Remember how I mentioned on Friday the frustrations I’m having with AOL mail? Well, the situation in which AOL is randomly selecting emails to put in the Spam folder has affected you, too. Jenn Mattern offered last week to give me one more guest post, which was to appear on May 31st. And she delivered….
Tag: blogging
Giving Your Audience Substance
What I’m reading: One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding by Robert GoverWhat’s on the iPod: Dust Bowl by Mumford and Sons Oooo, big news coming on the blog here in about 10 minutes. If you’re here before 7:10, stick around. You may not want to miss it. I’m eyeing the weather report closely. Normally, rain, snow, whatever……
Censorship v. Common Sense
What I’m reading: The Jungle by Upton SinclairWhat’s on the iPod: All You Ever Do is Bring Me Down by The Mavericks It’s funny what happens on a blog when you’re not looking. I went back over the comments added to this blog over the weekend, and I found myself doing something I don’t normally…
Why Your Writing Blog Sucks
Remember your first blog post? Remember all those plans you had for posting regularly, growing the readership, increasing your business awareness? So what happened? I know plenty of you who have terrific, must-read blogs. For very different reasons, each of you has attracted an audience and has found a way to distinguish your blog from…
How to Blog Like You Mean It
Today’s a busy one. Plenty of work came in – none of it from my marketing efforts but plenty from older contacts. You never know. I had a conversation with a few folks about bloggers and trust. We came to the same conclusion; there are some people who ruin it for themselves. Blogging isn’t rocket…
The Writing Freebie
I read with interest and a little more sarcastic laughter than I’d planned a post or two by people on other blogs basically scoffing and calling professionals who hold themselves to a higher earning standard hypocritical. At issue – the fact that we “bemoan” writing for too little, then post free weblogs. Oh, if only…
Why I Blog (and why you should, too)
An interesting tweet appeared on Twitter last week. It was a Technorati survey that indicated a full 75 percent of us self-employed folks believe that we have greater visibility in our industries because of our blogs. Mind you, that’s the perception. Reality? Seems to hold true. The survey revealed that bloggers have seen 68 percent…
Why I Love Blogging for Pay (And Why I Probably Won’t Do It Again)
Thanks again to Sal for introducing yesterday’s post topic about blogging. I didn’t expect the number of comments I got, and I’m happy to see some really thoughtful discussion about when to blog and when not to blog. If you’re new to writing, blogging can be a great way to build up some credibility and…
Love it or Shove it?
On Monday’s post, Sal asked about a blogging gig he has – “The blog job pays $5 a post for 200 words. I think it usually takes me about 10-15 minutes to crank one out. If that were the case for you, would you do it?” Damn good question, Sal. My short answer was no….