can run your own business with little or no investment. You can choose to work with companies who hire freelancers for various jobs. If you like talking about products then affiliate marketing is perfect. Or, you can check out my post on skills in demand.

Here are a few other ideas for everyone. You can do anything listed here in the infographic, and see what you would like to do.

Freelancing is a great way to start working and being your own boss. But, success comes to those who do not wait for an opportunity. Create one and make your dream, tomorrow's reality. 

"Your true success in life begins only when you make a commitment to become excellent at what you do." - Brian Tracy

If you have any questions, do leave in a comment. Good luck!

10 Fastest Growing Skills for Q3, 2017

20 Fastest-growing Skills for Freelancers - 2017

Here are fastest-growing skills for freelancers in 2017 according to Upwork Skill Index.

Other skills like website building, graphics designing, accounting and bookkeeping, Inventory management, content writing, digital and social media marketing, compliance management are still in demand.

Virtual reality is one other skill that has made it to the list for the very first time. There is a growing demand for AI (Artificial Intelligence) related skills too.

20 Fastest-growing skills for Freelancers in 2017

6 Tips for Freelancers to Pay Off Mortgage/Loans Faster

If you are someone who has recently purchased a home or has credit card loans to pay, then this one is for you, even if you are a freelancer. 

Purchasing a house is a fantasy and now that you have one, you must aim at paying mortgage faster. Mortgages are payable in installments over a 30-year period. This, not the only option available. People often panic looking at the number of installments they must pay. The loan is payable before that and does not lock you down for 30 years. Prepayment charges may apply.

Many people wish to pay the mortgage off as early as possible, as it makes sense. Paying it off builds up equity and enables another investment. Follow the tips mentioned here, and you will be able to cut down the 30-year term by at least half. The tips may sound difficult to follow, but you can pay the mortgage off faster by using them.

Here are 6 tips to pay off the mortgage at a faster rate:

1. Budget & Save

It is best to start now, by keeping track of spending; record all expenses. Make a budget and ration every dollar of earnings to specific categories. Divide the money towards savings and expenses. Write a budget plan down and create a cash envelope system to control expenditure.

Cut down all small expenses like coffee and hunt for bargains. Take advantage of thrift shops, coupons, and clothing sale.

Once you have cut down on expenses and begun saving money, stash away cash as an emergency fund. Build up at least $1000 to fall back on, which may take 6 months. Leave it unless there is a major financial crisis. Sell your car, if you do not need one, or drive less, walk more or take public transport. Try to cook at home rather than eat out.

2. Downsize or Monetize

Make big cuts in the budget like on housing, transportation, and food. These will make a big impact on the net earnings and eventually the ‘bottom-line’. Downsize to a less expensive, smaller home, if possible. You may choose to monetize it by getting a roommate and use the rental income to pay off the mortgage.

3. Make More Payments

Monetize on skills or talents and increase your monthly income. Many people choose to freelance or moonlight. If you get a bonus, refund, or raise, use that extra cash or income to pay towards the mortgage installments. Pay the monthly installments by going beyond the minimum payment amount each month. You can do this in three ways:

a. Make one extra payment once a year. This will shorten the mortgage by a few years. Divide the amount and pay it in 12 installments or in 24 installments by paying twice a month.

b. If the extra payment sounds big, then round up the payments to pay a few extra dollars.

c. Increase the amount every month, or after every six months and maintain it. You can choose to increment by an ’x’ amount, which could be $5, $20, $50, $100 or whatever is possible. This will save you from paying more interest.

4. Get Inexpensive Homeowner’s Insurance

Shop around for the best and the lowest homeowner’s insurance premium rates. Bundle up auto- and home insurance to your advantage at a lower rate or a higher deductible. Low insurance premiums reduce the mortgage payments. However, if you continue paying the amount as before, then you will be able to pay off the mortgage at a faster rate.

5. Refinance Your Mortgage

Shop around to refinance and convert the 30-year mortgage to a 15-year-loan at a fixed rate. This will pay off the mortgage in half the time. Moreover, you will pay less interest in the 15 years as compared to 30 years. If it is possible to increase the installment amount, refinance and pay off the mortgage in 10 years.

Do not choose an adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) as the interest rate will keep changing, in favor of the bank. There will be extra transaction and closing costs when you refinance.

Moreover, if it sounds risky, then pay the amount as if you have refinanced. This will give you flexibility, in the case of an emergency or financial crisis. You must not fall back on the older payment amount if you want to clear off the mortgage amount faster. This will need discipline.

