Who has time to do the work today?
Who has time to do the work today? There has been a lot of news lately on how companies are really not hiring right now. A recent report talks about how a companies are hiring temp workers, but they...
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5 Tips to Become a Professional Blogger Someone once asked me, “How do I become a blogger?” “Simple,” I wrote back, “Raise your hands over your head, and shout to the heavens, ‘I. Am. A BLOGGER!!‘ And...
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No One Likes My New Job Title It was a brief spark of an idea, and one I got a little excited about: I wanted to change my job title. I am currently the VP of Operations and Customer Service. It’s a...
View ArticleThe Number One Reason Companies Need to Blog About Their Products
The Number One Reason Companies Need to Blog About Their Products We write a lot of product blogs for our clients. No matter what size, shape, color, or price of the product, we’ve written several...
View ArticleReally? We’re STILL Talking About Ghost Blogging?
Really? We’re STILL Talking About Ghost Blogging? What is it with these social media purists and ghost blogging? What exactly do they not understand? Ghost blogging is a service that is provided by...
View ArticleFinding a Working Definition of Ghost Blogging
Finding a Working Definition of Ghost Blogging With all of the controversy that seems to swirl around the acceptability of ghost blogging, I realized we weren’t really arguing about the same thing. The...
View ArticleWho Would You Hire, the Rookie or the Veteran?
Who Would You Hire, the Rookie or the Veteran? I’m occasionally asked by clients whether we have a writer with a specific background. Are/were they in IT, in finance, in animal husbandry? I can usually...
View ArticleGoogle Wants You to be a Better Blog Writer
Google Wants You to be a Better Blog Writer The days of schlocky web copy and $1/post off-shore blog writing are over. Thanks to Google’s new Panda update, your writing can no longer suck. You can’t...
View ArticleFour Ways You Can Earn Money as a Blogger
Four Ways You Can Earn Money as a Blogger So you’ve been blogging for several years, or at least several months, and you want to start seeing a little cash for your efforts. I was recently talking...
View ArticleCan You Make Money Blogging? Maybe.
Can You Make Money Blogging? Maybe. Can you make money blogging? Will you get rich? Does it lead to the same illustrious career as, say, a biz-tech nonfiction book writer? No. No. And mostly....
View ArticleWhat’s Next for Corporate Social Media?
What’s Next for Corporate Social Media? I was at the May Confluence North Network event, at a talk with Jason Falls, who was talking about The Future of Social Media for Corporations, and making...
View ArticleWhat Blog Software Do Top Bloggers Use?
What Blog Software Do Top Bloggers Use? I found an article on Royal Pingdom recently, delving into which blog software and services the top blogs use. (Blog software is something you host yourself like...
View ArticleErik Deckers is NOT Leaving Pro Blog Service
Erik Deckers is NOT Leaving Pro Blog Service You know, I leave town for a couple days, and things just go crazy while I’m gone. It seems people believe that I have left Pro Blog Service to run...
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When Ghost Bloggers Don’t Have Time to Write About Ghost Blogging I always used to laugh at the marketing companies that had so-so or even non-existent websites, not out of a sense of schadenfreude,...
View ArticleAt the Top – Entrepreneurial Networking for Indianapolis
At the Top – Entrepreneurial Networking for Indianapolis Ron Sukenick approached me several weeks ago and described a new networking event he was putting together called “At the Top”. As he his idea,...
View ArticleWriting for Readers Always Beats Writing for Search
Writing for Readers Always Beats Writing for Search As a blogger, which is more important to you, winning search or winning readers? Quantity or quality? Spiders or readers? Left brain or right brain?...
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