As a follow up to my post yesterday, here are some specific ways I use to break out of the proverbial industry bubble.
Little Platforms Can Still Go a Long Way
In my follow up to yesterday’s post about building a platform to survive the new free-conomy, today I offer a few suggestions on how you can build a useful platform for your business without having it reach tens of thousands of people.
Building a Platform and Surviving This New Free-conomy
There’s a growing amount of products, services and education being offered free of charge. You may even see your competition giving away more stuff for free. So how does a small business survive in such a bizarro economy? Good question.
Tips on Making a Combined Blog and Website
Today I continue my mini-series on Anatomy of a Blog Design. Tuesday we covered the foundational aspects of the four Ps. Yesterday I talked about why I think WordPress is the way to go (and why I specifically chose WordPress.com). Today I’ll cover a topic that I know a lot of people have questions about. […]
Choosing a Blogging Platform-WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org
Today is part 2 in my mini-series on “Anatomy of a Blog Design.” Yesterday I covered the essential four P’s you must know before launching your blog: people, purpose, payoff and platform. Today I’ll delve more into that fourth P: platform. I’ve been waiting to do this one for a while. The social media geek in […]
Evernote vs. Bookmarking and Some Evernote Tips
Yesterday I did a review of Xmarks, a terrific way for synching your bookmarks across multiple computers and/or browsers. Another way you could technically sync “bookmarks” is by saving bookmark links in Evernote. I frequently do this. But there are some uses where traditional bookmarking is better, and some when Evernote may be best. How […]
The Secret to Changing the World
Have you every seen a speech or presentation that made you want to get up and change the world? Maybe it was MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Maybe it was one of the many amazing presentations by Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Ever wonder what makes those speeches so powerful? Well, wonder no more.
A Follow Friday Strategy That Gets Results
If you’re an avid Twitter-er (is that even a word?) then you are no doubt familiar with #FollowFriday. It’s a Twitter tradition of suggesting to your Twitter followers other people for them to follow. Using the hashtag #FF or #followfriday, you’ll see something like this: #FF @rondawson, @crossingthe180 The theory is that people who follow […]
The Secret to Attaining Work-Life Balance: Disconnect
This was actually a comment I left on Michael Hyatt’s blog, but I thought it would be good to share it with my readers here. Just food for thought, but how would your life change if you weren’t connected 24/7 via your iPhone? I often see people ask the question “How can I attain a […]