Why I’m resurrecting the ‘link journalism’ argument
June 25, 2008
(hat tip to Chris Brogan for mentioning this issue (and the Scott Karp post) on his AWESOME blog!)
About two years ago, before I lost everything to the ‘oh dear lord’ crash of 2006, I had a tonne of articles talking about a disturbing trend in the blogging/journalistic communities - and that was ‘link love’/'link journalism’.
Time management 101
May 25, 2008
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After reviewing eeeeverything that I get up to - and getting my first year results back from University, I decided to let go of a lot of projects. At the same time, I started looking over what I really wanted to accomplish. Several years ago when I came online, I had high hopes - and for the last two years, I realised most of them. I just don’t want to be trying to keep one step ahead of other IM marketers - and ultimately, being an IM marketer, that’s what I would need to do.
Value for time
May 22, 2008
Providing your readers with Value for time (VfT) is as important as blogging itself.
Just like investing - if people don’t get a good return (learn something/discover something/confirm something/are inspired) then they won’t ‘invest’ (return) again.
But many bloggers link thier VfT rating to thier comments.
That’s not always a good way to judge whether you’re offering your readers good value - in fact, just because someone has invested that little extra time, doesn’t mean they’ll return and continue the conversation.
Over the coming weeks, I’ll explain VfT - and how to increase it.
All it takes is one article…
May 7, 2008
Though, if it only takes one article, and you can adapt this project into your own pattern, why stop at one?
What you’ll need:
An article writing system - whether you use (and REWRITE PLR), or write your own article from scratch.
A list of places that accept your articles, press releases, blog posts, and ten (no more, no less) absolute favorite bookmarking sites (I recommend Digg, Deli.cio.us, StumbledUpon and seven others ;)). As an optional extra, research some ezines in your niche, and get contact information for THEM, and grab a copy of Audiacity - for podcasting. If you choose to do this last step, you’ll need to build a little bit more than an article ;).
Recommended reading - Chris Brogan
April 17, 2008
I’ve been following Chris Brogan by both Tweet, and his blog and he’s running a subscription drive at the moment, so I thought I’d do a ‘nice’ intro for him, and more importantly - recommend him to y’all.
Chris has a lot of great views on social media, blogging, writing and more - and he’s well worth the read. So if you’re looking for a new expert to get a perspective from, then I’d really recommend Chris.
You can sign up at Chris has a subscription drive, and let me know what you think!
Why I can’t take people seriously (when they don’t even update thier WordPress install)
April 16, 2008
I know, its fairly harsh, but I’m in a bad mood this evening.
There’s a rash of internet marketers making me itchy at the moment - they’re running out of date WordPress installs, and worst of all, they’re not even doing the ‘basics’ of making sure thier blog has a good reach ability.
I’ve written about ‘reachability’ before, but the basics of it is that you’ve got tools that you can use to make sure your blog is plastering itself wherever you’ve got a spare piece of wall. Why not use them?
Do you niche?
April 14, 2008
Image by FotoosVanRobin via Flickr
Recently, over at Mamaneedsabookcontract, we talked about niches (we choose a theme each week, and blog on it - its amazing how simple a topic becomes diverse and complex answers).
This week our theme was ‘niches’ - which is important to bloggers.
All of the answers that were posted resonated with me, but Heather’s post was the best for bloggers. So, go read it, and then come back.
A plugin that’s not a plugin?
April 2, 2008
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Normally, I save my ‘tech’ talk for other blogs - but I thought this warranted sharing.
I don’t know who recommended it to me, but I’ve found this really awesome plugin called ‘Zemanta‘ It installs into your browser, and is a tool that ’suggests’ images and articles to you as you’re writing posts.
It might not sound like much, but I’ve spent the last three weeks trying to work out how to add images and make sure I’m pcoviding decent links to people. And Zemanta is a great step towards that.
The blogger code of conduct?
March 20, 2008
Via Steve Hodson
I saw this last year and didn’t say anything, because, at the time, I was still trying to work out where I *stood* in the blogging community…. The long and short of it is I’m not an A-lister, so I felt that I had to get closer to being ‘that’ before I started advising other people.
It now occurs to me that advising people on blogging is what I do as naturally as breathing, and though I’m tweaking my blogs to clean up the messages I’m offering. I’m ‘branding’ each blog to be a lot clearer if you will.
What the heck are RSS feeds and why should I use them?
March 13, 2008
If you’re interested in anything RSS, you should probably head on over to my blogging blog, where all will be revealed 
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