How to Start a Blog (The Complete Step-by-Step Guide)
{Want a PDF version of these instructions? Go here.} Last week, I asked you how I could be of help. Of the hundreds of responses I received, many of you said you were itching to learn how to start a successful blog. Starting a blog is one of the very best things that ever happened to me, and I love to share with folks why blogging is a great way to connect with others, build your platform, and change the world. Seven years … [Continue Reading...]
Why I’m Not Going to South by Southwest
For the tenth time in the past week, I had a conversation tonight about why I’m not going to South by Southwest this year. South by Southwest, of course, being one of the biggest conferences around, and the biggest if you work or live in the technology world. Although I’m not entirely without regret on missing the event (Austin is such a great city, after all), I am decided. In no particular order, here are the five main reasons I’m not … [Continue Reading...]
How to Start a Blog (The Complete Step-by-Step Guide)
{Want a PDF version of these instructions? Go here.} Last week, I asked you how I could be of help. Of the hundreds of responses I received, many of you said you were itching to learn how to start a successful blog. Starting a blog is one of the very best things that ever happened to me, and I love to share with folks why blogging is a great way to connect with others, build your platform, and change the world. Seven years … [Continue Reading...]
What the Most Successful People Do at Work
Laura Vanderkam has done it again. Vanderkam, author of books like 168 Hours: You Have More Time than You Think, has become a feature in my email inbox ever since I read ones of her books for the first time and started emailing her incessantly. (I tend to do that. I'm sure she's thrilled. Ha.) What I love about Vanderkam's writing is that it's smart, practical, and immediately applicable. It makes me think, and pushes me to change my life … [Continue Reading...]
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My Referral Key Experiment
It's been a few months since I first wrote about Referral Key, and the comments don't stop coming to that now-popular post. The Referral Key main guy (founder or ceo or something that escaped me) also weighed in with his highly unbiased opinion. Given the hubbub around this post, and the number of … [Continue...]
Buy Twitter for Good Today and Get Tons of Sparkly Goodies!
I know it by the angry emails with exclamation marks. Many of you have missed the 24-hour window for getting Twitter for Good for free on Amazon (and Barnes and Noble, Kobo, etc.). I'm sorry. I am. It was a great deal, but like all great deals it had to come to an end. Here's the … [Continue...]
Book Launches Are Better When Ellen Degeneres Shows Up
So, it's been a day. (And if you're still reading this on the night of Tuesday, 9/6, please know that the 24-hour kindle, nook and ebook downlaod will expire now. Moving forward we'll be breaking down the lists more to avoid oerlap.) There was my Washington Post article, the CBS' What's Trending … [Continue...]
Twitter for Good: Download Free for 24 Hours Only!
It's here, folks. The day I've been working my butt off for. To celebrate my book's launch, here's my big, bold surprise: For 24 hours only you can download the electronic version free on a number of platforms, including Barnes and Noble and Amazon (the two live with the promotion as of this … [Continue...]
Enter to Win Twitter for Good!
Did you miss the 24-hour giveaway for Twitter for Good? I'm giving away a bunch of copies! How to Win: Please leave one comment on this blog entry for each entry you do! {i.e. comment #1 "i subscribed." comment #2 "i followed you on … [Continue...]
Lessons from the Breakfast Buffet
This week, as our honeymoon wound to its sad conclusion, my husband and I had a discussion about what we learned about each other on this trip. He confided, with deep concern, that he had learned I eat breakfast like a dog. "I knew it, but I didn't really know [it]." He said. "Now I see." He was … [Continue...]
I Need Help. {Yes}
The honeymoon is over my friends, and I mean that literally. Last night, in our last vacation-filled night in Singapore, we passed a restaurant. With my poor eyesight intact, I commented, "PR to-go? That's a funny name for a restaurant." Dry as tonic, @argentinajose replied: "PREGO." Ah, … [Continue...]
Want to Interview Me About Twitter for Good?
Trolls aside, things are going well in my inbox this honeymoon. If "well" means hundreds and hundreds of solicited requests for advanced copies of Twitter for Good or information on the Twitter for Good Surprise Party (where you give free books to your friends). It's now time to throw another … [Continue...]
Why Would You Want to Give Twitter for Good Away Free? {Follow Up}
Within minutes of posting about how I have a surprise that will allow you to offer Twitter for Good for free to your blog, mailing list, or group, a lovely troll wrote me the following message: WHUT I WANNA KNOW IS WHY WUD I WANT2DO THIS? HUH? So, to make sure we’re on the same page here about … [Continue...]
