When you use them strategically for your business. Simply put, we participate in online social networks to connect to others. For your company or work, this connection parlays into new clients, new ideas, new business.…
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I don't cry very often. I can count the times I've cried so far this year on one hand - in March when my brother told me he had to give his dog away, in…
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I find my blog stats wildly interesting. Through my own, I found that someone landed on my site after searching this question: 'can a mentee be infatuated with their mentor?' Presumably, I came up in…
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This post is an open invitation for you to jeer, throw tomatoes, laugh, ridicule....or join me. This weekend I had three separate opportunities to tell people I was just meeting about my business and this…
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I recently wrote about the power of using case studies instead of a portfolio of finished work. And, I've realized that it's almost the equivalent of a blog versus a static site. The portfolio pieces…
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When you decide to blog, you need to ask several preliminary questions. For the bloggers that are publishing a blog for the purposes of growing their business, establishing themselves as an expert, selling products, promoting…
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One of my favorite bloggers, Ron Miller, who I unabashedly write about from time to time, has written another stunning post that happens to align directly with my current goings-on. His post illustrates one of…
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Today, blogher's 2008 party conference begins in San Fran. Officially, this is what it's about (according to their site): Featuring technical labs, educational workshops, intense discussion sessions, relevant sponsors, speakers from every corner of the…
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This is a follow-up to my recent post about handling the money side of the business. I addressed how to charge (by the hour or project), when to charge (deposits, etc.) and other such things.…
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Working with people is key to the writing business - clients, graphic designers, web designers, printers, photographers, coders, techies, other writers. If I can't get along with these folks, all is lost. I have been…
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Jumper Cables…
