My Saturday posts are a chance to have fun and also give back by providing some links to great content. Sometimes I go off on some pretty strange and esoteric topics. It is all about having fun, giving out some good information and sometimes trying something new. I have been swamped with work recently, and I am starting to make some preparations for a short trip to Belize so I asked the wisest person I know help me with today’s post.

Blogger’s Using The Force this Week -by Yoda of Dagobah
Yoda is a Jedi-knight who is over 9000 years old, he is has been around a long long time and comes from a galaxy far far away. He is a wise creature who has seen a lot and deals with technology on a daily basis. (see: Lightsabers) The reports of Yoda’s untimely death have been greatly exaggerated; nothing can keep the irrepressible little green guy down for long. Without further ado, here is Yoda’s list of blog posts that use the Force, take it away Master Yoda:
Yoda speaks blogging:
“Thanks, Steve, glad to be here, am I. One thing, clear up, I must, before into this week’s blog posts, I dig. Midcholorians. Herh herh herh.
The deal, here is! Joke, it was. Real pain-in-the butt, Mace Windu was, when a student he was. The other Masters and I called him “Mace Windbag,” we did. Tired of his preaching, we were, so we invented this crazy overly elaborate story about Midicholorians, we did. Powering the force, we said. Laugh at that foolishness, we did. But then into the movies, that story went. On us, the final joke was.
So, of your head, put all thought of Midicholorians right, out. The Force Just Is! Hmmmmmm.
The Force is in the Email List
Contained in the email list, most of the Force is. Herh herh herh.
Ana, of an area of the Force called, “SEO,” a Master is. Like Mace Windu, never shall we treat her. Yes, hmmm. Ana talks about cleaning up email opt-in lists, she does. Yessssss. Master Steve Scott, also interested in email opt-in lists, he is. A/B Split tests and not burning email autoresponder sequence he tells us.
Steve and Ana are only people talking about the importance of email lists this week, not. Herh herh herh. With the force strong, make money from a list not, he tell us, Alex Whalley does. Yeesssssss. For an email list, Lisa an interesting tactic, creates. List building tactic, shows us she does. Interesting way, Yoda can see. Yes, hmmm.
Blogging Tips to Crush a Death Star
Strong in these Bloggers, the Force is. Their blogging tips, they show it in.
Often built on details, the Force is. Things like blog disclaimers may be boring and glamorous not, but important, they are, as Khalen shows us. Yeesssssss.
Steps to blogging greatness, Lye knows well.
Emotional connection, essential it is. Defeat even the force, emotions can. Of relationship marketing Marcus shows the power. Hmmmmm
To creating an online business strategy, Master Murlu goes. Far beyond just blogging. Go Murray go.
No stranger to giving blogging tips, Steve Scott is. Currently paused at 16 weeks’ worth of general blog traffic tips, he is. Of these blog traffic tips, discover the force inside. Hhhrrrrrrmmmm
Tips so good they cause a disruption in the Force.
Steve post two links from the same site in one week, does not. Using competitors links to advantage refuses to be passed up, Master Ana’s post to good, it is.
To the dark side of the force wasting time on unprofitable activities leads, Yesssssss. As Eugene explains, some thoughts on time management, Steve also has, with email time management and time management hacks.
Vast, the galaxy is,even this tiny, Milky Way one. Stored, into this vastness much knowledge is. To manage information overload, Adam shows how. Yeesssssss.
Last but least not, to set up your blog for publishing on Google Brankica gives directions, on how.. Herh herh herh herh Steve, followed these directions, he did. Hrrrrmmmm. Waiting on a reply from Amazon, he is.
Embark on an Internet Lifestyle you want? Hmph. Adventure. Heh. Excitement. Heh. A Jedi craves not these things. You are reckless. Remember, young Padawan, above all others, one thing you must:
Do or do not; there is no try.
So get out there and do….
For your time, Steve, thank you. Yes, hmmmmmm.”
Man that Yoda is quite a smart cookie. I’m glad he came by to share some great posts this week. I’ve read a number of them so up to date am I, yes.
My question now is how to get my hands on a lightsaber, and where do you go for spare parts in case it breaks?
The same guys who sell you printers sell lightsabers. A light saber sells for 17.97. But the battery to power it goes for 457 trillion dollars. Standard printer ink markup. (guess who bought some printer ink today) >.<
I knew there was a catch! Dammit, fooled again.
LMAO!!!
Wow Steve, thank you for featuring me! It’s quite an honor.
I’ve read Murray’s business strategy post, and its quite extensive and impressive. He always has great input. I haven’t gotten around to visiting the other blogs though, but I will definitely make it a point to do so.
Thanks again!
Glad to have you Gene, errrrr that is to say, Yoda was glad to have you!
