The Vietnamese dissident blogger, commonly known as Mother Mushroom, has been released from prison and is being sent to the US.

The buyer's journey does not begin with awareness, as is traditionally thought, but instead before the potential buyer is aware there is even a need.

In the early days of the internet, great content was pretty easy to find, and the creators of it were rewarded. As with all things, the market was eventually flooded by every bad writer and their dog who wanted a piece of the pie. Actually, the dog is likely doing it better. Regardless, content marketing is always going to be a primary method of creating or driving traffic.

When most people think about developing a writing habit, they imagine having to spend countless hours in a quiet room isolated from the…

Running a business, being a writer, living a full life — these things depend on the knowledge that we can gain and use. What we call following our gut, is really us being subconsciously guided by every piece of information we’ve ever consumed, shaping our instincts and ideas and forming us.

"This is some of the greatest advice that I could offer to people in their 20s. Please, let this be the one "motivational" video that pushes you to take a leap and take extra risk because if you don't do it, you'll regret it. If I can really get you to understand the practicality of patience, you'd be shocked by the outcome... trust me ;)" - Garyvee

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How do you promote your blog? Do you share it on social media once and hope for the best? Sadly, that's not going to work. Unless you have millions of fans who live and breathe your every word. But I'm guessing you've not reached celebrity status ... yet. In the meantime, why not try some of these ideas. Most are free, so what have you got to lose? We've arranged them into sections so you can pick one at a time. Before you start, a word of warning. Don't try all of these ideas together.

Look around you. Does it seem like people operate with a sense of urgency? Does it look like others are hungry to win; passionate about what they are doing? Are they fuelled by a burning sense of purpose and a desire for success? It can be hard to tell. Some of us might not show it. What I do know is how easy it is to be influenced by others.

Horizontal rhythm mostly impacts the legibility, while vertical rhythm impacts the readability of the text and establishes a sense of visual hierarchy.

Google is going to shut down the consumer version of Google+ over the next 10 months, the company writes in a blog post today. The decision follows the revelation of a previously undisclosed security flaw that exposed users’ profile data that was remedied in March 2018.

To have a winner’s mentality, you have to stop caring what other people think. You’ve gotta get quiet in your own head. So many people make big life decisions based on other people’s opinions. You care so much about what your mom, dad, brother, or friends think that you’re allowing them to dictate your actions in life.

As a blogger, we only have so many hours in the day! Where should you be spending your time blogging? Check out these blogging productivity tips.

Peter Thiel is many things, but what he is not is an adherent of the status quo. To most people, his fame is either associated with his wealth (he’s a venture capitalist) or with his politics (he is a libertarian who leans conservative) but for anyone who has taken a moment to look deeper, it’s pretty clear that those are arguably the two least interesting things about him.

I made a pretty aggressive video about this the other day for LinkedIn.

So many people out there don’t have techniques in place to manage their time. I get messages from people all the time complaining that they “don’t have time” to build the type of business they want to build. They don’t have time to grow their personal brand, put out content, flip stuff on eBay, or follow the other advice I talk about. The truth is, you have a LOT more time than you think. You’ve got 24 hours a day.

Spotless walls, a “millennial pink” sofa, a spa-style bathtub that’s waiting to be filled with flowers — and every inch of its 2,400 square feet is free from the clutter of everyday life.

And how I identify and correct it.

Compose beautifully formatted text in your web application. Trix is an editor for writing messages, comments, articles, and lists—the simple documents most web apps are made of. It features a sophisticated document model, support for embedded attachments, and outputs terse and consistent HTML.

Fail to get over it, and things get unnecessarily harder.

Personal and organisational change takes time. Give yourself permission and time to do so.

QWERTY keyboards have been around for over a century, but a new era in tech needs a new kind of input. WSJ’s David Pierce tries out the keyboards of the future.

A tentative 5.0 release schedule was published during today’s core dev chat. The official release is targeted for November 19, 2018 with beta 1 expected October 19 and RC 1 released October 30.

Creativity is the ability to imagine something that isn’t there — yet. Its core ingredient are ideas. An idea is a new thought that springs up from existing knowledge. Thoughts collide — something “clicks” in our mind.

Are you creative? Did you consider yourself a creative kid? I didn’t. I never pursued what I was passionate about, I just wasn’t someone who made things. I aspired to perhaps be a photographer, writer, designer, musician, etc, but never put in the work.

Podcasting was supposed to be one of the saviors of digital media—inexpensive, addicting, profitable, and popular. But now it’s like the old line from baseball legend Yogi Berra: “That place is so popular, no one goes there any more.”

The video giant isn’t doing enough to combat its burnout crisis

You’ve been creating, making, doing and stressing, and STILL, the traction isn’t there. What is traction? Traction is when increasingly more people engage with your creative work.

Have you ever wondered why a green lock icon appears on your browser URL bar? And why is it important? We did too, and this comic is for you! Follow the adventures of Certificat, Browserbird, and Compugter as they explain why HTTPS is crucial for the future of the web and how it all works together. Don't let the bad crabs get you (you'll know what we mean in the comic). Get to know HTTPS and why it is essential to your privacy.

Just ask those who've been around the block a few times and carry a lot more baggage.

All successful content marketing is successful in the same way. At least, that was our instinct and we wanted to prove it. We’ve seen many blog posts take off, delivering a steady flow of organic traffic for months and years. We’ve also seen plenty of posts flop, hitting a flatline within a day or two of publishing.