Fantastic post. And I wanted to say… thank you for sending out your entire article via RSS. I absolutely hate when bloggers only send an excerpt. You have no idea how valuable the whole article is for somebody like me, who is using the slowest internet connection known to man (in Tupiza, Bolivia). Then again, maybe you do.

Its the little things, no? They matter enough for me to load your site (10 minutes) to comment.

Later

Kudos and ditto on all the good things said about you above. I have a question that I was hoping you might be able to answer. When you find yourself in a position of receiving a lot of traffic from an external source, how do you harness that traffic? Or do you? Does that make sense? Maybe “harness” is not the right word. Let me paint a more clear (I hope) picture:

Build a blog with great content
Exposure from external source pushes lots of traffic to one post
Traffic spikes
Traffic eventually drops
If people were interested in that one post in theory they should be interested in others on the same subject, yes?

How can you convert traffic spikes into increasing blog loyalty? I don’t think there is one right way to do this, I’m simply curious if and how you do this? Hope this isn’t being too pushy. I really enjoy AONC!

As a new reader of your site, I greatly appreciate your unique point of view. I am launching my own blog/site and feel inspired by your words, especially that it works to put several different parts of you out there to have a diversified audience. It is nice to have someone ahead of me on the unconventional path of life clearing away some of the overgrowth, so that I may find my own way a bit easier.

Thanks so much!
Karianne Wilkins

I’m not advocating exclusivity or being too fearful of overexposure, but I think it is a fine line before ubiquity commoditizes one’s identity.

My spheres of perceived influence? Mixed-media art; photgraphy; writing; Asian culture; animal rescue and care. How’s that for diverse? I’ve done some work with each topic.

That’s why my company is “a media company.” I do several things.

I think the business world at large would really benefit if a more organic way of doing things was accepted and/or embraced.

Peace.
Jennifer Moore
JenniferLynn Productions, LLC

Good to connect with you recently – and thanks for the inspiration.

You have just shown me how to bring together all the strands of my work and interests and make it happen!

I am currently writing my own “manifesto” and will get it out there soon.

Your story and methods are very inspirational.

Thanks!

Arvind

In answer to the two questions posed by Chris:

I have accumulated 101 wealth principles over the past two years. I am writing about them in a newsletter and will expand into several e-books.

I plan to give all or most of it away in hopes of creating millionaires to change the world. My goal is to create a happier and safer world.

It is a huge undertaking, but I plan on having several million helpers.

I am inspired by Chris and the comments from all of you.

Life is good even when it is bad.

P.S. My website is a mess at the moment. Changing auto responders and I am not a techie.

As always, I enjoy reading your article and (more importantly) benefit from it.

Regarding your various and long articles (or every other writers’ for that matter), I think it is up to the reader what we decide to read (or skim or scan).

The writers have done their excellent job of writing (in this case, you) and now it is our responsibility to choose which article or which portion of article can benefit us.

Can you write more on balancing multiple interest? I do have some problem in this department.

Thanks Chris!