Do you sometimes have trouble coming up with topics for your blog posts? Here are seven topics categories of recent posts on this blog. 1. Answer questions. As your network grows the number of questions you will be asked via various social media channels will grow. You can answer those questions … [Read more...]
21 days to a (better) blog – part 3
This is the third Installment of the 21 days to a (better) blog series. It will make a great deal more sense if you have read week 1: up and running and week 2: the devil is in the details. This week I am leaving out the redundant writing, posting and editing schedule. By now you should have settled … [Read more...]
Your story, sharing the hard parts
There are parts of your story you may choose to never share. There are other parts you may never share online. Maybe there are parts you plan to share in a book somewhere down the line. If you're like me, however, you will share most of your story face to face once we know each other. There are … [Read more...]
Reaching critical mass
Do you find yourself wondering when all the hard work and nose to the grindstone attitude will pay off? Me too. I believe it's a matter of reaching critical mass. That state when events begin occurring at such a rapid pace that you realize something has changed and the fun is about to begin. Where … [Read more...]
Ideation ideas
Two quick ideas to keep your mind moving forward and thinking. When making a numbered list always add one number at the end and leave it blank. By doing so you encourage your mind to keep thinking. Instead of the "that's done" mentality, your thinking will be "what else?" When sketching or taking … [Read more...]
My business changed me
In January of 2009 I visited my friend Rick Littrell in the Boston area. We talked printing, social media, variable data, personal URL's and all sorts of other fun stuff recovering printers in the social space talk about. World Changer. Over lunch at a cool, small town New England pub, we agreed … [Read more...]
Twitter: Blog Traffic Builder
While you may not agree with this "tactic," if your goal is to grow your site traffic it's just another idea right up there with guest posting. Use TweepML to follow a list of people with interests you believe mirror your own or those of your readers. For example, I recently followed this list of … [Read more...]
Why you should support #saveteecycle tonight
Allow me to introduce Sue Spaight, the author of this guest post. Sue is asking for your support of a local event in Milwaukee to help one family recover from severe flooding that occurred here earlier this Summer. I didn't offer this guest post lightly (yes, I offered she didn't ask). I realize … [Read more...]
My wife made a really good point
"People visit your blog for the content not the layout, please stop obsessing over the appearance and get back to writing." - She's right. Practice what you preach Over the past year I've been honored by the many people seeking me out for advice about their existing blog or about starting one. I … [Read more...]
Blogs: The new brick and mortar
Think for a moment why you visit this or any blog. For me it's to see what the author is publishing today. Each time I read a new work from the author, I learn a little more about her. The more I learn about her the more real she becomes. When she goes from being a URL on the internet to a real … [Read more...]
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