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Deciding who to help

December 30, 2011 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: personal development Tagged With: cancer causes, charitable organizations, social media, Twitter

Our best three topics of 2011 – Jim Says

December 29, 2011 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: she said he said Tagged With: 2011, google, topic, Twitter

Our best three topics of 2011 – Shelby Says

December 28, 2011 By Shelby Sapusek Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: she said he said

How to make what you write come true

December 27, 2011 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: business plans, subconscious, write

What to write so people read your blog

December 26, 2011 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: blogging, Writing Tagged With: blog, google, google search, headlines writing, read, techniques, topic, write

iPhone 4S turn-by-turn GPS navigation review

December 23, 2011 By Jim Raffel 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: iPhone 4S, Stuff I Like Tagged With: 4s, android, apps, google map, gps, gps navigation, gps navigation review, iphone, mapquest, navigation, smartphones, telenav

Are you a writer or a blogger? – Shelby Says

December 22, 2011 By Shelby Sapusek 7 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: she said he said

Am I a writer or a blogger? – Jim Says

December 21, 2011 By Jim Raffel 8 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: blogging, she said he said, Writing

The stories are in what doesn't work

December 20, 2011 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: audi, audi a4, dinged, overcoming, setback, stories, story, success

The editorial calendar

December 19, 2011 By Jim Raffel 11 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: blogging, Writing

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