Triberr, or How I Instantly Extended My Reach to Over 145,000 People.
Dino Dogan was introduced to me by my friend Mark Schaefer. If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you’ll know that Mark has been a bit of a mentor of mine. When Mark told me that Dino was a guy I should pay attention to, I listened. From the get go, I saw that Dino and I were very similar type people. He says what he thinks and doesn’t sugar coat anything. If you want to hear that your ideas are all 100% great, and your design inspiration is nothing less than phenomenal, he is very probably, the wrong consultant for you. If you want to hear the straight truth, check...
read moreThe Simplest Thing You Can Do to Get Your Blog to be a Success
Do you want your blog to be successful? Sure you do. The problem is when you first start your blog, it can be awkward. We struggle with getting our words out there, but we can also be afraid that people won’t like what we have to say, or even how we say it. Often we settle for a watered down, politically correct, beige version of what is really in our head. Want your blog to succeed? Don’t dilute your thoughts. Want throngs of adoring fans hanging on your every word? Be who you are. Simply, unabashedly, shamelessly, authentically, 100% you. Why will this work? People connect...
read moreSuccessfully Drive Tweeple to You Blog
Granted, this post isn’t for everyone out there, simply because not everyone is trying to get people to read their blog. However, I’ve been asked about this enough, I thought I’d put a post down. Twitter can be your blog’s bestset buddy. Now you can’t use Twitter just for your blog, rather you shouldn’t, but if you do have a blog and you’re trying to get a bit more out of it, try some of these tips. Tweet-easy Website Let’s face it, unless you are one of the stars of the blog sphere, people will not go out of their way to tweet your content....
read moreSocial Media Metrics and What You Should Be Looking At.
ROI this, metrics that. We constantly hear about how to assess your social media benchmarks, and quite a few of them are pretty complicated. Bottom line, especially for small businesses, ROI really doesn’t need to be that hard to calculate. I’ve gathered together a few things that you can be looking at that will give you a basic understanding of how you are doing. The biggest thing here is that there are so many things that can be looked at, and so many that can seem very unrelated. No, you really cannot effectively quantify real, quality relationships, but you can put together...
read moreWhat to Write About When You’re Sick (And Tired)
I feel like hell. I have bronchitis, and my youngest daughter has been up and down all night throwing up. In fact, all five of my children have been passing around the sick all winter. My office sits in our house’s extra bedroom, meaning that while I am working, I wind up tandemly taking care of any and all sick kids. So I guess that I am now sick because I am worn out. I never though I’d hear the phrase, “I am sick and tired” come out of my mouth, yet here it is. I truly am sick and tired. Nope, life certainly isn’t pretty all of the time. Life does, however,...
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