6. Merge All Debts and Use Equity

Protect yourself from the increasing interest rates by consolidating several unsecured debts. Consolidate credit cards, medical bills, personal loans, payday loans can into one bill. When the home loan interest rate rises, it affects the interest rate of all. Moreover, the interest rate on credit cards and personal loans are higher than on home loans.

If you have already paid off some amount of debt, then you would have accumulated some equity. It is the difference between the current property value and the amount you owe. Use this equity to re-borrow and pay towards the mortgage.

There may be other options or deals available. Keep an eye open for such deals and take advantage of them. You will be able to pay off your mortgage at a faster rate.

References

http://www.shabby2chicpropertysolutions.com/6-tips-pay-mortgage-faster/

http://intuitivefinance.com.au/6-tips-to-pay-off-your-mortgage-faster/

https://www.gobankingrates.com/mortgage-rates/dave-ramsey-pay-off-mortgage-early/

http://www.self.com/story/genius-ways-pay-off-your-debt

Five Tips Guarantee Payment from Clients, Freelancers

Like I promised you will read on how to combat non-paying clients, here is the blog.

Many newbie professionals freelance and often get stiffed on payment in the beginning. It is common and frustrating for small-time business owners. You may feel unappreciated, worn down, creates self-doubt.

You may think getting stiffed may be because ‘you are a newbie and do not have a business mind’, or ‘your work is not good’. Mind you, it is because you let someone take advantage of you.

Ann Landers once said ‘No one can take advantage of you without your consent,’

It is time to analyze the situation and rectify it. If you are a professional the opposite party must see it in everything you do.

Analyze your situation

If you have been ripped off several times, it is time for a ‘Check’. Analyze everything that’s happening-

1.    Are you delivering what is required of you?

2.    Do you meet deadlines?

3.    Do you have return clients?

4.    Are you professional?

If any of these are negative, it is time to change the way you do things. The most important thing is to learn from mistakes. Change your approach if you want to continue freelancing.

If all of these pointers are positive, you just need to implement right work and pricing principles. No one needs a business mind to get paid for their work.

Avoid getting ripped off again by implementing payment policies and a contract. Ask for a deposit and for the balance amount at completion before you submit the work.

Get a good boilerplate contract template for your business. Send the contract and ask the client to sign and return. It will not only set you as a professional but also establish a great working relationship with your client.

The psychology behind asking for a deposit

When you ask for a deposit, the client views you as professional with payment policies in place. They will respect you and your work. This will set the right expectations. This lets them know the way you work. The deposit binds the client without which there is no commitment from the client for the project.

Ethically, 30% deposit is good. You must mention this to all your clients, a deposit is

required to get started on the project, even if they are close relatives. It may sound a little strange, however, you will get used to it.

If the client is not ready for a deposit, do not commit your time when they are not ready to commit to the project, only the serious ones will. This weeds out the non-paying clients.

When they do not make a deposit, let them know you will start only after they pay. Be professional and friendly by telling them they can call when they are ready.

Some clients may give you other excuses like - ‘they do not have the money now’ (and may never have it).

Some clients may not wish to pay a deposit; it is wise to avoid working with them. You can let them know they can contact you when they are ready to pay a deposit.

In some industries, if you have been working for less than 2 years, you may need to prove yourself. If you have been in the industry for more than 5 years, the clients can call your references. You don’t have to prove your worth and ability.

Learning from mistakes

Here is a simple guideline you can follow, so you can always get paid:

1.    Include the pricing in your Email and allow leeway to add in case of change in scope

2.    In case, you work with some materials subject to change or a change in your situation may lead to higher prices, add a date of validity on the price and ‘subject to change’ clause

3.    Begin working after you receive deposit from the client

4.    Send frequent updates to the client

5.    When you complete the project, send them a draft or a snapshot so they can arrange for the final payment

No freelancer would want to work hard and not get paid neither do you want to lose potential work. It is better to implement solutions, policies and avoid getting ripped off, ever again.

Freelancers Identify Your Non-Paying Clients Better & Get Your Money - Part 2

You slogged, met your client’s deadline, sent an invoice and an email. 

All you received in response is a short note saying - ‘Thank you for the work, we will get back to you’ Or ‘You will receive your payment soon. Thank you’

It's been ages since that note arrived and still no sign of that paycheck. Here is what you can do.

Tips to get your Money Back

• Write a friendly E-Mail reminder – Your Email must state:

1. The reason you are contacting (obviously, your pay is pending)
2.  Let them know the project is complete
3.  Ask them if there is anything they need
4.  Ask them when they will pay
5.  Ask them if they need a copy of the invoice

Usually, you will get the response. 

