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279 Days to Overnight Success<br />

If comment management<br />

is killing you or you find<br />

yourself too emotionally<br />

attached to it, turn it off<br />

for 30 days to see what<br />

happens.<br />

altogether. Seth Godin has done it, as has Steve Pavlina. If you think that<br />

only “big-name” bloggers can get away with this, think again. Naomi at<br />

ittyBiz did this a while back, and she still gets traffic, visitors, trackbacks,<br />

and so on. If comment management is killing you or you find yourself too<br />

emotionally attached to it, turn it off for 30 days to see what happens.<br />

(Note: I do still have comments on my site, and I enjoy the conversation<br />

that takes place. I’m just saying that providing a forum for comments is<br />

not necessary for your success, nor should the number of comments be<br />

the metric of your success.)<br />

The Wrap-Up: Here Is Where You Get Sold<br />

On Something<br />

If you’ve read reports like this before, you may be expecting a good sales<br />

pitch at the end. It usually goes like this:<br />

www.chrisguillebeau.com/3x5

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