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The Internet, get rich, just not quickly

October 4, 2010 By Jim Raffel 1 Comment

The internet is just a tool. The same as a retail storefront or an office in an office building. All the shiny pieces of the internet like Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin and blogs are only as effective as the skill set of those utilizing them. If get rich schemes don't work in the offline world, why on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, motivation, personal development, Twitter Tagged With: Facebook, get rich quick scheme, online and offline, social media, Twitter

Reaching critical mass

October 1, 2010 By Jim Raffel 8 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: blogging, motivation, personal development, social media, Twitter, Writing Tagged With: blog, critical mass, grindstone, hard work, plateau, social media, Twitter

Central Wisconsin Social Media Conference

September 30, 2010 By Jim Raffel 8 Comments

Next week Thursday is the Central Wisconsin Social Media Conference. The conference will be attended by many small and mid-sized manufacturing firms. As an early adopter of business-to-business (B2B) blogging, I'm looking forward to jump starting some small business bloggers. Closer than you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, conferences, education, Marketer, new media, public speaking, social media, WordPress Tagged With: blog, business, central wisconsin, conference, conferences, madison, social media, wausau, wisconsin

My business changed me

September 22, 2010 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: blogging, Marketer, new media, personal development, social media, Twitter, Writing Tagged With: business changes, business cycle, online social networking, Printing, printing businesses, social information processing, social media, Twitter, world changers

Twitter: Blog Traffic Builder

September 19, 2010 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: blogging, Marketer, new media, social media, Stuff I Like, Twitter, Writing Tagged With: blog, blog traffic, social media, Twitter

Wisconsin Publishers' Production Club

September 15, 2010 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

On September 21st I have the distinct pleasure of moderating the Social Networking Strategies meeting for the Wisconsin Publishers' Production Club (WPPC). The meeting will be held at the Country Springs Hotel in Pewaukee, and I would love to see as many of my Southeastern Wisconsin printing and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, conferences, education, new media, social media, Twitter Tagged With: advertising, club, clubs, communication, country springs hotel, linkedin, milwaukee journal sentinel, network strategy, online social networking, Printing, publishing, social information processing, social media, wisconsin publishers' production club

Keep putting yourself out there

September 4, 2010 By Jim Raffel 20 Comments

You don't know who's watching or when. So..... Keep posting on your blog. Keep updating your Facebook status. Keep engaging on Twitter. Keep working to understand Linkedin. That's my social media "plan" in four easy steps. Over the last year the size and quality of the network these four … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Marketer, motivation, personal development, social media, Twitter, Writing Tagged With: blog, collaboration, Facebook, linkedin, online social networking, social media, Twitter, yourself

Asking Twitter vs Googling for it

September 3, 2010 By Jim Raffel 6 Comments

Recently I asked this question of my social media network "Do you sometimes "ask Twitter" instead of "Googling for what you are looking for?" Yes, I see both the irony and the lack of scientific method in asking this question of the people who follow me on Twitter. Regardless the responses are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: new media, social media, Twitter Tagged With: googling, online social networking, question, questions, search engines, social media, social media network, Twitter

Where Can Social Media Take You?

August 26, 2010 By Jim Raffel 1 Comment

I recently read @Julz156's Amazing things happen on the way to change and was reminded of the amazing journey that social media and community can be. Access to almost anyone and the ability to go almost anywhere are instantaneously yours. Just remember that relationships still take time and that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Marketer, new media, personal development, public speaking, social media, Twitter, Writing Tagged With: community, Facebook, ideas, online social networking, social information processing, social media, trust relationship, Twitter

Scribe SEO New (beta) Feature Review

August 23, 2010 By Jim Raffel 3 Comments

Scribe continues to  be an important tool in the quest to improve my writing and I have been using the service since February of this year (before they even had an affiliate program which I am now a participant in). I suspect many users, like me, utilize Scribe through the WordPress plugin. So, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, links, Marketer, new media, social media, WordPress, Writing Tagged With: google, index term, keyword, keyword research, longtime, marketing, scribe, search engine optimization, seo, social media

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