In case you do not, and if it is an on-going project with a monthly remuneration then stop work till you get paid unless the contract states otherwise. Let them know in any case, do not let the amount accumulate, you may not get paid ever. So, look for newer clients.

• Make a call – If you do not get any response to your Email, then get on a call with them. You will hear some sob story which you can ignore but wait till you hear when you can expect the pay.

• Go up the ladder – If you can connect with the Editor or Content Manager or even the Accounting Department. You can try the CFO.

• Charge 2%- 5% late fee – Resubmit a bill/ invoice with 2 - 5% late fee each month until the amount is paid. This shakes up the client a little and does the trick as the client will not want to pay a higher amount if they drag the matter.
  The client will not sit on the bill forever, knowing fully well that they will have to face the consequence and that you will not go away without the pay.

5.   Damage reputation in social media – Tweeting and Shaming the Client online often leads to a rapid response as every company is paranoid about social media reputation. However, keep it professional and factual. Do not be rude and no name calling as it may have an opposite effect.

In my next blog, you will read about ways you can avoid being ripped off, so stay tuned. Till then write in about your experiences and the way you tackled the situation.

Adios until then.

Freelancers Identify Your Non-Paying Clients Better & Get Your Money - Part 1

This is a very common scenario, most freelancers face even today, especially when they start freelancing. A large number of Artists, Designers, Content writers, Creative writers and many others face the same issue until they get wise.

You slogged to meet your client’s deadline, sent an invoice or an email and all you receive in response is a ‘Thank you for the work, we will get back to you.’ Or ‘You will receive your payment soon. Thank you’

You keep hoping, trusting and waiting, all in vain. When I started my career as a freelancer, I had to run for my money, many times, sometimes the client would cancel the contract and not pay for the work done or ask me to wait for the payment. I lost approximately $1000, over a period of 3 years with several clients.

Today, I am wiser.

Understand Your Clients

It is important to understand your non-paying or late paying client. There are 4 types of Non-paying clients:

Intentionally Non-paying Clients

They have reasonable explanations for not paying on time because of the cash flow. Usually, they inform in advance that they will not pay you immediately after you submit the work.

You can deal with them by suggesting they pay installments. Confirm the payment dates in writing and contact them a day before they are scheduled to make a payment.

You may also withhold the copyright until the payment is made. Your client will not be able to make public until you received payment.

You can hold them for violating your copyright.

Unhappy Non-paying Clients

These clients are unhappy with your work and will hold the payment till the issues are resolved.

If it was an error on your part, work it out by adjusting the payment schedule as well as accept the payment with a price-cut if you wish to work with them again in future.

If you did not estimate the cost initially, and see the scope expanding the project. Send in a revised proposal, get it in writing, so you have proof of an agreement, since a client may forget in the process.

If the client is unhappy unreasonably then it could just be a lack of communication, try working on the communication gap.

Swerving Non-payers

These clients have never paid any freelancer. They are crooks and small time clients who do not wish to pay for work done.

These clients simply look for fresh freelancers most of the time.

Non-Paying Mega-Corporate Clients

Many Megacorps have a 60 - 120 days’ pay cycle as policy. They maintain such cycles to ensure good cash-flow. You may not be able to negotiate a better pay cycle or do anything about it.

Most freelancers deal with such pay cycles by making sure they have smaller clients on short schedules.

Surely, you have had at least one such client. You must have a way to deal with all kinds of clients. In my next blog, you will read about ways of combatting such Non-paying clients, so stay tuned. Till then Write/ Share your experiences and the way you tackled the situation.

Adios until then.

11 Ways You can Make Working From Home Easy

Many people including professionals are turning to a different style of working. This is only to maintain a healthier balance between work and life. Working from home or freelancing. If working from home in pajamas or any place other than an office sounds fun, it must be fruitful enough.
Success comes when we see and know our goals. We understand the obstacles, are ready to clear uncertainties and self-doubt. Create a positive image, embrace any trials to stay on the path and show it to the world that it is possible.

As a freelancer, here is my secret to be productive, maintain a healthy work-life balance. Moreover, be successful.

Get an early start

You may be transitioning from the ‘9-to-5’ world for a ‘work from home’ routine so wake up early. Get to work right away, this will give you a head start. The other benefits are being hands-on, anticipating issues, and becoming a better planner. Moreover, it will help you squeeze in some time for exercise.

Plan your day ahead

You have 24 hours, make good use of your day by planning.Set calculated goals to stay focused and fruitful.

• Plan the time you will check and answer emails, make a to-do list for the daily tasks to complete, and manage breaks.
• When you limit the number of times you check emails, you will limit disturbances. This will ensure productivity and efficiency.
• When working on a lengthy project, planning the week in advance, creates an improved work environment.

