Here's something to ponder this afternoon... The story has it that when Michelangelo was commissioned to do the sculpture of King David he looked at hundreds of blocks of marble before he decided on the "right" one. To most of us all those blocks shown to him would have looked more or less the same … Continue reading Chip Away to Create Your Destiny
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7 Reasons Your Blog Is Failing
Setting up a blog is not that difficult. In fact, most people can easily use WordPress or Blogger to set one up in a matter of minutes. With the sheer number of blogs today, estimated at 126 million by BlogPulse, only a very small percent of them are actually active and good. The vast majority … Continue reading 7 Reasons Your Blog Is Failing
Is Content Marketing Worth the Effort?
We preach it every week. Attract the right kind of traffic by creating exceptional content. Engage your audience so they know, like, and trust you. Let them know you’re the likable expert who’s going to give them the information (and eventually the products and services) that won’t let them down. Then use smart copywriting and … Continue reading Is Content Marketing Worth the Effort?
Abe Lincoln meets MTV
via youtube.com I don't comment on politics often here, but here's a politician who gets YouTube! Ex-reality tv star cum DA Sean Duffy is a former client of mine who looks like he'll have a new zip code in January -- although he's no technologist himself, at least he understands the value of social media … Continue reading Abe Lincoln meets MTV
Blogging for Thought Leadership
I'd like to call your attention to a new webinar being offered by Dana VanDen Heuvel of Green Bay. In a couple of weeks, Dana will be speaking on the topic of business blogging for thought leadership and few people know this topic better than him. Dana says... "Blogging is one of the most important … Continue reading Blogging for Thought Leadership
Tactic #6: Be known
Image via CrunchBase I had an interesting discussion about privacy at Agritechnica with a strong proponent of privacy on the internet. To me, however, having let that Genie out of the bottle long ago I'm a strong proponent of transparency on the internet. I see it as being a competitive advantage because "consumers can relate … Continue reading Tactic #6: Be known
Mission accomplished!
For many years, I've had the goal of developing a system and process that would drive traffic so well that my site would be ranked within the top 100,000 sites in the US. This morning, I reached that goal. Why should you care? Because this is a simple, repeatable process that I can teach anyone … Continue reading Mission accomplished!
Five Best Blogging Platforms
via lifehacker.com I use 4 out of the 5 platforms daily. WordPress is the hands down favorite of most people in this poll, but the real winner is anyone who uses both Posterous and WordPress together to drive traffic... Posted via web from e1evation, llc
Tactic #2: ‘Listen’ to the internet…
In case it's not obvious by now, I'm very passionate about 'enabling' technology – technology that enables people to go beyond themselves and accomplish great things. My favorites sites are sites like Lifehacker, Mashable, Stepcase Lifehack, etc. – you get the point! I read the geeky stuff looking for good, fast and cheap tools so … Continue reading Tactic #2: ‘Listen’ to the internet…
What’s holding you back?
The beautiful view from my deck in rural northeast Wisconsin is a great reminder of the power I have to publish and promote; from anywhere to the ends of the internet! I've worked hard to develop a simple blogging workflow that can empower even the most basic computer user. I don't care if you're Mac, … Continue reading What’s holding you back?
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