Archive for May, 2008

Sun CEO on Communication through Blogging

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz gave a great keynote interview at the Web 2.0 Expo last month. He was interviewed by Tim O’Reilly. The 30 minute-plus interview covered a wide range of fascinating business- and technology-related topics, not the least of which was business blogging. The first five minutes after the introduction concentrate specifically on […]

Brand Yourself on Your Blog, in Your Feed, with a Photo and Sig Line

Friday, May 16th, 2008

In my blog post about the importance of your avatar in social media marketing, I included my headshot photo to show folks what I use as my avatar on social media sites:

Seeing this in my post gave one of my readers, Dave Dugdale, the idea to append his photo to the end of posts on […]

Secrets to Success - What Are Yours?

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Everyone has secrets to their success. It’s what makes them tick and it’s what makes them get things done. I’d love to share with you the secrets to success that I have found and would love to hear about yours.
I think that regardless of what we do in business, be it blogging, administration, bookkeeping, […]

Five More Reasons You Need to Start Blogging Today

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Back in December of 2007, I decided that I wanted to try something new and fresh with my website. I was also getting tired of the standard websites with their uniform look and I didn’t really feel like I was getting any benefit from it. So, I did a bit of research and decided that […]

Using Your Feed Reader to Generate More Traffic and New Business

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Feed readers are tools that keep track of the blogs you have interest in. You may use your feed reader to keep track of competitor’s blogs or blogs that will notify you of trends or important news. Whichever blogs you choose to add, there are some great ways that you can make use […]