Ask any writer how to write, and they will tell you, logically enough: Write . Write every day. Write at the same time. Write for hours. Write for 20 minutes. Just show up and write. You've heard this advice before and you haven't taken it yet. You meant to. But you haven't. This is not entirely your fault, because while the advice is not complicated, it's nearly impossible to follow. Mostly because it's way too simple. Don't get me wrong. We love simplicity.

Darren Rowse doesn't make his money from Problogger . Brian Clark doesn't make his money from Copyblogger . Chris Brogan doesn't make his money from his blog, either. Neither does Sonia Simone . Not a single founding member of Third Tribe earns the bulk of their income from the blogs that are practically )or in Chris' case, literally( synonymous with their names. Yes, they make some money directly from those blogs.

You try to kick someone under the table and your leg stays as inert as the table's leg. Your toes are unwiggleable. Your eyebrow won't arch wryly in disdain. You want to make something happen, but that desire isn't translating into movement. Your muscles don't obey the signals from your brain. That's paralysis. Analysis is pretty much the same thing. You analyze your business all the time. You decide that it would be smart to start an email campaign,