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The Line between Work and Play
My friend and colleague Jane Veldhoven posted a blog today about the time management challenges attached to social media. From that perspective, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, etc. are definitely the culprits in stealing our time. It’s where the line between work and play overlap. We can spend hours … Keep reading…
Increase your Blog Readership on Linked In
Put your most recent blog posts on your Linked In profile using either of these applications: They will display the title and first paragraph of your most recent blog post on your Linked In profile. Find these apps: from the Linked In main menu choose … Keep reading…
Do you only have one spare minute? Invest it wisely on Linked In.
Stay front of mind by updating your status on Linked In frequently. Updates are the first thing that pops up on the Linked In home page for all of your contacts. If your contacts are also clients and prospects, it’s an easy way to remind … Keep reading…
Reducing the Noise
One problem with the current social media soup is the high noise to relevant signal ratio. The most effective way to deal with this problem is to find accepted and popular experts in your field of interest and subscribe to their feeds. This will lead you to … Keep reading…
Is Your Blog Browse Friendly?
Some of you may be blogging to drive readers to a target post of the day but for those of you blogging to have your readers browse your blog much like a magazine, you will want to make sure you are making full use of tags or … Keep reading…
What’s your Word Count?
How long should a blog post be? It’s a common question that has no definitive answer. Some experts recommend keeping your posts under 800 words and others, under 500. One thing we all seem to agree on is that you have a brief moment to capture the … Keep reading…
Breaking Routine
A routine is not necessarily a bad thing but if blogging topics have become routine for you, chances are that your audience feels the same. One way to break the routine is to put very short survey questions on your blog asking your readers what … Keep reading…
Remember Your Audience
Keeping blog content relevant to your target reader is a key factor in blog success but can easily get lost in our rush to get everything done. One way to slow down and remember your audience is to sit quietly at your keyboard for even … Keep reading…
What’s being said about you online?
An easy way to monitor your online reputation is to set up a Google Alert. It’s quick and free. Follow this link www.google.ca/alerts and enter your full name with quotation marks around it – like “Linda Daley”. It’s a good idea to set one up with your … Keep reading…
Can Iceland’s Volcano Drive Blog Traffic?
One way to drive traffic to your blog is to use current popular news stories as a jump off point to hook your audience. Readers often search current news stories and, if your post headline contains one of them, the same thought process will have … Keep reading…
Blog Posting Frequency
There are many reasons to blog for business so it is important to determine what your goals are with a business blog. A blog is the same as any other business process. You need to determine your end goal and plan a strategy that gets you there. … Keep reading…
Search for the Best Blog
Although I’ve set up the odd blog for other people, I’ve never really considered having one myself… until 2 days ago. My friend, Danielle, convinced me to contribute to a ‘photo a day’ blog. In 2 days, we’ve explored WordPress, Tumblr and Blogger, but ended … Keep reading…