How to say no

Have You Gotten Over Your Fear of Saying “No?” Please say “Yes”

by Alex · 5 comments · Summary

in Blogging Tips & Tricks

Favors are very important things to some people. It can mean anything from getting traffic to their blog by asking you to retweet a post, to asking you to write a post on their blog. Trust me, as a blogger – people are going to ask you for a lot of favors. Especially if you have a lot of friends and fans.

I hate when people ask me to retweet their content, as I think it’s rude. So let me just say this now – if you ask me to retweet your latest blog post, I’m going to say “no.”

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