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LamarTyler.com – The Gatekeepers Are Gone! Lamar Tyler has been called a New Media Strategist, Consultant, Blogger and Filmmaker but basically he just creates good content. After spending 15 years in IT Lamar currently focuses much of his time coaching professionals and major brands spanning several industries, on how to leverage audiences by using strategic social networking techniques. Along with his wife Ronnie, Lamar runs the award-winning blog BlackandMarriedWithKids.com and has been featured in The Washington Post, Parenting Magazine, Essence Magazine on CNN’s Headline News, NPR, SiriusXM and many other print, broadcast and online media outlets.

25 July 2011 ~ 6 Comments

3 “FREE” E-Books That Will Make Your Blog Business Money

3 “FREE” E-Books That Will Make Your Blog Business Money

On a weekly basis I’m referring someone to my favorite FREE E-Book “From Blog to Business” so I thought that I’d create a post so it’s here for the long haul. I’ve also included two others that will assist you along the path of building your blog business. The great thing about the current times [...]

22 July 2011 ~ 5 Comments

Ask a Blogger: Can I Start Making Money Right Away With My Blog?

Ask a Blogger: Can I Start Making Money Right Away With My Blog?

I received this question via our contact page and wanted to share the answer publicly. Do you have blogging\social media related questions that you’d like answers to? If so send them to me here. Question: Dear Lamar, I am interested in learning as much as I can about blogging. I started a blog a few [...]

21 July 2011 ~ 5 Comments

5 Ways To Invest Into Your Blog Business

5 Ways To Invest Into Your Blog Business

I recently wrote a post detailing how you can build your blog faster by advertising. Besides advertising there are other ways that you can invest into your blogging business as well and I’m going to detail a few here. 1) Attend Conferences: Attending conferences, workshops and seminars should be a part of your business building [...]

20 July 2011 ~ 6 Comments

How Much Are You Willing To Invest Into Your Blog? (Money)

How Much Are You Willing To Invest Into Your Blog? (Money)

We often talk about investing time and resources into our blogs and ourselves. What I often don’t hear is a strategy that I employed to launch our first blog and get it rolling fast. That strategy is advertising. I’m not talking about accepting ads on your site, I’m talking about running ads for your blog [...]

19 July 2011 ~ 18 Comments

Don’t Let Arianna Huffington and Her Advice Sabotage Your Blogging Career!

Don’t Let Arianna Huffington and Her Advice Sabotage Your Blogging Career!

Earlier this year Arianna Huffington (of The Huffington Post of course) gave some advice that I didn’t fall for and I hope you didn’t either. She did a TED Talk on How To Succeed. Now this is a woman who you would normally love to hear this lesson from. Sidenote: She did just get her [...]

18 July 2011 ~ 42 Comments

The Reason Most People Won’t Succeed at Becoming Full-Time Bloggers

The Reason Most People Won’t Succeed at Becoming Full-Time Bloggers

On a regular basis people often ask what does it require to become a full-time blogger. I’ve given many people tips and have seen friends that have acquired much higher levels of success than I have, also dole out advice. The results are often similar, the person asking for the advice doesn’t follow it.  That [...]

14 July 2011 ~ 5 Comments

5 Reasons You Should Attend a Social Media Conference (EVO ’11 Edition)

5 Reasons You Should Attend a Social Media Conference (EVO ’11 Edition)

This past weekend Ronnie and I were both asked to speak at the EVO ’11 conference in Park City, Utah. Ronnie presented a Facebook 101 workshop and I was slated to do a Facebook panel with Jenn Romney VP Marketing from Circle of Moms and Christi McNeill the social media voice of Southwest Airlines. Close [...]

12 July 2011 ~ 3 Comments

C.R.U.S.H.

C.R.U.S.H.

Finally getting this site up and running coupled with the experience of attending the EVO ’11 conference in Park City, UT has given me a serious case of C.R.U.S.H. so I had to share this again.   Subscribe to Receive our articles daily via email:

12 July 2011 ~ 1 Comment

Finally

After years of beating around the bush I’ve finally launched the space where I can share my thoughts on all things web and social media. Hopefully you’ll visit from time to time and share your thought, opinions and ideas in the comment section so we can create a true dialog around the topics we’ll discuss [...]