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Stop giving content away for free

April 20, 2011
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There are a whole lot of people writing for free these days. My question is why? Why would you give away your time? Yes, I believe there are plenty of situations that warrant donating your time to a cause. Open source software projects like WordPress are just one such example. Even contributing blog posts to [...]

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Business grown with content marketing

April 19, 2011
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Have you ever wondered why there has been an explosion in the number of blogs over the last five or six years? Content marketing, that’s why. Blogging, whether by intention or accident, is a powerful form of content marketing. Here’s what content marketing looks like to me: Share your intellectual process Through content marketing, potential [...]

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Where do blog ideas come from?

April 18, 2011
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I’m frequently asked where all the ideas come from to write five days a week. What follows is a sampling of where the inspiration and ideas come from. Be controversial; preferably not with every post but sometimes. I wrote “Social Media Favors Chicks Over Dicks” for a couple of reasons. First, I really think it [...]

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Why fear should not keep you from publishing

March 22, 2011

Every blog you write does not need to be perfect. Want to know why? Because every blog I read is not perfect or in some cases even finished. That’s the nature of blogging. The point is to get the idea out there while it’s still fresh and perhaps even a little bit raw. It is [...]

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It’s always about the compelling story

March 15, 2011

To be compelling, a story needs to be authentic and share a real outcome with results. By definiton, that means that sometimes you will be sharing stories with happy endings and other times not-so-happy endings. That’s life and people want the good, the bad and the ugly. Telling an authentic story with real outcomes and [...]

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Four online business tools I love and use most

March 14, 2011

There are several online business tools I use as a blogger and business person that make my life both easier and more successful. I’ve written about all these business tools before so you may wonder why I’m utilizing this post to do so again. There are a couple reasons: As time passes, I have come [...]

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She said, he said posts

March 2, 2011

Starting tomorrow, Shelby and I are going to introduce a new series of posts here. We’ll be calling them “she said, he said” (ladies first of course). Well, actually, I’m going first tomorrow with a post entitled “Strategy to work with others.” The post explores how Shelby and I work together from my perspective. At [...]

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Editorial Planning

January 21, 2011

For one guy who also manages to run a successful business, I generate a fair amount of content. That does not happen by accident. I have an editorial plan and I constantly refine said plan. If you have a blog where you don’t publish regularly (like this blog was until July 1, 2010), you know [...]

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Proofreader, editor or critic?

January 5, 2011

These three roles can have plenty of overlap but here’s how I think they differ: A proofreader finds spelling and grammar errors. That’s about it. An editor rearranges your words and thoughts so they make more sense but still represent your tone and voice. A good editor adds value by recognizing what you’re best at [...]

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This is my last post

December 24, 2010

OK, don’t panic, it’s not my last post forever. This will be my last post until January 3, 2011. I have posted here every day since July 1 and feel I need a break. This decision has been well over a week in the making. There is a great deal of fear surrounding this decision [...]

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