Happy Friday!

Thanks for taking a moment to check in with the Copyblogger community as you wrap up your week.

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I'm Stefanie, Copyblogger's Editor-in-Chief, and below you'll find killer content marketing tips and skill-strengthening resources. Scroll on!

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Making a Living Online (or, the Internet Is Not Your ATM)

Maybe you have hopes and dreams about making a living online.

Maybe you’ve envisioned a beautiful future where you work four hours a week, you never trade time for money, you sail through a life of ease because you’ve learned to “work smart” and figured out “one weird trick.”

The internet doesn’t care.

The internet is not your ATM. And even if it was — you have to put money in the bank before you can take it out of the ATM. There is no great spirit of abundance that wants to make you rich from your online business ideas.

There is only your effort, your strategy, and your willingness to serve your audience.

If you have a solid business model, an engaged audience, a product or service that they’re willing to pay for, and good marketing skills — and if you stick with business blogging long enough — you’ll be well-positioned to make a healthy income.

Sound like you? Are you ready to overcome all of the hype associated with making a living online and get to work?

These nine truths double as online business best practices that all types of successful entrepreneurs value.

Keep reading: Making a Living Online (or, the Internet Is Not Your ATM)

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Using Paid Advertising, Giveaways, and Influencers to Grow Your Business

Last week on The Copyblogger Podcast, Tim Stoddart and Ethan Brooks talked about growing your audience without paid advertising.

However, they also talked about the value of having a budget and using that budget to grow.

In this week's episode, they give some of their favorite examples of successful paid media and Ethan breaks down their frameworks.

Listen now: Using Paid Advertising, Giveaways, and Influencers to Grow Your Business

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ICYMI, January Recap: Idea Central

In case you missed any of January's blog posts, they were full of ideas to fill your content marketing calendar for 2022:

• Never Run Out of Remarkable Content Ideas with This Proven System
• 16 Knockout Article Ideas: How to Write Regularly for Your Blog
• I’ve Got 99 Blog Post Ideas, and Battling Writer’s Block Ain’t One
• 7 Online Business Ideas for Practical Content Entrepreneurs

Be sure to bookmark your favorites and share them with your audience!

Talk with you again soon,

Stefanie Flaxman
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, COPYBLOGGER MEDIA