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Social Media Favors Chicks Over Dicks

March 23, 2011 By Jim Raffel 8 Comments

Now that I have your attention, let me explain. Maybe it's because women are just naturally more chatty than men, but I've noticed that women typically hit the ground running and gather a solid following in social media more quickly than men. Maybe it's because women are more willing to friend or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: social media Tagged With: advantage women, chicks, cindi thomas, dick, dicks, social media, Twitter

Why fear should not keep you from publishing

March 22, 2011 By Jim Raffel 13 Comments

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 the ideas I am looking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Writing Tagged With: blog, blogs, comfort zone, Facebook, fear, publish, publishing, Twitter, unpublished

How social media success resulted in Google sitelinks

March 21, 2011 By Jim Raffel 4 Comments

Have you noticed that some Google search results include a listing of sitelinks immediately following the main search result. In the Fall of 2009 when I began rebuilding the ColorMetrix site, I remember wondering how I could get our site to show up as it now does in the image above. The answer I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Marketer, Twitter, WordPress Tagged With: blog, coca cola recipes, google, google algorithm, google search, internet, sitelink, social media

Let's kill need to-itus

March 18, 2011 By Jim Raffel 3 Comments

We've all been in those conversations when someone pipes up with "we need to ..." - fix blah blah. - change blah blah. Ever notice how it's often the same person? Ever notice how that person does a whole lot of talking about what needs to be changed or be fixed but is seldom doing anything to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation, personal development Tagged With: blah blah, eradicate, fix, itus

Working through illness is more than showing up

March 17, 2011 By Jim Raffel 9 Comments

Most days, I wake up ready to work. I want to work. I love my work. That's the easy part of this equation. How about when for two weeks straight you wake up feeling like poo? It happens. For some of us, it's just a matter of fighting a cold or flu bug for a couple weeks. For some of my friends, it's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation, personal development Tagged With: bank statements, chronic illnesses, flu bug, illness, meaningful, quarantine, sick

How I doubled my htc EVO battery life – Part 1

March 16, 2011 By Jim Raffel 14 Comments

I have liked the htc EVO I carry since purchasing it last summer. I wrote then that, I’m a Blackberry Addict turned Android Fanatic. The problem is that over the last year the EVO battery life has become more and more of an issue. Recently, it had reached the point that I would frequently need to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Double htc EVO battery life Tagged With: android, battery life, evo, evo battery, htc, mobile network, seidio, smartphones, technology

It's always about the compelling story

March 15, 2011 By Jim Raffel 1 Comment

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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Writing Tagged With: happy endings, outcome, result, story

Four online business tools I love and use most

March 14, 2011 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, WordPress Tagged With: affiliate link, blog software, blogger, blogging, business person, business tools, content management platform, content management systems, Facebook, marketing, online, scribe, seo, thesis, traffic, tribe marketing, WordPress

Jim's social media strategy: I swear sometimes

March 11, 2011 By Jim Raffel 3 Comments

Yesterday, Shelby had her say with "My social media strategy: I swear I don't swear." Today it's my turn. If you read this blog regularly none of this information should com as any surprise. I've just compiled many of the thoughts I have about social media into an actual strategy. Shelby gets thanks … [Read more...]

Filed Under: she said he said, social media, Twitter Tagged With: blog, Facebook, i swear, social media, strategy, swear, Twitter

Shelby's social media strategy: I swear I don't swear

March 10, 2011 By Shelby Sapusek 3 Comments

Jim and I agree on most things concerning the social media space, but that doesn't mean we agree on everything. Like most people, I enjoy the occasional off-color joke in a tweet, blog or Facebook status. I completely agree that while social media is a valuable tool in the business world, we don't … [Read more...]

Filed Under: she said he said, social media, Twitter Tagged With: Facebook, i swear, online social networking, social media, social media space, strategy, swear, tweet, Twitter

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