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Transparency is the Key to Honest Communication

March 23, 2010 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

I read this Chris Brogan post over the weekend and it reinforced the importance of transparency in honest communications with your community. I write a blog about real, authentic and sustainable, yet I reached a point yesterday when I knew my current schedule was no longer sustainable. I've enjoyed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, motivation, personal development, Twitter Tagged With: blog, brogan, communication, culture, honest, internet culture, raffel, realign, timothy ferriss, transparency, tweet

Social Media 101 (by Chris Brogan) Book Review

March 20, 2010 By Jim Raffel 3 Comments

I just finished reading Chris Borgan's Social Media 101. This is a must have book for anyone who has a blog, a web-site, a Twitter account or even just an email account on the internet. Chris covers it all. It's been a long time since I used this many post-it page markers and highlighter ink … [Read more...]

Filed Under: social media, Twitter Tagged With: blog, book review, chris borgan, moleskine, online social networking, raffel, social information processing, social media, Twitter, web 2.0

Social Media Has Changed My Business

March 13, 2010 By Jim Raffel 1 Comment

Social media is not my business. Over the past six months, however, social media has radically changed how I do business. I've become a solid practitioner of this craft. No I don't have 10,000 followers on Twitter but if that's what I wanted, I could accomplish it within a month or less. Instead I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Marketer, motivation, personal development, sales, social media Tagged With: blog, followers, online social networking, sales game, social information processing, social media, Twitter

Mind Dumping – vBlog

March 9, 2010 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

A video blog about the concept of mind dumping that I was exposed to earlier today by an aspiring novelist. I find the topic intriguing as I work on my 31 blog posts for the month of March. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging Tagged With: blog, inspiration, mind dumping, Writing

Printing is Not Dead or Even Dying

March 8, 2010 By Jim Raffel 12 Comments

If printing is on the verge of death, then why when I searched Twitter for "Is Print Dead"  did I find over 20 tweets in the past 4 hours? For something dead or dying, printing sure generates a lot of conversation in the Twitter community. The blogosphere also has plenty to say about printing being … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, sustainability, Twitter Tagged With: blog, Debbie Kipp, Mitch Joel, printer, Printing, Printing Industry, Samir Husni, social media, Twitter

Life Needs a Compelling Why – What's Yours?

March 7, 2010 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

My "why" is making JimRaffel.com the best blog I can. Writing for this blog everyday is following my passion. That passion is what drives my desire to find ways to make ColorMetrix more successful with less and less of my time. I've managed to reduce my ColorMetrix work week to about 50 hours (down … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation, personal development, sustainability Tagged With: blog, desire, everyday, life, passion, radical

Ignite Speaking Engagement for MKELive

March 5, 2010 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

Here is the video from my speaking engagement at the MKELive Ignite event. I'm in and out of the picture a little at the beginning but do me a favor and hang in there for a few minutes. I was the first speaker and Katie Felten and her team recovered quickly. I enjoyed the format of the event, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, personal development Tagged With: blog, communication, human communication, ignite, Katie Felten, MKELive, public speaking, social information processing, speaking engagements, technology

Third Tribe Marketing is my Drug of Choice

March 4, 2010 By Jim Raffel 9 Comments

If you're going to be powerless over something why not make it something positive - right? For me it's this place: Over the last year I have been replacing negative high risk behaviors with guaranteed negative outcomes with the exact opposite. The Third Tribe community is now one of my favorite … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: blog, Brian Clark, computing, darren rowse, marketing, media technology, raffel, social information processing, Third Tribe, Third Tribe Marketing, tribes

Blogging is How I Live Real, Authentic and Sustainable

March 3, 2010 By Jim Raffel 9 Comments

It's real because writing is the doing part of thinking. It's authentic because my writing comes from the heart about what's going on in my life right now. My life is sustainable because my thoughts turn into words which in turn become actions. Earlier this week I had the privilege to speak at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, motivation, personal development, Uncategorized Tagged With: Authentic, blog, blogging, blogs, computing, consistency, daily basis, inspiration, internet, life, motivation, Real, social information processing, Sustainable, sustainable life, technology

Bloggers of the Female Persuasion

February 28, 2010 By Jim Raffel 13 Comments

Alrighty then, it's Sunday funday, so I am going to have a little fun with this blog post. There is a group of female bloggers that I follow regularly in my Google Reader feed. As a group they provide daily inspiration and perspective in my life. Oh, and quite a few laughs along the way. I've had … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging Tagged With: blog, bloggers, daily inspiration, female, fun, inspiration, internet, motivation, persuasion, raffel, real life, technology

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