Bloggers: Ready for hate?
I came across an article in the online San Francisco Chronicle titled 20 habits of highly effective job seekers. This was written based on Ford Myers stuff… I have met Ford a few times at conferences...
View ArticleStarting a New Blog: Letting Others Know
My friend Brad Merrill took the plunge and started a blog. It has the potential to be an awesome personal branding tool for himself, and I applaud what he’s doing. This is the first of two posts where...
View ArticleStarting a New Blog: Blog Post Critique
Monday I gave feedback to Brad Merrill about HOW he let others know about his blog… today I want to write about a blog post (his second post). Brad titled the post What is Ethical Behavior? It’s a...
View ArticleWant to write a book? Kill your darlings :)
I just saw a link to a Harvard Business Review article by Jerry Weissman titled In Presentations, Kill Your Darlings. I’ve talked a lot about being “concise,” but I’m not sure people know what that...
View ArticleTOOL: After The Deadline – grammar and spelling
Cleo Parker shot me a note about After the Deadline… looks like an awesome tool for writing better. You can use it for free, and if you have a web service you can incorporate it there, for free. I...
View ArticleOOPS! Leave a comment on the blog, but we make it impossible!
I just read an interesting blog post, and decided to leave a comment. My comment was really good (yes, I’m biased). It was highly relevant, and helpful to the blogger as well as to her readers. When...
View ArticleAre You Blogging Effectively?
This morning I have written four blog posts, on four different blogs. Well, with this one, make that FIVE. Why do I do it? Because blogging continues to be an incredibly effective tool for outreach,...
View ArticleRobert Merrill asks What is the New Blogging?
Check out Robert’s post here. My answer was so long I thought I’d make it the subject of this post: Robert, thanks for this post and inviting me to comment. This evolution has been frustrating to...
View ArticleTesla vs NYT: Absolutely fascinating
I have been blogging for almost seven years. I remember when journalist (real journalists) hated on bloggers. Bloggers were naive, they didn’t fact-check, they were sloppy, they had typos, the were...
View ArticleWriting Awesome Blog Posts
Excellent blog post (with a killer slideshare embedded) on Windmill Networking. This was written by Kristi Hines: Composing a Successful Blog Post I’ve been blogging for about 7 years, almost daily...
View ArticleTake that, social networking!
Social, including blogging, has evolved so much since I seriously got involved back in 2006. Eight years ago. First we saw comments go from a blog post go to Facebook… and Twitter… and all of the...
View ArticleAdding a Blog page to your blog
I recently set up my newest project, VideoGameClass.com, where I’ll be teaching people how to make video games using GameSalad. The class is going to be super-cool. While setting up the blog I do a...
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