A new colleague of mine hesitantly sent me a link to a hilarious video from the ellen show. She presented it cautiously, perhaps not wanting to offend me. After all, we are still in those early stages of working together when you feel that you might too easily say or do the wrong thing and damage the relationship. If this had come to me through Facebook, I would...
Read MoreA would-be blogger recently wrote in with a concern about whether in blogging he might give too much away. He wondered whether clients would call him to do the work if he showed them how through great tips and hints on his blog. This is a brilliant question and one that is worth thinking through as you set up a blog. Can you give away too much? Should you protect...
Read MoreLesson for the day (following random maze photo posted on its lonesome by mistake): Some generous people have made their images available for free use under certain conditions through creative commons. You can find them though flikr. You can search for an image that fits your blog and post it directly from their site. It’s simple, and yet it’s not. You...
Read MoreAn interesting aspect of blogging is the community that emerges. In some cases, bloggers come to personally know each other as they share posts and comments. In other cases, it’s a looser community without those ties but still an emotional connection from having gotten to see the blogger’s life unfold. So it was with shock and great sadness that I...
Read MoreI had the privilege this morning of talking to an interesting group of business owners, authors and non profit organizers at the Enterprise Center at Salem State about one of my favorite topics: building better blogs. I was impressed with the caliber of ideas coming out of the audience and I’m hoping both for your sake and mine that they come to fruition....
Read MoreHow do you change the world if you are just 11 years old and you have to study for MCAS while preparing for your end of the year dance recital in between walking the dogs and emptying the dishwasher? Maybe it’s impossible, but I work with a group of 15 Girl Scouts who refuse to believe that and now they have the blog to prove it. At the beginning of this year,...
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