Has the Bubble Popped for Social Media?
Ok, I know that I am not the first to write about this. This type article has been written and rewritten over and over again for the last few years. I am not about to state that social media is dead, far from it really. There are, however, a few alarming trends that I have noticed. Over the last few months I have been decidedly absent from social media. I do not post near as much as I used to. I sometimes go for days without even looking at a feed. I’ve been gone for two main reasons. First, I’ve simply been busy. I’ve been focusing on evolving my business and have gained...
read moreMonday Inspiration: My Top 12 Design Blogs
They say that if you want to learn anything then you need to immerse yourself in the culture. As I, and Anocial have been moving more and more towards web design, I have been reading more and more web design blogs. I thought I take a second and share a few of my favourites with you. The images link directly to the sites. Colorburned Colorburned is one of the first sites I found a few years ago when I had a webdesign class in IT school. It was then, and still is a great resource. You can find free vectors, textures, patterns, Illustrator and Photoshop brushes as well as tutorials and...
read moreFind Your Voice
If you are going to create for a living and be successful at it, you must find your voice. We are marketers, designers, writers, parents. We are builders of everything. Truly though, we are not really expressing ourselves, not speaking truth, until we find our own voice. It is our essence, laid bare for the world to see. The problem is that many of us do not know how to find our voice. Simply put, there is no easy answer. I know for a fact that I haven’t fully found mine yet. It’s a never ending journey, not a quest for the Grail, so much, but a constant evaluating, a consistant...
read moreThe Art of Quiet Influence
Quite a lot is being said about influence. Klout, Grader, and an array of other sites will grade your level of influence, and that is quickly becoming the standard of measurement for how we are doing on the web. Many online marketing people will teach you to expand your audience, how to use email lists, how to convert pageviews into sales, and teach you about the scarcity principal. They will tell you all about how to gain social proof and create authority. Many of these people are full of crap. Spending your time working to convert viewers into buyers is a soul-destroying waste of your...
read moreHave I Lost That Twitter Feeling?
It’s not you Twitter, it’s me. I’ve changed. I mean, I know we’ve been together for years now, but it seems that we have grown apart. Don’t get me wrong, I think you’re great. You’re more than great, you are wonderful. And we’ve had some really good times together, some good laughs, funny moments, and shared some meaningful links. But there’s something missing. We both know it and been avoiding this moment but the time has come. You know what I mean. I think we both need our space. This has been coming on for a long time. We just don’t communicate...
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