What is link bait, really? It's a well-crafted headline or teaser text designed to get you to read an article or blog post. That's it. There's nothing evil or nefarious about that, is there? The real issue is why and how you choose to utilize link bait. Why use link bait? On the surface, the answer … [Read more...]
WordPress Enhancement Cyber Monday Picks
This is post 674 since I started blogging in July of 2005. For all of those 674 posts, I've depended on the WordPress platform to power JimRaffel.com. I've watched WordPress grow into the feature-rich, community-supported, open source solution it is today. As great as WordPress is, if you're goal is … [Read more...]
Use your experience
The other day I was watching our cat, Patches, as I started to grind some coffee. She froze and looked around. It was a far cry from the reaction she had a dozen years ago as a kitten in this house. Back then, she would have taken off running. It would have likely ended with her sliding on a hard … [Read more...]
Cultivate your community – Shelby Says
Dear She Said, He Said community: We will not be hosting #shehechat tonight because of the holiday. We will return next week at our normal time of 8 p.m. CST on Thursday. Enjoy the holiday! Yesterday, Jim talked about his view on maintaining the She Said, He Said community through curation. For the … [Read more...]
Curate your community – Jim Says
This is another in our She Said, He Said blog series. Please note that, because of the Thanksgiving holiday here in the US, we will not be hosting #shehechat on Twitter tomorrow like normal. We will return next week at 8 p.m. CST Thursday. It occurred to Shelby and me that over the last nine … [Read more...]
Launch vs. Ramp-Up
For the last two years, I've found myself in almost constant launch mode. There have been lots of finish lines to cross. As I look back on it, that's the easy part and it's done with sheer determination and motivation. Then the hard part comes: Ramping up the launch into a money-making venture. That … [Read more...]
A modern day barn raising
I've written before about Translator, the cool digital agency my friends, Mark Fairbanks and Cynthia Thomas, run. Last week, a group volunteered to help one of their clients, Milwaukee Brewing Co., package their new Pot Luck Pack. Yes, you read that right. A bunch of folks volunteered to help a … [Read more...]
Refining
It's easy to listen to all the positive praise you get after a presentation. It's even easier to brush off all the negative criticism as haters or jealous folks. What's hard is talking for seven hours on the drive home about how the negative criticism may have been correct and then figuring out ways … [Read more...]
Changes with Google Reader (and other interfaces) – Shelby Says
This is another in our "She Said, He Said" blog series. Please join us on Twitter tonight at 8 p.m. CST using the hashtag #shehechat. Last week during our Twitter chat, one of our WordCamp Chicago friends, Adam McCrimmon, requested that we focus one of our topics on Google Reader in an upcoming … [Read more...]
Let's chat about the Google Reader changes
This is another in our She Said, He Said series. Our #shehechat happens on Twitter at 8 p.m. CST Thursday. Be sure to return tomorrow for Shelby’s viewpoint on this issue and our topics for our chat! Google Reader is a powerful tool that lets you access the power of Really Simple Syndication or … [Read more...]
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