by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Apr 14, 2012 | Blogging
The worst thing to blog about is why you’re not blogging and/or why you haven’t blogged. {I bet you can guess what happens now.} Five (Great!) Reasons I Haven’t Blogged Much of Late I traveled to too many places in too short of time. On such travels...
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Feb 6, 2012 | Blogging
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...
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Jan 31, 2012 | Blogging
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...
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Jan 16, 2012 | Blogging, Books
As I’ve said before, for the last four (five?) years I’ve set a goal to read 100 books a year. In 2011, I hit the goal (yay!) and have finally gotten around to updating the final list. I’ve also started my new 2012 list here. (And, and as amazing new...
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Dec 27, 2011 | Blogging
I was futzing around with my new podcast today. Seeing how many people have downloaded it in its first month live, thinking about who I’m going to interview next, and moaning about the lack of podcast reviews on Itunes. To be clear, there are two reviews...
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Dec 15, 2011 | Blogging
In this post, you’ll learn how to use Storify. Theoretically, that is. This week, I had another of those conversations with social media people where I confess to not understanding what Storify is and how it works. The conversation went something like...