Make sure you dedicate time to a family union at lunch and dinner to achieve a healthy work-life balance. Grab this opportunity to interact and distribute household chores among family members. You can choose to distribute it to your house-help.

Avoid the risk of a lower output, and burning out. Motivate yourself and prepare to put in hard work to complete all the tasks.

Dedicated Work Space

You may want to pretend to drive to work, so set up a work space far away from the bedroom. It could be a silent corner of your house.

If household chores or silence are distracting, you can choose a different location. Choose a local coffee shop with WiFi, as your ‘work-space’. Many people prefer a virtual work environment.

Cut distractions

Distraction can lower your efficiency, especially, when you have access to social media. You may feel the itch to click on the buttons or apps without the intention of creating a distraction. Delete the social network bookmarks on the toolbar.

Let neighbors, friends and family know, you are working from home. Avoid accepting requests to run chores and favors for friends or family. You can achieve higher levels of efficiency; distractions will only hamper work efficiency.

Delegate work

Household chores, pets, toddlers can all be distractions. If you have a house-help, delegate the chores at the beginning of the day. If you have team members, reduce the workload by delegating tasks. You can get them to do initial research or manage your calendar.

Cut distraction by making sure everyone knows, you are working. This will help you to complete the tasks faster. You can even choose a different work-space or a time when these distractions are minimal.

Make the right commitment

You must make the right commitment or choose to over commit. Both the techniques will help you stay focused and deliver the required, but you must know what works. This will keep you away from distractions and avert your urge to do other tasks.

Know your productive hours

We all have certain hours as the most productive ones, use them to the utmost. If you are a night owl (like me), finish most of the work during those hours and plan your day with other activities.

During your work hours, know what triggers efficiency. Sometimes, instead of coffee, music may trigger it. When you are low on the energy, turn up some music to pump you up. Play good music or your favorite playlist to boost your energy level for a particular task. Try different things.

Make use of the time management technique called Pomodoro technique. You can make the most of the 25 minutes; be creative, efficient, and productive and then a five-minute break.

If you are an early bird, work your way through the utmost important projects at that time. You can use afternoons for meetings and calls. As a working mother of a toddler, I need to be super-productive. I utilize the time when my kid is taking a nap, or playing on his own.

Making use of the technology to stay connected

Technology has found ways to enable us to work from home. With help from tools and apps, we can stay connected and productive.
Tools like Google Hangouts, Skype, WebEx come handy in holding meetings. Create to-do lists, along with deadlines. When you have the right tools, you must change your work style; be creative and efficient.
You can even make use of the cloud technology to share work. They have features that enable you to track work progress of assistants and inform yours.

Track your savings

Make use of spreadsheets to detail all the savings and expenses. Include all expenses like fuel, laundry, clothes, lunches, coffees, and others. This will motivate and make you productive when you work from home. You can do this if you work for someone else, or if you run your own business.

Stay in touch with colleagues

Many people feel lonely and detached while working from home. When working from home as well as office, try visiting the office, once or twice a week. The rest of the weekdays you can work from home.

This will help you remain connected to the team, especially while working on a project as a team member.

Escape a humdrum lifestyle

This is a major obstacle. Even though you are working from home to save time and money, move out of the house to get some fresh air. This will keep you active, healthy, productive and motivated.

Make sure you attend events, conferences, training sessions to keep growing. You must update yourself with the latest trends. This will help you put forward fresh ideas and perceptions in meetings as well as in work.

The biggest secret

Work from home lifestyle requires effort to make it work for you, as it is more about ‘You’. Challenges often crush the independent lifestyle and the transition may remain incomplete.

Make use of your SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis. Learn from it and realize them more as opportunities for growth. You will grow stronger to tackle them as they appear.

Hope you found these ways useful. I will be glad to hear from you if you have any other way to make work-from-home life easier. Do share it in the comments section.

6 Overlooked Marketing Channels For Remarkable Results

In my previous post, you read about the different ways you can repackage your content and reach out to the audience.

Content marketers will agree to the fact that content is king and communicating with customers is the bloodline of their business. However, content always does not mean words in the form of articles or blogs. There are several other forms of content – video, lists, guides etc.

It is important to test numerous ways to communicate with the audience through different channels. Though there is a risk factor, yet experimenting with content will teach many new things in return about the audiences’ preferences –

• What your audience responds to – this is important, if you create content that your audience does not like then you will see no returns.

• What your audience wants to see – this is vital, offer your audience what they wish to know.

