I’m very excited to participate in ProBlogger’s 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Challenge. Each day, I’ll have teaching and theory as well as a challenge – whether that’s a specific kind of blog post or plugin, or social media component. And theoretically, after 31 days hopefully I’ll be pumping out more quality content…
Chris Brogan has such a great post this week on how to not be ‘That Guy’ in the social media space. You know who he is. The kind of guy that incessantly updates his profile with pointless drivel, the kind of guy who sends out 50 tweets a day about how his services, or abuses…
Ok, I’m taking the plunge into the world of video. This is my first one so please go easy on me. I went Geocaching in Cooperstown NY this past weekend and had a blast. For those who don’t know what Geocaching is, here’s the definition, and the largest site for caches – geocaching.com. It also…
So, Kevin Rose (founder of Digg) and Tim Ferriss (wrote ‘The Four Hour Workweek‘) sat down on the couch to talk about the brainstorming and more importantly the TESTING of names for companies. Its a really fantastic discussion, from two guys who have a great track record of building brands on the web. Here’ the…
I had a great lunch discussion with some co-workers about the fate / future of newspapers and other major content providers on the web. And its hard to know what is going to happen in the coming months as more and more newspapers go under or entirely online. For me, I think the online business…
This is a tremendous post by Seth Godin on firms using salaries as a one axis marketing tool. Here’s an excerpt, but be sure to read the full post, its brilliant. After a million dollars or so in salary, the absolute amount that a person is paid has no real impact on their life. They…
There’s been a lot of talk in the blogosphere about how important it is that you build your personal brand. This is an idea that I first heard about from Gary V. and Chris Brogan and its also something that I’m very much in agreement with. Its vital. (if you haven’t checked out Chris’ posts…
I’ve been thinking a lot about how to talk to businesses and get them on board with really going out there and using to social media tools as well as traditional online tools to interact with there community. And its tough because I think a lot of people want to be able to see results…