If you’d asked me at the beginning of this year – what do you think of Twitter? My answer would have been… “Twitter, Twatter, Schmitter, Schmatter – what a complete waste of time!” I thought it was just for kids or people that wanted to play at business, had too much time on their hands and nothing better to do – I was seriously cynical to put it mildly.
And… what on earth has that got to do with business? Let me explain.
There’s a fabulous story which I was reminded of recently by Gill Fielding at an EBA event in London, Gill asked the question; “Why can’t men pee straight?” You may or may not have heard the story, it involves the mens toilets in Schiphol airport, Amsterdam… I promise this story is going somewhere and has relevance to a business blog.
Initially I passed on this contest. I didn't think I had a thing to write that would interest anyone. Imagine my surprise when I realized just how much I was really getting out of this blogging site!
In the context of a recent spate of posts about social media experts and their titles, I explain the name of my blog and try to give some rationale for why I chose the title "Social Media Wannabe."
I'd love to get feedback on the whole phenomena of social media experts and will be looking foward to checking out others talking about the same subject.
If you follow me and have a blog, chances are I follow you back and try hard to comment on posts that you make... because I love knowing more about you, keeping up with recipes, your kids, the family drama, the pets etc... and I also try to enter your giveaways and contests when it's a product or service that I could really use... I also am one of those people who actually read product and book reviews regularly - because I know that honest, well thought out opinions will help me be a better consumer and a better shopper...
If you think about blogging, and the reasons why people give it up, you can start to see that blogging is really a community thing and without community, it starts to get pointless, lonely, and feels like a waste of time.
This is the same for both business and personal blogs.
This topic generated a lot of interest on my blog and it's a great one to get people talking. Suggestions for developing the conversation:
Too many people are taking the idea of "fake it 'til you make it" to extremes, and doing harm to themselves and others along the way. Is it time to reconsider the wisdom of this philosophy? And is there an alternative to "faking it"? Join in the debate at the Motivation 101 Blog!
how do you communicate the “essence of you” online? your online identity becomes the sum total of the information you share online. sharing information, forming relationships, and allowing your personality to show through creates an interesting & authoritative online persona that can truly market your business and grow your network.
One topic that bloggers and webmasters always seem to debate about is Alexa ranking. In case you do not know what Alexa ranking is, it is a ranking system that is based on traffic to your site. I relate it to the Nielsen ratings for TV. Alexa makes their determinates by looking at traffic from those users that have the Alexa toolbar installed. Many folks in the web world will make a judegement that the lower your Alexa scorte, the better your site. For example, Google has an Alexa ranking of 1. It seems that bloggers are split right down the middle with s
If there was a class on procrastination – I would get an A+. Currently, through my five years of university thus far, I have learned how to write an essay, how to study, but most of all, amazing ways to procrastinate!
Procrastination is often thought of as being a bad thing; however, in reality, this is not the case. If you procrastinate the right way, it can help you get your schoolwork done and improve the quality of your life.
It’s not like you need any help, but just in case you’re struggling, I have decided to share some of the best ways to procrastinate.
Recently, Darren Rowse from Problogger.net put up a challenge for bloggers.
It's pretty simple:
Write about 7 links you want to share with other bloggers, one of which links out elsewhere and if you want, you can talk about the links you've chosen. Add a little summary for each.
Here's what the 7 link challenge asks:
1. Your first post
2. A post you enjoyed writing the most
3. A post which had a great discussion
4. A post on someone else's blog that you'd wish you'd written
Let's face it, it is sometimes draining to come up with unique content and promote your blog day in and day out. In this post, you will discover some tips and inspiration and learn how to handle the problem of being tapped out of blogging inspiration.
We have all been there, go ahead and write about your experiences.
Those of us who are active in Social Media realize it's value as both a new form of expression and as a new form of promotion.
But many local businesses still don't "get it". They don't understand the whole social media phenomenon and are skeptical that it has anything to offer their local business.
But can social media be an effective advertising, marketing or sales tool for local business? How have YOU used social media to boost local business?
You may or may not have heard that in order to “make it big” in blogging, you must define yourself in one particular niche. That is, your content should be focused on one major category or variety of sub-categories that more or less all relate to a single topic of interest.
You may or may not have heard that in order to “make it big” in blogging, you must define yourself in one particular niche. That is, your content should be focused on one major category or variety of sub-categories that more or less all relate to a single topic of interest.
A few weeks ago I was doing a spot of, what could loosely be called, 'research' for the Mowgli Foundation. It's purpose was to find out whether I could engage online with business development organisations based in the Middle East with a view to them becoming partners of the Charity in the long term.
It's true, guest posting really is one of the best ways to promote your blog. Guest posting has created opportunities for me that would've otherwise been impossible. I've been able to network with people from all over the world, something I couldn't even fathom a little over a year ago. So with guest posting being all the rave, how could there be a downside?
Most bloggers tend to write very serious blog posts. That is good as many people are reading blogs to learn new things. But I feel it can be too serious to only write about serious topics. Once in a while it could be a good idea to mix it up and do something more humorous. What is your view on this?
After writing a post on Scribe SEO, I've got an email from a reader about the balance between writing mechanically 100% SEO correct blog posts vs writing more human and more authentic blog posts? What do you think? How do you write your posts?
I love The View. I gave birth during The View. How many people can say that? The View is the ONE daytime show I will allow myself to watch and it's only because I feel I get an equal amount of celebrity gossip and fluff, and up-to-the-minute current events.
Alright folks, I am test driving a new feature here on the blog, which I hope benefits all of my readers here! The feature is called Ask Me, where I humbly subject myself to all kinds of crazy (and hopefully a few sane) questions of whatever springs into your lovely little heads. Here’s how it’s gonna work.
I’d like to Seed the first in a series of blog posts about marketing your blog more effectively.
The blog post I have written is all about how SEO and more specifically, Link Building can help you get more traffic.
It also discusses why writing content that is designed to make others want to link to you is a powerful link building strategy. It even suggests the type of content that may attract links.
Know you need to utilize social media for business or personal use and just not sure where to start? This blog is about sharing usable information to help you navigate your way through social media. This specific blog post is part 1 of a series on online conduct. Online conduct being the way you or someone on behalf of a company should act and react when using social media. Getting down to basic, almost common sense topics, the blog is designed to help beginners and give experts a new viewpoint and a few tips they might not otherwise have known.
I just published a great guest post on my blog about blogging tips for new bloggers . The blog post has 5 great tips. As we were all new bloggers at some point, I am sure we can all add and relate to this post. What tips would you ad?
