Why You Should Learn By Doing

Image by wuperruper via Flickr Do you enjoy learning new things? I certainly do.In particular, I enjoy about learning new ways to better myself and my relationships with others. When I first started on this quest I couldn't get enough. I read about it all the time on blogs, online magazines and in books. There … Continue reading Why You Should Learn By Doing

5 Tips to Kick Start Your Link Building via Social Media Monitoring

Image via CrunchBase Lately there's been renewed interest in building links via social media monitoring. To build links this way, a link builder creates a monitoring search in their favorite social media tool and waits for it to find news stories, blog posts, tweets, comments, and other social content. Each new post is an opportunity … Continue reading 5 Tips to Kick Start Your Link Building via Social Media Monitoring

5 Steps to Reduce the Pain of Starting a Business Blog

Image by kk+ via Flickr Blogging can be intimidating for someone who hasn’t done it in the past or grown up in the age where everyone has a personal blog.  It is, however, critical that business owners and marketers ‘blog for business.’  Putting pen to paper or more appropriately, putting fingers to your keyboard is … Continue reading 5 Steps to Reduce the Pain of Starting a Business Blog

400 posts redux; Lesson #1

Image via CrunchBase This is the first post in what I anticipate will be a 7 part series... 11 months ago, I posted this introspective piece on the results I was getting from blogging... Yesterday, I passed the 400 post mark. 400 posts over 18 months. Wow! Roughly a post a day for a year … Continue reading 400 posts redux; Lesson #1

The Future of Social Media in Journalism

Image by fredcavazza via Flickr The future of social media in journalism will see the death of “social media.” That is, all media as we know it today will become social, and feature a social component to one extent or another. After all, much of the web experience, particularly in the way we consume content, … Continue reading The Future of Social Media in Journalism

Make the switch to Posterous [+ WordPress]

A couple of weeks ago, the brilliant guys at Posterous started an even more brilliant marketing campaign to tout the efficacy of their Posterous platform against other blogging tools. They culminated their campaign with a post on the 'Top 5 reasons to switch from WordPress to Posterous' by saying... "We’d be crazy to declare war … Continue reading Make the switch to Posterous [+ WordPress]

Blogging is the answer. Now, what is the question?

My business website is one of the most visited sites in Wisconsin, outranking websites with much bigger brands, more popular products, and bigger marketing staffs. How do I do it all by myself? The short answer is that I blog. The longer answer is that I have a documented workflow that anyone can use to … Continue reading Blogging is the answer. Now, what is the question?

Why no one is reading your blog…

You want to throw a party and have lots of people show up. You want to have a successful blog but you want people to read it. It's a trick So here's the trick (and it really is a mental trick).  You have to write a blog post like someone is reading it...even if no … Continue reading Why no one is reading your blog…

“What the hell am I supposed to write about?”

Image via WikipediaI'm a huge fan of blogging for small businesses -- after all, it has worked so well for me! This question invariably comes up sooner or later..."What the hell am I supposed to write about, I own a {insert your small business here}? Really, who cares about your flower shop, bike shop, auto … Continue reading “What the hell am I supposed to write about?”