In November, I was on Cox Channel 3′s Forum on Social Media. Finally, we got the video of the show! And apparently I talk with my hands…a lot. Oh, and make some funny faces too. The clip is just about 7 minutes long and I cover a lot…including:How I started by business (and how I started in social media). How social media has changed in the...
Last week’s workshop was so fun – and I had a great time getting to know all the attendees and their blogging goals! In the next few months I will be offering additional live and virtual workshops. If you would like to attend or host a workshop at your own office, please fill out the form below. For those unable to make it to my...
Yesterday was the first day of fall, unless you’re visiting here from below the equator, then it was the first day of Spring. Either way, yesterday was the start of a new season. Fresh season means a fresh chance to start focusing on your blog and its content. Last time we talked about blog calendars, we discussed the quick and dirty version – the kind...
I was very excited to see the responses and the conversation that my post on the 10 reasons you shouldn’t start a blog gathered. In addition to the great comments on the blog itself, it stemmed some awesome conversations on twitter and facebook. What many people asked was if these were the reasons not to start a blog, what reasons are there to start a...
A month ago, I wrote a post about how much I despise blog titles and my boycott against the tradition of them. I challenged myself to break the status quo and only use one word in my blog titles. After one month, I have to say I still don’t like blog titles and I love this new approach. It is actually more difficult than I...
Are you actually ready to take on blogging? Let’s find out: What would you do if someone told you that your thought/idea was a bunch of crap, that you have no idea what you are talking about and have zero right to be talking about what you do.Calmly tell them that they are being rude and that you can write whatever you damn well please. Cry, yell...
Blogs have two options: breadth or focus. General topics or specific topics. You simply can’t have both. For example, Brogan writes great general business blog posts and appeals to a large audience but if you are looking for advice within a specific niche, you need something different…something that is focused our your topic and only your topic. So how do you find those writers/blogs?Find one blog,...
Image courtesy of laffy4k from Flickr So many people I know want to start blogs, want to improve their blog or want to just write more for their blog. Unfortunately, most of us have days that are packed to the brim, we’re taking phone calls, tweeting, facebooking, planning our calendars, checking emails and putting together task lists on top of doing all the actual work…basically, we...
image from Striatic on Flickr So I am definitely not a psychologist…in fact, I am sure a psychologist would tell me that I probably need a little help. But, what I do know is blogging – and there is some serious psychology to the way people blog. What I have learned from my experience is that they way you keep your office organized says a lot...
Amanda (@funomenalrealtr) and I were chatting today about blog topics, and I asked her if there was a topic she would like to see covered by me. Her request was for a simple step by step for setting up and starting a blog. There are two different types of bloggers: bloggers who are adding a blog to their already existing website and bloggers who use their...
