Why I Declared (Twitter) Bankruptcy
This is an article about declaring bankruptcy on Twitter. Not the other kind. Act accordingly. Five years ago, the maximum number of starred emails I allowed in my Gmail inbox was 100. Over time, that has creeped up. And up. Now, I regularly work hard to keep the number of unread or starred messages staring at me under 500. Any productivity expert would call it a sad, sad state of affairs. On Twitter, things aren't much brighter. I … [Continue Reading...]
How to Increase Your Google Page Rank (Rule #1: Don’t Talk About Increasing Your Google Page Rank)
The first rule of Increasing Your Google Page Rank is Not to Talk About Increasing Your Google Page Rank. Let me back up. I have a lot of websites I dabble on/manage/own/open to grin at. I have a passive life goal to increase my google page rank on such sites. Alas, I do absolutely nothing to reach such goal. In fact, I actually do active things to disrupt this goal, like linking to dumb articles and other internet nonsense. Even so, on … [Continue Reading...]
Book Reviews: A Homemade Life, Gluten-Free Girl, Alice Waters and Chez Panisse
So we've established the fact that I read a lot of books. At the prodding of some fine blog reader folk, I want to start sharing (a little bit) more in depth about some of my reviews of these books. I want to start with some of my favorite books read in 2011. Since I'm in a theme mood, the three books below that I loved in 2011 (in the top ten of the 100 I read in 2011), are all -- on the surface -- for foodies, cooks, and people who like … [Continue Reading...]
How to Interact With Your Blog Readers
In this post, you will learn about how interacting with blog readers builds relationships and loyal readers. You will also learn how interacting with blog readers sometimes does none of these things. People talk a lot about interacting with blog readers, and the importance of doing so if you actually want a blog that someone else besides yourself reads. Although I've implemented many such strategies, one of the simplest strategies … [Continue Reading...]
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How to Get a Job: A True Story (Part 1)
When people used to ask me for advice on how to go about getting their dream job, I used to look off into the distance and look reflective. Really, I was likely re-calculating the exact age difference between Padma Lakshmi and her billionaire baby daddy (I'm good with timelines) or deciding what I … [Continue...]
Book Reviews: A Homemade Life, Gluten-Free Girl, Alice Waters and Chez Panisse
So we've established the fact that I read a lot of books. At the prodding of some fine blog reader folk, I want to start sharing (a little bit) more in depth about some of my reviews of these books. I want to start with some of my favorite books read in 2011. Since I'm in a theme mood, the … [Continue...]
Colored Baby Chickens, Pinterest, and Business. #nowords
I have lots of things to say about this picture. And I'm sure I would be able to use this picture to come up with a halfway decent funny-but-smart social media or marketing blog post if I spent five minutes thinking about it. The importance of getting people's attention by being crazy, bold, and … [Continue...]
Podcast #6: On Being A Twitter Newbie with Bob Jones (Episode 6)
Want to listen to my latest podcast? Go here. I'm chatting with Bob Jones, founder of Give.Mobi about what it means to be a newbie on Twitter (him, not me!) and how he's gotten the hang of things with serious speed;) We'll also talk about what his company give.mobi does to help non-profits … [Continue...]
How to Interact With Your Blog Readers
In this post, you will learn about how interacting with blog readers builds relationships and loyal readers. You will also learn how interacting with blog readers sometimes does none of these things. People talk a lot about interacting with blog readers, and the importance of doing so if … [Continue...]
Why I Read My Spam
I am a big advocate that you should scan through your spam folder in Gmail (or whatever email program you use) every month (if you use Gmail, it is probably automatically erasing your spam every 30 days). I recently did my spam scan, and found the following useful things incorrectly buried in … [Continue...]
How to Get Newsletter Subscribers to Your Blog
In this post, you'll learn the key to getting new newsletter subscribers to your blog or online cult (the good kind). Enjoy! I was having a chat with a bloggy friend today. The chat was about things, and then other things, but all devolved into a discussion of why people subscribe to blogs, and why … [Continue...]
Why You *Should* Pay to Volunteer {Podcast #5}
I've got a new podcast up where I tell you why I think you should pay to volunteer. Yup - I said. And I'm serious. Paying to do short-term volunteer work in an international setting is (to me) essential to non-profit sustainability. Listen to it here. … [Continue...]
Why I Unfollowed You. The Top 10 Reasons I’m Not Following You on Twitter.
When I first declared Twitter bankruptcy last week, I didn't tell anyone. And, appropriately, no one noticed. For two days, it was the best thing I ever did that no one knew I had ever done. Or something like that. In fact, it took 48 hours for one of my former 700 Twitter followers to … [Continue...]
