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Blogging 101: Comments; Open or Closed?

July 16, 2010 By Jim Raffel 13 Comments

There is no right answer to open or closed comments. On this blog they are open and unmoderated. That being said I wouldn't hesitate to delete a comment should it cross any lines...my lines as it is my blog. The case for closed. Many of the blogs I read on a regular basis have comments closed. In … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogging 101 Tagged With: blog, bloggers, blogging, blogs, comments, Seth Godin, social information processing, tom peters

Blogging 101: Face Time at Social Media Conferences

July 15, 2010 By Jim Raffel 4 Comments

Do you wonder what it's like to spend a few days face to face spending time with other bloggers and social medial devotees? In my experience, it's some serious fun and that is why I am headed back to BlogWorld this October. At the end of this post you'll have an opportunity to sign up for BlogWorld … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogging 101, conferences, WordPress Tagged With: blog, blogging, conferences, extremely, matt mullenweg, social information processing, social media, WordPress

Blogging 101: The Power Of The Guest Post

July 14, 2010 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

Exchanging posts with a fellow blogger will increase and diversify site traffic for both of you. The intellectual conversations that take place in the comments of both blogs will take on a different flavor as well. One brain only goes so far. Reading this blog each day gets you my perspective on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogging 101 Tagged With: blog, blogging, blogs, guest, perspective, post, randy murry, readers, social information processing

Blogging 101: Be Obsessive About Your Passion

July 13, 2010 By Jim Raffel 6 Comments

Delivering quality blog content is not always easy work. So, being a tad bit obsessive about a topic you have passion for helps drive you to deliver quality content on a consistent schedule. This week the theme for posts is blogging 101. You may find this a bit odd because I recently declared that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogging 101 Tagged With: blog, bloggers, blogging, blogs, obsessive, organic search engine traffic, passion, passionate, successful, topic

Why I Write My Blog Posts One Week Ahead

July 11, 2010 By Jim Raffel 15 Comments

What follows is a guest post by Randy Murray. I enjoy having his blog in my RSS feed every since our mutual Twitter friend Debbie Kipp introduced us. Publishing a blog is in interesting venture. It is, for most intents and purposes, a virtually free press. It’s a remarkable opportunity for anyone … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging Tagged With: blog, blog post, blogs, Debbie Kipp, randy murray, social information processing

Find Yourself and Your Message Will Materialize

July 4, 2010 By Jim Raffel 7 Comments

Take the time to find yourself and your message will magically materialize. How do you make your money? That's what you do. If you are trying to find yourself, start there. I'm a Small Biz CEO. Yes, take a peek at the tag line up above (below my name). It's only been "Small Biz CEO" for a few days, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Marketer, motivation, personal development Tagged With: Authentic, blog, bloggers, ceo, find yourself, message, social information processing, writing skill

We Interrupt this Blog For Public Service Announcements

July 3, 2010 By Jim Raffel 6 Comments

Do you have a pair of new or gently used shoes you can spare? Do you need a T-Shirt? Got a few extra smiles to spread around? Then, this is the blog post for you! Soles For Jesus. My friend Ryan is helping to collect 10,000 pairs of shoes for needy people in Africa. If you're like me, there are at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Uncategorized Tagged With: blog, charitable organizations, footwear, human interest, public service announcements, shirts, shoes, thomas buddee

Small Business B2B Social Media Platform

June 23, 2010 By Jim Raffel 16 Comments

How should a small business leverage social media to sell to other businesses that are almost always much larger concerns? Stop selling to the business. Instead start introducing yourself and engaging with the people who make up that business. Social media allows you to connect to more people in a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Marketer, new media, sales, social media, Twitter, WordPress Tagged With: b2b, blog, business platform, human interest, linkedin, online social networking, search engines, small business, social information processing, social media, social networking, Twitter

Take a Hard Right and Forget the 180

June 22, 2010 By Jim Raffel 14 Comments

People often talk about turning their life around. Making a 180 degree turn. Really? Seems to me that means you went right back where you came from. Me, I took a hard right (90 degree turn) about a year ago and am darn glad I did. I was on the wrong path and going either way was not going to get me … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, motivation, personal development Tagged With: blog, grow, hard, hard lessons, joe sorge, paths

The Bloggers Topic Dilemma

June 15, 2010 By Jim Raffel 7 Comments

Every (not most) blogger I know struggles with the topic dilemma. Do I write the short, raw, shoot from the hip post? Or, do I take the time and write something deep, thoughtful and potentially game changing? The later post style will probably bring us business and potentially put food on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Marketer, motivation, new media, personal development, sales, social media Tagged With: balance, blog, blogger, bloggers, dilemma, emotional, moderation, raw, sue spaight, topic, write something

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