@ducttape (John Jantsch) recently had a post about his social media strategy, then @chrisbrogan (Chris Brogan) talked about his. Both were great – but I found them overwhelming. I don’t have quite the number of followers that they do, and don’t have as much to monitor, but I do have a strategy that works for me. I had never really written it down or thought...
Forget everything you think you know about business, networking, marketing and sales. Forgotten? Ok good, now you can actually participate in social media. Social media has many names (and personally I hate all of them, as none of them really capture the true meaning). But, no matter what you call it, it is here to stay so you might as well learn as much as...
I screwed up yesterday. If you saw my tweet around 5:30 last night, you’ll know what I did. For those who didn’t…Unfortunately, it wasn’t a joke (as many of the reply’s to my tweet thought). I really did drive in the wrong direction to get gas, but luckily I didn’t run out of it on the way… The point to talking about my attempt to find...
I love to read, listen to music and be out with my friends. All of the above help me to maintain my creative ideas as life stems creativity. But, I spend most of my time during the day in front of a computer and must find creativity there as well. In order to do so, I participate in social sites (twitter, facebook, friendfeed, linkedin, etc),...
Today is day 10 of the “10 bold moves to stir up your creativity”. Here is a quick recap of #1-#9: 1. Read in public 2. Quit your job 3. Contact someone you look up to 4. Do something you never thought you could 5. Disconnect 6. Don’t follow the crowd 7. Be nice 8. Ask questions 9. Let yourself be wrong Bold Move #10: Stop reading and start doing! Not to sound ungrateful to my readers,...
Today is day 9 of the “10 bold moves to stir up your creativity”. Bold Move #9: Let yourself be wrong. Think about it: If you are never wrong, you never have the opportunity to learn something. We all like being right, ask any of my friends, I don’t do ‘wrong’ well. But, I have learned more about business by being wrong than I ever have by...
Today is day 8 of the “10 bold moves to stir up your creativity”. Bold Move #8: Ask questions…not for the answer but for the conversation that it creates. Creativity is not a solo sport. If you were to lock yourself in a room and cut off all interaction, you would lose creative steam fairly quickly. You might get a few more things done in the beginning,...
I assumed that people on twitter knew I wasn’t paid to write my blog. I’m not sure how or why I came to that assumption, but I did. Yesterday, I wrote a note on Facebook talking about the fact that because of the economic downturn, my hours had been cut back at the office. I got a lot of well wishes and thoughts, and a...
Today is day 7 of the “10 bold moves to stir up your creativity”. Bold Move #7: Be nice. Genuinely, honestly and truly nice. This sounds like a very simple, and not-so-bold task, but it is often forgotten and has a larger influence than we often think. Creativity is driven by the interactions in our lives, so why not have those interactions be kind ones? Rather than tell...
Today is day 6 of the “10 bold moves to stir up your creativity”. Bold Move #6: Don’t follow the crowd. There is nothing we have to do, nowhere you have to go and no path we all should take. The best way to look at this is to think about some of the things you heard about college growing up: “You have to go to college”....
