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Do your activities feed each other?

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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...]

Don't Forget email

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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...]

Why Images In Posts Work

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Recently, I was scrolling through Avinash Kaushik's Win Big With Web Analytics: Eliminate Data & Eschew Fake Proxies when it hit me why images in posts work. First, I don't pick which Avinash posts to read by title. He only writes a few posts each month so I skim each one for value (also his … [Read more...]

Linkedin: Finding the Full Value of the Ecosystem

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I know plenty of people (myself included) who struggle to find the value of Linkedin. My gut tells me there is plenty of value there and I have found several small pockets of success already. The goal now is develop a more complete understanding of the entire Linkedin ecosystem and how to maximize … [Read more...]

Ideas + Discipline = Success

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"How do you pick which idea to write about" and "how do you write every day" are the two most common blogging questions I am asked. They are great questions, because you need the ideas and the discipline to write regularly in order to achieve blogging success. First, the ideas. Now that I have … [Read more...]

Customer Service Automation Should Help All Involved

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A self service customer portal should enable both the customer and the service provider to have a better customer service experience. Recently I've written about Time Warner Cable's customer (dis)service (in my opinion) and Sprint's exceptional customer service. Today I want to share my experience … [Read more...]

Blog Comments or Sharing via Twitter and Facebook?

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Blog comments aren't dead any more than newspapers are dead. Until Twitter and Facebook became so big, blog comments were the only way to express your pleasure with a post. Now, sharing the post via Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or other social media channels is a snap. Justin Levy weighs in. I … [Read more...]

Planning Pays Big Dividends

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I've managed to get to the point where I am writing my blog posts about a week ahead. All it took was a little planning and now that effort is beginning to pay big dividends. It's not just me. The quest to get ahead began when I read Chris Brogan's With Just A Little Planning. I'll still write … [Read more...]

Repurposed Blog Content

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Repurposing blog content is synonymous with finding new distribution channels. More distribution channels means you've cast a wider net to collect fans of your work. Contrary to what some believe there is nothing "wrong" with repurposing your work. Creating the content. One day you'll be working on … [Read more...]

Inner Circle of Friends

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I've got this friend named Twitter, she's pretty much awesome. Even awesome friends push you away sometimes. It's OK, she's in my inner circle of friends and in no time we'll be best buds, hanging out together again. While Twitter and I "take a break" I've got this other friend LinkedIn. Oh my gosh … [Read more...]