When you own a business, have a successful blog and 4000+ followers on Twitter, folks ask you for help with their causes. The "asks" for help come in many forms but most often as direct messages or @ messages on Twitter asking to contribute and spread the word. While none of the requests are … [Read more...]
Archives for 2011
Our best three topics of 2011 – Jim Says
This is our last She Said, He Said blog post series for 2011. Yesterday, Shelby looked back through our posts and picked three topics that she thought brought the best discussions this year. Now it's my turn! This week, our #shehechat on Twitter will be an open mic night. We’ll discuss anything and … [Read more...]
Our best three topics of 2011 – Shelby Says
This is our last She Said, He Said blog post series of 2011. Jim and I thought it would be fun to go back through our posts and each pick three topics that we thought brought the best discussions this year. This week, our #shehechat on Twitter will be an open mic night. We'll discuss anything and … [Read more...]
How to make what you write come true
I started this year with The 2011 Plan and today it's time to see how that turned out. The plan consisted of three key words: customers, content and strategy. I arranged those three words visually on a page in my notebook. While I didn't look back at the plan often, I did look back about once a … [Read more...]
What to write so people read your blog
This post easily could have been entitled "The top 5 posts of 2011." The problem is that some posts were skipped over depending upon your trust of WordPress Stats or Google Analytics for accurate rankings. Instead, I looked at the types of topics that were most viewed (read) out of the 254 posts … [Read more...]
iPhone 4S turn-by-turn GPS navigation review
When I switched from the htc EVO 4G Android to the iPhone 4S, one of the features I missed almost immediately was turn-by-turn GPS navigation. Out of the box, the Android device had a clear advantage because the version of Google Maps for Android includes access to the beta version of Google's … [Read more...]
Are you a writer or a blogger? – Shelby Says
This week's She Said, He Said topic focuses on writing vs. blogging. Tune in tonight at 8 p.m. CST on Twitter for the live discussion. Use the hashtag #shehechat to join. Confession: It's not hard for me to respond to Jim's point of view from yesterday. The hard part is to focus on his published … [Read more...]
Am I a writer or a blogger? – Jim Says
This week, our She Said, He Said blog posts focus on the differences (if any) between writing and blogging. Make sure you stop by tomorrow for Shelby’s point of view and chime in on Twitter at 8 p.m. CST tomorrow using the hashtag #shehechat to tell us what you think. If I've never been paid to … [Read more...]
The stories are in what doesn't work
Most of us have a pretty good idea where we are going. That's normally not the difficult part. It's the journey between where we currently are and where we want to be that turns out to be tricky. Challenges, like roadblocks and detours seem to constantly confront us in our daily journeys to the … [Read more...]
The editorial calendar
Editorial planning is one factor that has helped double the traffic on this site over the last year. At it's core, an editorial calendar is simply the plan for what you will write and when you will write it. There is nothing new about editorial calendars; Traditional print publishers have used … [Read more...]
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