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 [...]
Mea culpa. Let me just get that out here right up front. I have totally neglected both of my blogs of late; sure I have a few great excuses but… Last week while sitting at a Starbucks working, instead of trying to work at my son’s house while negotiating a 2 and 5 year old, [...]
It’s self-promotion time again, and this time it’s more about sprucing up our image. Let’s look at it as a sort of spring cleaning-tiding up, taking care of neglected things and putting a little plant food into your website, resume, Facebook page and blog. Here’s what I’ve done in the last few days: I’m planning [...]
Social media engagement can be such an overwhelming task(s). What to add, which ones must you use and knowing how, when, where, and why to engage. And, of course this must be done in addition to your day job and your family life. I’ve just spent over 30 minutes bouncing around in tweet-land this morning. [...]
It’s been one of those days when I’m not sure I can say I’ve been productive or not? When I woke up at 6 AM, there was an email from a prospective client that brought me fully awake. (yes, I keep my iPhone by the bed). Client wrote to say that he liked my style [...]
There were 30 spam comments in my comment folder this morning. As usual, I skim through them quickly to make sure there are no legitimate comments that somehow got miscategorized by my spam filter. It was a mismash of stupidity and feeble attempts to draw readers to some other website. I know that some of [...]
Writing book reviews can be tricky. If it’s just a review you feel inspired to write upon reading the book, you can take any tact you want and give the pros and cons. But, what if you’ve been asked to review a book? This happened to me when a blogging friend asked me to help [...]
