What does it mean to say, I am a blogger? For some of us it’s a means to an end. Maybe we’ve decided to get rich quick (ha ha) and use our blog as a way to bring people to our product. For some, a blog is the personal online journal… we blog about our [...]
Another webinar, another promise to teach you how to get 5000 hits in a day, 3000 subscribers, the best guest posts, millions of dollars and a shot at the big times. Yawn. I confess. I’ve watched a couple of these lately. Today it was a webinar on how to publish your own e-book on Amazon [...]
Promotion, promotion, promotion. It’s very much like location, location, location. In our work–whether that’s writing blogs, promoting a book, selling a product or running a business, you have to establish your brand and then get your message out to the widest audience. The tools you choose are important but what and how you share is [...]
I’m in book review mode. One here and one over at A Woman’s Page. And, I have one more on tap. I love reading so when asked to do the reviews it seemed a no-brainer. Well….it wasn’t all that easy. Particularly when you’re reviewing a book that isn’t one you would have chosen for your [...]
Let me not think of my work only as a stepping stone to something else. And if it is, let me become fascinated with the shape of the stone. – Ze Frank I had never heard of Ze Frank until today. Wow is really I’ve got to say. Well, not all I’ve got to say. [...]
Business blogging–Are you a player? You should be. Your competition is writing a blog. The small business blog can be considered a “best practice”. You have a million reasons for not blogging, right? Demands on your time, fear of technology, concerns about your writing skills and uncertainly about how to best use a blog. You [...]
Guest blogging is a great way to be seen by a wider audience. It’s like going to the neighborhood social…in the neighborhood down the street. You get to step out, strut a little and talk to new people. But, ya gotta do it the right way. You can’t just waltz right in, you have to [...]
First of all, let me say that I am not the Expert on product reviews…at least not from the marketing/blogging point of view. Though, I did sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last night so I’m ready to tackle the world today. Say you’ve got a new product you want to promote, how are you [...]
Writing. It seems that you either have a tightly focused writing plan or you’re all over the place. At least in my opinion. I am all over the place with my professional and personal writing. I spent yesterday marketing myself to a potential gig that would have me writing for 18+ year old males! The [...]
Could you venture a guess at how many blogs or other informative newsletter-type emails arrive in your mailbox on a regular basis? I’m afraid to count. As an enthusiastic supporter of the blog world and an inquisitive, “gotta know” personality I’ve clicked many an RSS Feed box. Over the weekend I was culling unread emails [...]
