I’m having a bit of a tough time with the direction of my blog, mostly because as of late I’ve started exploring a whole new world of blogging and have fallen into the trap of comparing my blog to other’s. Ever since I joined the Blogging Authority Forum when a whole “pack” of us joined from Twitter, Read more »

For my first client who has decided to start blogging:

A great article on establishing the voice of a blog here.

More on what a blog is here.

Blogging ideas and establishing yourself as the go-to person in your market here.

Enjoy and good luck!

Rumoured to be the origin of the word “spam” - unsolicited emails, comments, etc. on the internet, the bane of the web - I found the following clip of a Monty Python skit on a great website today: www.SuccessCREEations.com

My kids came rushing over to see why I proclaimed “Holy Moly!” at 7:30am this morning, and I showed on my statistics page on the back-end of my website that I got 503 unique visitors to my site yesterday! My 5yo didn’t care much and my 8 year old was impressed for 15 seconds but they were both much more eager to see if they won the toys they bid on from ebay last night.

It’s really quite incredible to me and not because all of a sudden I got a ton of business from this - I did not - but it’s the way in which it happened and proof of the power of networking on the net. And it was just from a nice guy I met on Twitter who stumbled my blog post from yesterday.

It happened to my dad’s blog after he was featured on CBC’s Compass, their national website and radio show. A tipping point.

The question is, how do you sustain that volume of traffic. Today my blog is back to the normal numbers. I have a few ideas that I’m going to spend some time cultivating so that my wonderful clients benefit!!

This is such a great post with beautiful pictures and spot-on attributes from Darren Rowse of the ProBlogger.net website. I have to share! I love this quote and it’s truly the reason I’m a maven:

“What sets Mavens apart, though, is not so much what they know but how they pass it along. The fact that Mavens want to help, for no other reason than because they like to help, turns out to be an awfully effective way of getting someone’s attention.” Malcolm Gladwell (Tipping Point).

Written on May 20th, 2008 at 05:05 am by Darren Rowse: Read more »

         

Please forgive the title. Twitter has forced me to try and be witty in 140 characters or less - it occurred to me while driving today.

As per usual it was my witty and clever VA who told me to join Twitter. I did and less than a week later I am beginning to realize the potential of this social networking tool. I’ve actually graduated to using twhril to post my Twitter updates and am now hopefully looked upon as not so much of a newbie/rookie anymore. Read more »

From the Google Tech Talk series and although an overt oxymoron - why not cuddle up with your laptop and watch this great talk.

Speaker: Soren Gordhamer
Soren Gordhamer is an entrepreneur, author, and techie who explores the promises and pitfalls of living networked and connected in the technology age. He is the author of the forthcoming book, Wisdom 2.0: Stress Relief for the Creative and Constantly Connected to be published by Harper One in 2009. The book provides effective, time-tested tools and approaches for reducing stress and engaging the creative mind in this technology-rich world of emails, social networks, and cell phones.

I love, love, love the Globe and Mail for posting this article AND all of the related articles on the right hand side of the page.

Please, please, please Friends of mine - especially my fine female friends - START taking vitamin D if you’re not already.

My friends who died of breast cancer were not taking it. My friend who is fighting breast cancer and who is gong to beat it IS. High doses. Read more »

I went to a seminar yesterday by Gair Maxwell, put on by the Charlottetown Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by the Property Guys, called the Branded Networker. I thought he displayed a diverse and interesting array of business acumen during his presentation and the satisfaction that he derives from helping businesses with their brands was clear.

A breakthrough moment occurred for me when Gair asked what the word listen really means and put on a recording of The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkle… the answer - SILENT - which is listen spelled in a different way.

He covered everything from basic marketing concepts and classic books such as: Read more »

Sent to me by my friend today:

For over 7 years, Regina Brett was a columnist at The Beacon Journal in Akron, Ohio . During that time, she was diagnosed and successfully treated for breast cancer. Regina is now a columnist for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio . Her column runs on Sunday, Wednesday and Friday.

Lessons in Life, By Regina Brett

To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most requested column I ‘ve ever written.

My odometer rolls over to 50 this week, so here’s an update:

1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good. Read more »