How to get a blog done

Researching my own life, it turns out I can accomplish three big goals in one day. It is possible to accomplish mini-goals along with the three big-mama goals but that’s probably pushing it. Three things. My advice to you as a human is to winnow that to-do list down so you can say you got three […]

Should you curate other peoples content or aggregate it?

▶ Is it a good practice to combine small portions of content from other sites? – YouTube. I think that this is such an important video for bloggers to see and I wanted to provide my thoughts on it. Original content vs. curated content vs. aggregated content is a confusing issue.  Content Curation: Content curation […]

How Do You Keep Up With All Of Those Passwords?

  At my office we have a saying that goes something like this: “If we lose the password file we are done.” Passwords are the worst part of digital life. There are a lot of choices on how to keep up with your passwords, some of them are free and some of them charge a bit. […]

To Summarize your RSS Feed Or To Not Summarize

There is a great debate in the blogging world and that is “Should I summarize my blog rss feed or should I share the entire post?” First let’s discuss what an rss feed is how it works: RSS; originally RDF Site Summary; often dubbed Really Simple Syndication, uses a family of standard web feed formats […]

Do you have blogging goals?

I spend a lot of time thinking about my goals and the goals for my blog. I do mind maps, create notes on EverNote, heck I have even used such great tools as excel and SpringPad for goal setting. As a matter of fact to be honest, I sometimes love the act of goal setting […]

Quick And To The Point: 29 Tips On Blogging

#1 use WordPress #2 Write 20 blog posts before you launch. #3 Proofread your post the next day after you write it. #4 Have someone else proofread your post for you. #5 Editors rule the world. #6 Use Feedburner. #7 Decide on a blog frequency before you go live. #8 Use a coming soon widget […]

Why my competitors are really freakin awesome

I think that all networking groups should be open. It is my opinion that we should spend time with people that do the same thing as us. It is my opinion that niche works best and we should all discover what we are great at, what niche we work best in, and focus on that. […]

Wouldn’t You Like To Be A Blogger, Too?

That title was sung to the tune of the old Dr Pepper commercial, and I’m hoping most of you are old enough to remember it. (Help me out here, wouldya?) You have heard about this blogging thing. You have been told that your small business should have a blog. Digital conversations are happening about your industry and […]

How to add an image to WordPress sidebar.

Also known as A Little HTML Code Goes a Long Way. Anyone remember what blogging was like in the late 90s? I was blogging back then, first on Live Journal and then Blogspot. I tried desperately to customize my own flair on the site but it was just too hard for me at the time. […]

Get Started Blogging Stupid Fast

Ok, first of all, don’t. Confused? Sorry. But I do know that digital marketing success takes time, often a LOT of time, like months’ worth of planning, writing and posting blog content. So I suggest that you really plan, do research and make decisions about the future of your blog before you even begin blogging. A […]

Blog Spam and why it’s so exciting.

It’s true. I get excited about spam on my blog. Crazy, right? Ok well, I get excited about spam at first but once I am getting it I shut things down. My reasoning is not grounded in any SEO magical thinking or great website factoids. My thought is if spammers are sending me junk from […]

The fear of blogging!

I love blogging. I love reading about blogging. I love studying the analytics. If you’ve ever been to one of my classes, then you already know this. But there’s something else you need to know. I did not even realize this about myself until recently but …I fear blogging. Do you fear blogging too? I […]

What Is A Permalink?

What is a permalink? per·ma·link ˈpərməˌliNGk/ noun 1. a permanent static hyperlink to a particular web page or entry in a blog. (Source: Google search)     Basically, it’s the URL that you see at the top of your web page, as shown below.     Why does it matter? I am so glad that […]