As authors and bloggers, we’re sold a bit of a lie, I think. It seems like many authors get the message, “Build up a huge Facebook following and you’ll sell a million books!” or, “Create an active Facebook Page to build up your traffic.” Unfortunately, I have seen this lead to an unacceptable (in my […]
Teaching Social Media Classes for Local Businesses – Type-A-Parent 2010 Conference Recap
Woefully late, I know but between traveling, school with kids and the hacked website, that’s just the way it is. Better late than never, don’t you think? These notes are from @RealLifeSarah‘s session at Type-A-Mom (Now Type-A-Parent) Blog Conference. Social Media 101 by Sarah Pinnix Learn about marketing! Meatball Sundae and UNMarketing are good resources. You […]
Turning One-Time Visitors into Loyal Returning Friends
You know how sometimes “real life” can teach you so much about business, marketing and things online? I had that experience recently when we signed our kids up for a Bible program called AWANA at a new church we had never visited before. Our first time there was to enroll the kids was on a […]
Improve Your Blog While Window Shopping – Day 13
Day 13 of Darren’s 31 Days to Build a Better Blog suggests a trip to mall for blog improvement. A trip to the mall? Really? Yes, really. Stepping away for a day can help clear your mind and refresh your purpose – not to mention keep your eyes from drying up and sticking to your […]
Worthy of Hire – Pay or No Pay for Bloggers?
“The laborer is worthy of his hire.” ~Luke 10:7 There has a lot of conversation in the past few months about blogging as a business and what bloggers can charge for various things. Whether they SHOULD charge for things. How much they should charge. Why some bloggers don’t make money and whether bloggers who “work […]
Leveraging Social Media to Market Your Business – Blissdom 2010 Session Notes
This Blissdom Blogging Conference Session was Saturday morning and taught by @JulieCole, @youcanmakethis, @LisaLeonard, @Dooblehvay, @KimbaASPTL, and @JesseKateDesign. 1- Build the buzz You want people to start talking about it now 2- Be Yourself Don’t be afraid to be imperfect – just be YOU 3- Be Specific Sign up for the newsletter; ASK FOR WHAT […]
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