So far in the series of 7 sins, we have covered lust, gluttony, greed and sloth. The next in line is wrath - an uncontrolled feeling of anger or rage. When you combine this with the ease to publish content to the web, it can be very dangerous. So what is the solution? Don’t write when you are angry. Wrong. The solution is managed wrath. Huh? What do I mean? I...
In the last few weeks, I have gotten some amazing two word responses to my two words on Tuesday. However, that was not my original plan for these words. Originally, I hoped that people would take my two words and either create a longer blog post with them, then link back, or to add a comment that does something with them…adds to them. But now, I...
I follow my stats every day, from both google analytics and stat press (although stat press is becoming less and less trustworthy, so I have been using Google analytics more.) Anyway, while I have still been writing every week day (going on 9 weeks!) I have found that over the last 2, while readership has actually gone up, the comments have gone down. And I...
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...
I love reading blogs, almost as much as I love writing them. Over the last few weeks, I have read some exceptionally great ones. Not a single one came from a social media expert or marketing guru, they all came from people just like you an me, those who are passionate about what they do and it shows in their writing. Here are my favorite...
We are getting to the end of the problogger challenge, and as such, it was finally time for him to cover social media organization. The concern has always been where to spend your time and what to do while on those sites. Today’s challenge is to develop a plan to boost your blog’s readership through the social media channels, without spending all your time on...
Problogger’s challenge is giving me deja vú. The 31 days to a better blog challenge is supposed to be 31 days of advice/challenges to improve your blog and your writing. It’s also supposed to have a unique suggestion every day. But today’s challenge is not only focused on someone elses blog, but the ideas in the post replicate many of his other challenge posts. Not really...
Today’s challenge from problogger is one I like – Asking questions of your readers! I am a huge believer in interaction and participation (if you haven’t noticed on twitter), so I find that asking questions of my readers is a great way to learn. I have written a few ‘questioning’ posts in the past (I’ve asked readers to act, and test their creativity) and almost...
How many times have you said this (or at least thought it) when someone asked/recommended that you do something? I did it when I read the problogger challenge for today: Using a magazine to improve your writing. It’s a great idea, and probably a really beneficial challenge, but that doesn’t mean I want to do it. So what do I want to do? I really want...
Today, problogger challenges us to pay special attention to one (or more) of our readers. The point of paying special attention to an individual reader is 2-fold. First, it benefits the person that you recommend by showing your other readers more about them and it shows that you value them. Second, it shows your readers someone new and interesting, and that you value your readers. The...