• About your authority and approach – once you see the response to your content, you will be able to hold authority and know about your approach and build strategies.

Here are a few content marketing methods worth giving a shot, if you have not done so yet.

1. Create fun Listicles with invaluable, insightful, unique information relevant to your business products and services. Showcase your expertise with the help of these lists.
2. Create live video streams with messages to your customers about your business. They would like to hear straight from the horse’s mouth. Get your message across in an effective and a personalized way.
3. Identify your audience as well as your spin-off audience. Know your audiences’ demographics, you will be able to identify other audiences and groups with different demographics, may be interested in your products or services, those you had overlooked.
4. Watch out for traffic on different sites where the numbers are huge and attract them with your content that may be related to these websites.
5. Exploit LinkedIn and other social media platforms like Instagram, Snapchat, Reddit rather than just Twitter and Facebook. Post valuable business-related information on LinkedIn or images on Pinterest. Snapchat is becoming popular these days as a social media platform to reach out to Millennials.
6. Locate your target audience on different social media platform using an amazing resource called Buzzsumo to attract them. Once you know the response related to your business, the content that is popular and on which social media; you can create your profile and start promoting your business.

Try these content marketing tips and see which ones work for you. These channels are often overlooked, working different kinds of content often catches the audiences’ attention and interest.

You may fail, you may succeed, but will know by taking an imperfect step, towards success. If you have any other channels that have worked for you, do share in the comments.

11 Amazing Ways to Repackage/ Repurpose Your Content to Drive Traffic

We have all heard of an old saying – “Old is Gold”, now it is time to put it into action. If your website has been around for a while with lots of old content, it is time to re-purpose the old content in a new way, churn it and reap benefits.

There is a 90/10 Rule you must follow, promote content 90% of the time and spend 10% of the time writing. It is difficult to come up with an idea to write new content all the time, so here are a few ways to rewrite them. Share and market the content in new ways on the social media and get the conversions you are looking for.

Why re-purpose old (evergreen) content?

1.    Helps you reach a new audience

2.    Great content must never be forgotten

3.    Each content deserves a second chance at promotion

4.    Content deserves a new life

Here is a list of 11 ways to drive website traffic to conversion.

1.   Video format

If your old post was mostly text create a video on the same topic. The video will enhance the quality of the blog post. Post and promote the video on YouTube, Facebook, Email newsletters, on other social media platforms.

2.   Listicle format

It is often easier to write everything in the form of lists as they are short and easy. Categorize your content and list all the article titles include a link and a synopsis of the original posts in your Listicle.

3.   Infographic format

People prefer infographics as they are an easy way to digest more information in a visual graphic format rather than text. You can take the help of various infographic tools like Canva Infographic Maker, Vizualize, Google Developers, Easel.ly, Piktochart, Infogr.am, InFoto Free. Make sure you brand your newly created infographic.

4.   SlideShare presentation

SlideShare Presentations are a great opportunity to educate people in the form of slide presentations. The slides are often backed with stats, images, and graphs and talk about only the most important things. Copy the embed code of the SlideShare presentation on your blog.

5.   Email format

Send emails to your followers and include your old blog posts. Make sure you add appropriate updates to your email so that all new and old followers are reminded of your valuable content. This will keep subscribers coming back for more engaging content.

6.   Podcast format

Read your blog post, record it and use it in a podcast. The podcast is easy and an inexpensive way to reach out to people who are occupied in a way like driving or cooking. You can reach out to voice-over artists to read the article if you do not have a good voice.

7.   E-book format

Find related content, interviews and compile it into an e-book where each post will be one chapter. Compile interviews to formulate an e-book on expert advice. Make it attractive and upload it to Amazon, give it away free or sell it.

8.   Social media posts

If you have evergreen content, repost the content on social media as often as two to three months. Do not let your content die out; refresh and re-share the content, it will sell like hotcakes.

9.   Guide format

If you have some topics you have written a lot about consider compiling it in the form of a newly updated guide. Present it to your audience as “A Complete Guide To…” and see the increase in traffic on your website.

10.  Webinar format

A great way to re-purpose content is in form of a webinar. Since you already have good content, promote the webinar effectively, so you’ll have a good number of attendees.

11.  Newsletter

Collate information from your best blog posts and promote them in a weekly newsletter since you already have a huge list of email subscribers. It is a great way to promote your blog posts and nudge users to your site to read cream content.

The basic idea is to present the same content in different ways as people have different preferences regarding the content they wish to read and the format in which they wish to receive it. These are great ways to drive traffic to the website consistently; build it into an impacting online strategy.
Is there any other way you have had better results, do leave me a comment.