Yes, I did say ‘pitchman’, but really- you are a salesman of your blog even if you are not selling anything for cash. You are trying to connect and influencing people whether outside or inside your expertise. Like Billy Mays was, he was confident in his products and with his loud voice and knack for
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Blogging and Social Identities: Make Yourself Available
With the increasing number of comments I have seen on my site, I am alarmed at the number of people who have not plugged into handy tools that I have blogged about, especially people I know to have businesses. One of the big ones is Gravatar. Gravatar allows you to sign up for free and
[Continue Reading...]The Power of Social Media & Michael Jackson
With the passing of Michael Jackson in mid 2009, there has been an amazing thing. People are showing their concerns for Michael Jackson and spreading news via Twitter, Facebook, blogs, normal online news sites, and more. Of course, Michael Jackson has always been someone to talk about. He was a very influential man within pop
[Continue Reading...]SOB – Successful and Outstanding Blogger
I recently saw in my blog links that Liz Strauss had linked back from her site Successful Blog, to my site and when I followed to see, I found that she had picked me for a SOB – Successful and Outstanding Blogger. I was really surprised as it has been a while since I have
[Continue Reading...]Facebook Username Ordeal Analogy
I just had to say it. I already said it on Twitter, but this whole big deal with Facebook coming out with usernames was really dumb. There was so much hype into it that I felt like people would be seriously worried about their username being taken. It kind of sounds like when you hear
[Continue Reading...]A Nifty SEO Story
If you look up the term ‘#1 douchebag‘ in Google, you will find that Micah Baldwin (@micah on Twitter) holds that spot. This is because he asked people to link to him using that term as an anchor link. Some people would probably shake their head, but after hearing his presentation at WordCamp Chicago 2009,
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