Twitter is important. Whether you love it, hate it, don’t get it or don’t care, it has made a permanent impact on the way that people and businesses communicate and interact. If twitter were to fall off the edge of the proverbial map tomorrow, the lessons and changes it has made to the social sphere would remain. As I look back on the last year...
A successful blog takes more than just writing down ideas and hoping someone reads it. Successful blogging takes consistency and requires material that people are going to want to read. It also includes a bit of repetition. People expect certain topics when they visit certain blogs. Every once in a while, all bloggers stray off topic, but for the most part, Chris Brogan is always...
I have (and always will be) a car girl, but after seeing some of the recent advertisements, I am less and less impressed. Just 3 years ago, Ford had me drooling with their new Mustang, and their stellar commercial. It gave me chills!This year, I was a LOT less impressed:The Mustang is about classic, raw power. It’s about the connection you feel when you get in,...
Because as Denise Shiffman poignantly noted out after the one yesterday:Denise, I couldn’t agree more. I love to get to actually talk to people, be able to converse without a limit on characters. Ask questions without the twittersphere listening. Find out details and discover the real person behind the avatar. I am a social person, which is why social media and I click so well. But,...
I’d always heard you are what you eat…I disagree. I think you are what you read. I have thousands of books. Most are in boxes in our garage, but a select 150 or so are gently tucked into the small bookshelf in my bedroom. I dream of having a room just for my books, with floor to ceiling shelves and a ladder on a pole that...
I am a firm believer in having a knowledge channel that you can go to for ideas and inspiration – for me, that channel is my Outlook RSS feed. I have over 40 blogs that I subscribe to and read on a daily basis. They range from business marketing and social media writers to sites good for a morning laugh. A few of my favorites...
We’re almost halfway through 2009. Unbelievable, right? While I have never been good at sticking to a New Years Resolution, I always try to set goals for myself each January 1st. But, by this time every year, I seem to have either completed all the goals or have forgotten where I put the list of them. So I have decided to create a new list...
I love my readers. You are the reason I write this blog, you are the reason I don’t want to miss a day. You are what I think about when I write – what I can do to help you. The conversations that we share, the comments, the questions, the interactions, all make writing worth it. But, every once in awhile, I have to think...
Last week I wrote a guest post on The Everyday Web Expert about writing tips for designers. These were basic writing tips for people whose focus is the graphics, not the words. Today, I am tackling the other side of the coin – design tips for writers. Just because your writing is fantastic doesn’t mean your design skills have to be sub-par. Here are 4 simple...
Image courtesy of PerezHilton.com Stop staring at me like I just swore in church. Whether you love him or hate him, you most likely know who he is. What you may not know is Perez Hilton really is an incredible writer – of eye catching headlines! Whenever I am having trouble thinking of a headline for a post, I will visit his site and check out some of...