Yesssss, totally nerding out here which is awesome because I watched Empire just a few days ago haha. As always, always bringing the ruckus here man. Since I’m working on building up serps for the PLR site, I’m going to put some of the things Ana has covered into effect as far as using competitors backlinks :P. Oh, I also got an ecourse up and running on the site so I can certainly take advantage of the email marketing posts you’ve got up here (your ‘burn list’ one was probably the best, ever).
One final thing: Yoda was 900 years old 😛 You knew I had to geek out on ya when it came to Star Wars 😀
Pshaw… Think I don’t know my Star Wars… he was 900 years old, “a long long time ago” ….what you don’t know was that “long long time ago”= 8100 years 🙂 (ok, adding a zero was arbitrary…but i did consider that)
It is really kick ass that your PLR train is really starting to roll.
Steve:
I think Im on the dark side right now…Im workin on gettin out!! 😉 I appreciate the mention. You’re a rockstar!
It’s Ok, if vadar came back from the dark side…anyone can
OK – half the time I was entirely lost; it was like reading a foreign language. 🙂
On the other hand, it was entirely entertaining. Thanks for that, Steve, and I saw my mentions loud and clear, whatever the language. 🙂
Ana
What Ana Said 😉 LOL
I knew I would loose a lot of “non-geeks” on the Yoda-speak. I figured what the hell… It was fun for one saturday. I certainly won’t be doing it agin…if only because it took so much time.
I wrote each sentence the “proper” way and then tried to think of how it should be said the “Yoda” way. It took way to long… But I was fiendishly laughing the whole time.
Hi Steve,
I am glad Yoda had written this post for you because he feature one of my post. You know it’s pretty difficult to get noted by the wise Jedi Master. Off to read some of the wise post that he recommended. See you around.
Yes..he is a wise creature. And as a wise creature, he had to pick your post, right!
LOL… interesting article, quite entertaining.. yesssssssssssss.
I just got done reading the link building article you referred to, “How to do it the smart way”… I always like to look at the competitors links to determine mine, but have you ever used Market Samurai? If not, any suggestions on what to use?
Yes I use MS a lot. I wholey 100% recommend it. It can be used in so many ways. Even after having used it for over a year now, I still find some little, “trick” in it I didn’t know.
It is basically the standard in doing your due diligence on everything you do. It takes its own amount of time and effort to check everything but once you do you know exactly what you are getting into.
If you decide to get it..make sure to watch all the “dojo” videos (or if you need help deciding) they really show all of the things they can do.
I often don’t even bother to throw up afiliate links for it..because the darn things really does sell itself.
Hey Steve,
Man this post was a classic! Thanks a ton man.
Yoda is the best jedi ever I love that guy. He’s also the wisest of the wisest when it comes to the jedi master. ( :
The force is in the email list. That is why i’m hard at work on building my list. I don’t just want to build a list, but instead I want to build a list of people who value my service. Many people have big list, but give no value therefor making their list useless.
With the force any goal can be obtained.
God bless,
William Veasley
Glad you liked it William.
I had a lot of fun writing it!
Your plan for your email list is definitely the way to go. Lots of value is the way to make a really good list. Never bombard them, give lots of stuff for free, and occasionally sell…but only items that are really good and you would offer to your family, it they were interested in the niche.
Hello Steve,
Great impersonation, I see master Yoda is a really keen reader, I hope he is not training in the hidden paths of blogging because his force might surpass us all and we might lose all our padawans.
Since I am interested in lists, I read both Alex and Ana’s post but I missed the one on friendly blogger.
May the force be with you too, Steve and may you become a great master in the ways of the Jedi!
Steve,
Strunk and White are suffering post death rollover with this one but in spite or- or perhaps your Jedi associate you over-deliver content as usual. Have a great trip.
No Doubt! I think a rule in Elements of Style was broken every 3rd or fourth word. They should put a hit out on the Jedi master.
Now if you need to do a follow up on this post, it could be on black hat techniques and feature Darth Vader’s tips. Just how would you explain the Death Star in terms of online business tactics anyhow?
haha, all star wars fans bow to you steve 😉
Great post my friend and great advise shared.
Thanks Daniel, it was a fun post to write!
Ha, this was a blast to read Steve! It’s amazing how that little green guy will live on forever….especially if there’s a little boy and an imagination in any of us 😉
Great list, great people, and a great guy you are for putting all together Steve.
Thanks for the mention bud.
Marcus
Hi there,
This, is a well known Sith mantra, written by Darth Malificious, a legendary Sith Lord of old, it’s for you:
Powerful emotion is the Guide, through it there is Purpose;
Ignorance is the tool of Power, through it there is Control;
Hatred is the flower of Passion, through it there is Compulsion;
Chaos is Opportunity, Opportunity gives Power;
There is no doom in Death, eternally there is the Force.