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Do Mom Bloggers = Renaissance Women? – Jim Says

November 3, 2011
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Yesterday when Shelby tackled this topic my first thought was that the renaissance has not just been for women. I know plenty of men who blog about being dads and I see them as being renaissance men as well. It’s more about the ability to utilize a diverse set of skills to create an income [...]

Do Mom Bloggers = Renaissance Women? – Shelby Says

November 2, 2011
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This is another in our She Said, He Said series. Our #shehechat on Twitter returns this week at 8 p.m. CST Thursday. Be sure to return tomorrow for Jim’s viewpoint on this issue and our topics for our chat! No, when I use the word “renaissance” I’m not talking about the time period in the [...]

The week in review

October 22, 2011

This past week was a busy one. I spent most of the week in New Orleans at the SGIA show as a spokesperson for a new product launch with our partner Mutoh America. As such there was not much time to share this week’s posts, so I thought I’d do a weekly wrap up and [...]

Notes from the road: How GraphExpo has changed

September 13, 2011
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I first attended a print trade show in Chicago. The year was 1980 and I was a high school student. I attended with my graphic arts class and honestly don’t remember much more than that. Five years later, my memories attending as a third year RIT student are much clearer. I’ve attended the print shows [...]

New technology manifesto: How USA Today killed newspapers

September 12, 2011
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On a recent business trip, I actually picked up the USA Today outside my hotel room door instead of stepping over it as I normally do. We had a long flight home and I thought I might find time to flip through it. To say I was sorely disappointed with this once great paper would be an [...]

3 Favorite Blogging Tips and Tricks

August 9, 2011
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If you are a one-person “blog as a business,” then it’s likely the writing part of the blog is the easy half of the equation for you. For many, the technical side of running a blog can be far more challenging. I’ve got a tech background and often find this to be the case. My [...]

Why being on Google+ matters to your blog today

July 27, 2011
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Take a look at the image with this post. After only two weeks, Google+ is the number two traffic source for JimRaffel.com. In that same two weeks, I have about the same number of connections on Google+ as it took me several years to reach on Facebook. If you don’t want to miss out on [...]

How Inclusion on AllTop extends your reach

July 18, 2011
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More than a year ago, I applied to have this blog included on AllTop, which is an online magazine rack. About two weeks ago, I heard back that I had been accepted and added to the printing AllTop.com page (scroll all the way down the page and you’ll find me over in the right hand [...]

Was it a Jerry Maguire moment?

May 11, 2011
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Early this morning, I woke and wrote a blog post. One of my best ever; if you ask me. Here’s the thing: You’ll probably never get to read it. Shelby’s response upon editing: “Wow, just wow.” I’ve worked with Shelby long enough to know that wasn’t a “wow.” That was a “hmm” kind of “wow.” [...]

How Thesis Theme makes managing blog post images easy

April 30, 2011
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If you’ve been a reader here for any length of time, you know I utilize the Thesis Theme to power this site as well as several others. Because seldomly read documentation, I “discover” Thesis features almost daily. For example, I add an image to almost every post on this blog. For a few months, I [...]