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 [...]
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 lethal? Why [...]
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 fundraise on [...]
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 [...]
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 my Spam folder: [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
This is hardly a comprehensive list of the best people to follow on Twitter. But it is mine. So, after declaring Twitter bankruptcy for my birthday this week, I knew I wanted to make a big birthday Twitter bang when I followed back a bunch of my favorite Twitter users again. This “big birthday Twitter [...]
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 [...]
