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Why fear should not keep you from publishing

March 22, 2011 By Jim Raffel 13 Comments

Every blog you write does not need to be perfect. Want to know why? Because every blog I read is not perfect or in some cases even finished. That's the nature of blogging. The point is to get the idea out there while it's still fresh and perhaps even a little bit raw. It is the ideas I am looking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Writing Tagged With: blog, blogs, comfort zone, Facebook, fear, publish, publishing, Twitter, unpublished

Editorial Planning

January 21, 2011 By Jim Raffel 9 Comments

For one guy who also manages to run a successful business, I generate a fair amount of content. That does not happen by accident. I have an editorial plan and I constantly refine said plan. If you have a blog where you don't publish regularly (like this blog was until July 1, 2010), you know how … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Writing Tagged With: affiliate products, blog, blogs, business success, content, continuity, editorial, grow, planning, social information processing, success

Creativity the Idea Box way

November 10, 2010 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

After writing the role of coffee in blog writing I received a suggestion in the Idea Box for several future blog topics. Scroll down a bit and take a peek over to your right to see what the idea box looks like. As I read through the reader's ideas it occurred to me that a post like this would … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Writing Tagged With: blog, blog writing, blogs, creativity, generate ideas, idea, idea box, ideas, ideation, problem solving, the idea box, thought

The business of blogging

November 3, 2010 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

The parts of a website or blog that you see are like the showroom of a brick and mortar business. There is plenty of activity that goes on in the office and storeroom of a traditional business that you never see. Blogging for business requires that you stay on top of many functional disciplines that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging Tagged With: advertising, blog, blogging, blogs, brick, brick and mortar business, business, Facebook, marketing, mortar

Blogs: The new brick and mortar

September 14, 2010 By Jim Raffel 4 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: blogging, Marketer, sales, WordPress, Writing Tagged With: bloggers, blogs, brick and mortar, brick and mortar business, business, experience, furniture stores, retail, retailing

Who and What Inspire You?

August 29, 2010 By Jim Raffel 4 Comments

From a blogging perspective I am most inspired by other bloggers. Some bloggers have the ability to capture so much of themselves in their writing that to read their blogs is to know them. About a year ago I came across the blogs of Anne and Krista, both of which have helped inspire my personal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, motivation, personal development, Writing Tagged With: bloggers, blogging, blogs, inspire, inspired, personal development

What You Bring to Blogging is You

July 24, 2010 By Jim Raffel 4 Comments

You have probably noticed the explosion in blogging over the last couple of years. You may also be thinking about starting a blog and wondering "what can I bring to blogging?" I feel the answer is you and your unique life perspective on the topics you chose to write about. It's all about you. Yes, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging Tagged With: blog, blog marketing, bloggers, blogging, blogs, experience, inspiration, mainstream media, perspective, social information processing, topic, world wide web

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: 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

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