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How Can I Increase the Traffic on My Website?

February 13, 2016March 16, 2025 Nik

For my newest blog, I went with an entirely different strategy than most others. This takes a lot of work, but it works.

It’s based on 2 pillars.

But first, some credibility. After building a few pieces of content over 3 weeks and fleshing out the site, I officially launched the blog on January 11th, 2016, with this post.

The blog is called Four Minute Books and I publish book summaries.

As of today, 1 month in, over 20,000 people have been on the site. Not bad for 4 weeks.

This strategy is not perfect, and it doesn’t absolve you from doing some serious SEO work later on, but it’s the fastest way to a lot of initial traffic I know of, other than having a 100,000 person email list in your desk drawer 🙂

Here are the 2 pillars of this strategy:

1. Publish daily.

2. Syndicate your content.

Let’s look at both of them.

The Power of Habit Review: 5 Little-Known Facts About Habits

February 12, 2016January 7, 2022 Nik

How are those new year’s resolutions going for you so far?

Break ’em already?

No worries. Welcome to the 92% of people who fail their new year’s resolutions.

Today we’ll fix it.

You’ll not only learn 5 little-known facts about habits to fix your own broken ones, but today you also have a chance to win THE book about habits.

Woke Up Late – What To Do When A Habit Fails

February 5, 2016June 15, 2021 Nik

Do you know those days when everything that can possibly go wrong does?

Yesterday I had one of those days.

10 Business Ideas You Can Steal From Me

January 28, 2016December 19, 2023 Nik

Over the years, I’ve accumulated tons of business ideas I know I’ll never do anything with. Time to throw them out there.

Disclaimer: All of these could be invented already, worthless, or gold.

1. Readmypaper.com (domain might be for sale) — a platform for students to read each other’s scientific research papers. I always thought it was frustrating in college that we write these theses, papers, and reports, and no one actually gave a damn about them. People could ask others to read their paper and get positive/constructive feedback.

2. Google Maps for old people — seriously, I think you could make millions teaching people aged 50, 60 and above how to use the most basic apps, like Google Maps, WhatsApp or Skype.

The Multipotentialite Solution: How To Find Your True Calling in 4 Steps

January 27, 2016July 11, 2025 Nik

Do you bounce from side project to side project?

Then this is for you.

Are you having a tough time finding your passion?

Is your stickability factor (your ability to persevere) maybe not high enough?

No!

That’s not it.

What Are Some Uncommon Ways To Work Smarter Instead of Harder?

January 18, 2016March 16, 2025 Nik

One word: self-awareness.

There are a lot of good tactics out there, but the question for every single one is: does it work for you?

Instead of trying to force yourself to make a GTD time management system work, when you’re obviously miserable in it, spend some time learning what actually makes you tick, or work, in this case.

I think very little people know themselves well enough to be able to tell how they work best.

Spend a month learning how your brain and body function, and you can start designing your life and environment in a way that allows you to be very productive.

Here are some starting points.

My Miracle Morning Summary

January 13, 2016June 15, 2021 Nik

“You can’t do that.”

How often have you heard these 4 soul-crushing words? Read More

How I’m Going to Wake Up at 5 AM Every Single Day in 2016 (& How You Can Do It Too)

January 11, 2016December 19, 2023 Nik

Do you know those annual review posts household names publish every year?

Like Pat Flynn’s annual income report (I’m sure he cracked $1 million this year, go Pat!).

Or James Clear’s annual review.

Well, what about those?

They suck!

They’re supposed to be inspiring and helpful.

But the truth is, you’re nowhere near having any of the problems these guys have.

Habit Review for 2015

December 31, 2015December 19, 2023 Nik

Tomorrow 2015 will be over.

I remember January 1st as if it was yesterday.

Interesting theory:

The reason each year seems to fly by faster than the last is that as you age, each year represents a smaller portion of your life.

Here’s a visual example:

If you’re 1 year old, one year is your entire life. If you’re 14 years old, one year is only 7% of your life.

And so on.

That means at 42 years old, a year is only 2% of the time you’re alive, and it gets less with every year!

Seems to be true for me, and while I always ponder about the happenings of the last 12 months during those last few days of the year, I thought I’d take those ponderings public this time.

Since this is a blog about habits, why not make it a habit review?