I had a post completely planned out for the day, talking about twitter and techniques for the more advanced users. Then I read Brad Marley’s post about college degree’s. I wanted to write so many things, both agreeing and disagreeing with his point. I was frustrated because I couldn’t think of how to respond, and excited because I knew exactly what I wanted to say (I...
Social media is a fabulous tool, when it’s used right. But, because of the power and breadth of the social sphere, one mistake can be dangerous. First, lets define what I mean when I say ‘social media’. Social Media encompasses blogging, twitter, facebook, linkedin, technorati, digg, etc… basically, any tool that you can use to connect and share with other indivisuals on the web. Here are...
1. Twouble with Twitterers: yeah, ok, so I may be this bad sometimes…2. Redesigning the Stop sign – if a marketing team was in charge of designing a stop sign…definitely true for some of the large agencies.3. Font Fight – for the Web Geek in all of us (first shown to me by Creative Whirlwind)4. Hulu and Dennis Leary – bliggity blogs, facey spacey’s, tweety...
2 weeks ago (wow, does time go by fast, I thought it was just last week), I wrote about how we can change #followfriday to make it more beneficial for everyone involved. My idea had been to only recommend one or two people each followfriday and include a little reason why. Not only does it make it easier for people do decide whether to follow them,...
It’s the final day of the problogger challenge. Whew! No more writing after this right? Wrong. That’s why his final task is entitled the next steps for your blog. Now is when I have to make sure that I maintain stamina and keep posting as often as I have been, and with the quality (or better) that I have been. I have tried to maintain a...
With only 2 days left of the Problogger challenge, it is time to analyze the traffic to my blog. If you have never looked at analysis statistics and want to know what to look for, he gives you 17 different metrics to look at. Analysis of my stats is one of the reasons I love wordpress – there are great plugins that make it so much...
Problogger is worried about passive readers. I was too, so I asked all my readers to de-lurk. A lot of them did But problogger says de-lurking isn’t enough, your readers need to act and they must be called into action by you (okay, by me, but you get what I mean). For his challenge today, he offers a solid list of ways to get...
Today, Problogger challenged us to write a post that solves a problem for our readers. He provides 7 ways to identify the problems that need solving: 1. Solve Your Own Problems: Well now, if I could do that one, life would be much easier ! But, I have written a few posts that are attempts at solving a few of my problems. The most recent...
Blogging is not about writing, it is about conversation, it is about knowledge, and about listening. Problogger points out that many bloggers forget to take a step away from their wordpress dashboard to see what is going on around them. The solution? Set up alerts to monitor what is going on in your niche! My challenge for day 10 of the Problogger’s 31D2BBB is to...
No one cares about your stupid product as much as you. It’s about them feeling badass when they use it. – Chris Brogan at the SoCal Action Meetup So then – how do you market your product without shoving it at people? Don’t I wish I had the answer! From what I know from being a consumer, and my experience with marketing, the best way to market...
