Writer's block is the enemy of creativity and efficiency for a blogger. Every writer fears it. You experience a big win as a writer. People raved about your last post you on Twitter, "liked" it on Facebook, linked to it. You were swimming in a sea of awesome. For a short while you reveled in your… [read more]
What do you get when you mix two cups of online editorial, three cups of microblogging and six cups of awesome? Tumblr, no doubt. The popular blogging platform that has been around for a few years is becoming a popular content platform for business. Even though the platform has 39.3 Million… [read more]
What is it that makes you enjoy a blog? What is it that makes you sit under the covers, late at night, fiending to read more- eating up article after article until! Oh no! You reach the last one and yearn for more. I’ve spent an incredible amount of time doing this (Guilty!) because I really get… [read more]
Earlier this month, Newsweek declared that America is facing a “Creativity Crisis”. According to some researchers, there is evidence that creative potential in young Americans has dropped for the first time in generations...and that might be an early warning sign of cultural decline. I’m… [read more]
Establishing yourself or your company as an expert within a targeted niche has always been a cornerstone of marketing, both online and offline. With blogging, we are at a point where a business leader who can write, film video shorts, or build a Facebook presence; can also reach their core audience online.… [read more]
There are millions of great posts around the blogosphere that detail the best practices of Blogger outreach, but what some people might not realize is that Blogger Outreach is a multifaceted strategy. There are different methods of outreach that achieve different goals, and all of these methods fall… [read more]
Perhaps you have heard of the Google's pubsubhubbub protocol (PuSH for short) that was unveiled last year. It is basically an extension of an RSS. Instead of Google and other various services pinging your site for new content, they can subscribe to your site; you tell them when the new content is published,… [read more]
Looking for a new widget for your site or blog's sidebar? New apps and ideas spring up all the time and lots of them disappear just as fast. Let's take a look at five options for your sidebar. Flickr Slideshow These third party websites let you use the Flickr URL address of the user, photo set or group… [read more]
One challenge some companies face in social media marketing is how to bridge the gap between stale corporate or e-commerce sites and social networking websites. What is the link between your site and social networking sites? How do you get people FROM social sites back TO your corporate site and… [read more]
Content for a blog is the same as a product for a company -- it takes more than just a high quality product for the customers to flock to it. You need to present that content in a package that fits your branding. All blogs have certain visual features in common, no matter how you change the theme or… [read more]
