I’m recovering from my hangover this morning from Wednesday’s Social Media FTW conference. No I didn’t drink too many beers during the post-conference networking. But I brought home a head full of takeaways, questions and regrets. So bear with me as I work through them in this post Regret: I’m sorry Coach Deb When Deb […]
Blogging
There’s a very good post on three things your blog needs if it’s going to work for your business: Point of view Really great headlines Calls to action Anne Handley nails it. But when she talks about headlines, she adds this: One trick I almost always follow is this one: Write the headline before you […]
Twitter is scheduling a major upgrade of its website. Because of its minimalist approach (140 characters and nothing more), Twitter has been a text medium. It all changes soon. Soon you will be able to see all those videos and photos that people are tweeting about without clicking through the shortened URLs. This video does […]
Everyone knows bloggers are lazy. Either we’re just making this stuff up or we don’t bother to do any real reporting. Today, Mike Wise of the Washington Post proved it. Wise is a real journalist. His columns get printed onto paper and thrown into puddles in people’s driveways. So he has to be practicing the […]
I’ve been using mind maps lately to plan my ideas and work on projects. After researching the options, I picked MindNode and wrote about the options for WorkAwesome.com: Like I said, I use it plan ideas. I start with the idea name as the center node (topics are called nodes) and create nodes for tasks […]
If you want to start your own business online, all you need is a computer and a few bucks for hosting fees. Sort of. Glenn Allsopp shares some really good lessons from his first 18 months as an Internet entrepreneur. There are a lot of really good nuggets but he has an excellent point about […]
First, I apologize. I don’t want to say people with disabilities or challenges aren’t normal. But some of them can do things that “normal people” can’t do. For example, people with Asperger’s Syndrome process information and interact with the world in ways many of us can’t comprehend. This is an advantage for someone featured in […]
Mashable has some great (10) tips for managing communities: Community managers, who come in all shapes and sizes depending on the company and its mission, are often the online face of their companies, and more increasingly, offline as well. They’re the social strategist, community builder, storyteller, marketer, product manager, designer and evangelist rolled all into […]
Don’t waste your time by commenting on this blog post
by Carl Natale on August 31, 2010
If you want to improve your SEO with links, there are some linking tactics to avoid. I’m surprised to read the first way to waste your time on SEO is to comment on other blogs: While commenting on relevant blogs can be a good way to build relationships with blog owners, it is a horrible […]
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