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What Do You Get Paid For?

August 27, 2010 By Jim Raffel 8 Comments

Here's the thing, spending hours a day furiously responding to emails, tweeting, or updating your Facebook status, that's not work. It makes you feel busy, important and "loved" but it's probably not what you are getting paid for. What do I get paid for? It's a good question and this post resulted … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation, personal development, Twitter, Writing Tagged With: creative, creative thinking, Facebook, get paid, thought

Where Can Social Media Take You?

August 26, 2010 By Jim Raffel 1 Comment

I recently read @Julz156's Amazing things happen on the way to change and was reminded of the amazing journey that social media and community can be. Access to almost anyone and the ability to go almost anywhere are instantaneously yours. Just remember that relationships still take time and that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Marketer, new media, personal development, public speaking, social media, Twitter, Writing Tagged With: community, Facebook, ideas, online social networking, social information processing, social media, trust relationship, Twitter

Getting Unstuck Now

August 25, 2010 By Jim Raffel 12 Comments

The last few days my client has been me (well, ColorMetrix, the company I own half of). It's felt like the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) work I've been doing on the website has been very slow going. I stopped and asked myself if I was the client, would I accept being billed for all the hours put … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation, personal development Tagged With: getting unstuck, jim, productivity

Flagrant Acts of Customer Service

August 24, 2010 By Jim Raffel 6 Comments

Recently I observed two flagrant acts of customer service and was surprised how little each person did, in my opinion, to be amazing. In both cases the service providers did what they did on the fly with no prompting or script. It came from the heart. Free advertising. While listening to an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: customer service 101 Tagged With: customer service, customers, flagrant, great customer service, marketing, Smile

Scribe SEO New (beta) Feature Review

August 23, 2010 By Jim Raffel 3 Comments

Scribe continues to  be an important tool in the quest to improve my writing and I have been using the service since February of this year (before they even had an affiliate program which I am now a participant in). I suspect many users, like me, utilize Scribe through the WordPress plugin. So, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, links, Marketer, new media, social media, WordPress, Writing Tagged With: google, index term, keyword, keyword research, longtime, marketing, scribe, search engine optimization, seo, social media

Everyday or Every Day

August 22, 2010 By Jim Raffel 5 Comments

Me writing about grammar, that's more than just a little bit humorous to my regular readers. What's not funny is I am taking the time to learn more about grammar. Now, when a stumper (for me) like "everyday" or "every day" presents itself, I do the research and try to learn and understand the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Writing Tagged With: every day, everyday, grammar

Do your activities feed each other?

August 21, 2010 By Jim Raffel 4 Comments

Here's how the activities I engage in each day intertwine and work together to fuel current and future success. Reading fills my conscious and subconscious mind with the fuel that inspires my writing and also provides good content to share on Twitter. Writing solidifies my ideas into plans and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation, new media, personal development, sales, Twitter, Writing Tagged With: daily activity, online social networking, subconscious, subconscious mind, successful, Twitter

Your Turn – Question For My Readers

August 20, 2010 By Jim Raffel 14 Comments

This week I have shared four of the actions I take to get readers here and to keep them coming back once they find me. Here's a recap of those activities: Why Images in Posts Work Consistency and Reliability Gain Readers Use as Many Channels as You Can Don't Forget email I've been watching … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, personal development, sustainability, WordPress, Writing Tagged With: consistency, human interest, questions, readers, reliability, techniques

Don't Forget email

August 19, 2010 By Jim Raffel 5 Comments

A solid email list is pure gold. Promoting your blog via social media channels is great but locks you into the subculture. Everyone's email list is different, mine has been built over fifteen years with several different and effective methods. Don't get trapped by the social media subculture. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Marketer, new media, social media, WordPress, Writing Tagged With: blog, cb radios, electronic mailing list, email, newsletter, social information processing, subculture

Use as Many Channels as You Can

August 18, 2010 By Jim Raffel 5 Comments

I recently learned that all four of my siblings and my mother read this blog on a regular basis. This is especially strange to me not only because I am the youngest of the bunch but because of how they each find their way here. Small Sample....but. I was a little surprised that Mom and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, links, Marketer, social media, Twitter, WordPress, Writing Tagged With: blog, blog post, channels, Facebook, feedburner, linkedin, online social networking, RSS, rss channel, social information processing, social media, Twitter

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