Do we still need email newsletters (or ezines, as some call it)? Many websites today are setup to get visitors onto a newsletter list. When you read the copy on their site, much of it is geared toward selling you a free report or workbook. And how do you get this workbook? You have to 'pay' with … Read more about If You Blog Do You Need An E-Newsletter?
It's Really This Easy To Add A Link To Your Comment
How often have you seen this in the comment box? I see it in my comment box and on other blogs enough that it's in my consciousness. Here, I often just quickly edit the comment to add a live link because it's quick and easy. But it's also quick and easy to show you how to create your own live link … Read more about It's Really This Easy To Add A Link To Your Comment
What To Do When People Aren't Paying Attention To Your Blog
Don't you want your blog to be noticed? Sure, we each blog for different reasons. Some of us want to express our views or write about something we love. Others of us want make a buck or promote our business. And some just want to share their lives with others. Regardless of why you're blogging, … Read more about What To Do When People Aren't Paying Attention To Your Blog
Are You An Expert If You Can't Share What You Know?
You know what you know, right? You know something that other's don't. Or at least your perspective on a topic is unique. But does any of that matter of you can't communicate it? From my post yesterday, How Not Knowing Something Makes You More Of An Expert, an interesting conversation emerged. I … Read more about Are You An Expert If You Can't Share What You Know?
Small Business Advice: Admit Your Lack of Knowledge
Does being an expert mean you have to know more than everyone else? Not according to Confucius. He once advised, "When you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it-this is knowledge." In other words, we should not only know what we know, but also what we don't know. Hence, it's in … Read more about Small Business Advice: Admit Your Lack of Knowledge
Are You Having A Conversation With Your Niche Audience?
You'd think the latest question Liz asked me would be simple to answer. And on the surface it is. Yet, I've needed an extra day to think about where to take this one2one conversation next. When you go around the Internet, what mistake do you see most often? That's her question. Think about it for a … Read more about Are You Having A Conversation With Your Niche Audience?
When Getting Lots Of Visitors To Your Website Isn't Good
Last week was an interesting one. It all began on Tuesday with a post I wrote called, How Does Your Brain See Color. The post wasn't so much about how we actually see color as it was about how we make associations instead of seeing what's really in front of us. As I usually do, I submitted the … Read more about When Getting Lots Of Visitors To Your Website Isn't Good
How You Can Help A Friend With Their Business
Less than a year ago, my good friend Adam Kayce decided to change careers. For years Adam was a successful intuitive healer and teacher who helped countless people work with and heal their personal issues and physical diseases. As a teacher, Adam could explain the most complex ideas about … Read more about How You Can Help A Friend With Their Business
How Does Your Brain See Color?
Want to experience an interesting experiment in how our brains work? On a recent blog post, 20 Surefire Ways to Beat Writer's Block, we were discussing methods for working through write's block. Mark Tillman Tillison of Tillman Tillison Consulting (sorry for the typos Mark) offered the very … Read more about How Does Your Brain See Color?
20 Surefire Ways To Beat Writer's Block
Daphne Gray-Grant knows writing. As a Publications Coach she works with corporate writers who want to do their work faster and better. So we know she's faced writer's block. If you're a blogger, a business owner, or a writer of any type, I don't have to explain to you what writer's block is. You've … Read more about 20 Surefire Ways To Beat Writer's Block
All I Want To Do Is Leave A Comment
How many times have your read a great blog post and have wanted to add a comment, only to get to the bottom of the page and find that you have to login? I don't login. Which means, I don't leave a comment. Which means, no conversation and little chance at building a relationship with that … Read more about All I Want To Do Is Leave A Comment
Alert: See How Comment Spam Is Getting Trickier To Spot
Does blog comment spam really work? I guess it must because it just keeps increasing. And not only increasing, but it's getting harder to spot - especially for those of us who often get a lot of comments and get a lot of spam. Take a look at this image. Look at it closely. Looks like a benign … Read more about Alert: See How Comment Spam Is Getting Trickier To Spot
