Archive for the ‘Blogging’ Category
Target to Bloggers: We don’t care about you.
January 17th, 2008Julia Roy reports today about Target and it’s big dis of bloggers. Apparently, some bloggers have written in to complain about what is seen as a suggestive ad by Target. Amy from ShapingYouth.org wrote to the company to complain. She received a response which included: “We are unable to respond to your inquiry because Target [...]
Tell Me Why Your Blog Should be on my Short List
December 12th, 2007My Google Reader feels like a yard that’s been overcome by large weeds and kudzu. I’m subscribed to alot of blogs in order to develop the weekly online quotes list. But this has had an unfortunate consequence – I don’t have time to participate in them all, and it’s a bit of killjoy for this [...]
Check out my guest post over at Copyblogger!
November 28th, 2007Today, Brian Clark @ Copyblogger published a guest post I wrote. Check it out: 5 Improvisational Acting Techniques That Will Make You a Better Blogger
StumbleUpon Traffic is Working for One of My Clients
November 5th, 2007I checked the stats of a client’s blog the other day and, not to my surprise, the blog received most of its referrals from StumbleUpon. But, unlike many sites that get large referrals from StumbleUpon, their traffic is sticking around. The average visitor spends over 3 minutes on the site, visiting more than 2 pages. [...]
12 Step Program for Overcoming Bad Blogger Relations
October 22nd, 2007Mark Goren at Transmission Marketing related a story about how little Spirit Airlines cares about its customers. Seems the CEO accidentally replied to all on a customer complaint, which eventually made its way to a blogger: “Please respond, Pasquale, but we owe him nothing as far as I’m concerned. Let him tell the world how [...]
Welcome, aimClear Readers!
October 16th, 2007I wrote a guest post for aimClear blog this week. It’s part of their coverage of SMX Social Media. Marty Weintraub is doing so awesome with his conference coverage that he’s adding guest bloggers to his team. I’m very honored that he asked me to participate! For regular Bold readers, check out the post here: [...]
Twenty-Three Tips to Help You Fake It Better
October 12th, 2007Recently, a blog in my newsreader has had a hard time of blending in its paid links. They’re so painfully obvious, my soul cringes. But instead of getting on a moral high horse, I’ve decided to help you bloggers who have a hard time blurring the lines of reality. Here are tips to help you [...]
3 Unfortunate Consequences of Poor RSS Feed Management
September 26th, 2007{insert obligatory introductory paragraph} 1. Readers will POOP on your Headlines-Only RSS Feeds. This renders your RSS Feed completely useless. It’s also false advertising to allow that cute little orange button announce to your tech-savvy users that you have a Feed. Oddly enough I only see this technique used on ultra-popular sites with large amounts [...]
Are you the Bruce Campbell of your Blogging Niche?
September 21st, 2007Bruce Campbell is a self-proclaimed B-list actor and one of the stars of the awesome show Burn Notice on USA Network. Bruce (can I call you Bruce?) knows his place in Hollywood and he seems to be perfectly fine with it. If you’re struggling with not making it onto some mainstream blogrolls, then take some [...]
