Presenter: Brian Clark, Copyblogger and http://www.lateracation coming summer 2008 About the SOBCon08 notes series . . . On May 2-4, Liz Strauss hosted SOBCon08: Biz School for Bloggers in Chicago. During the sessions, I typed notes to share with you. To presenters and attendees: please feel free to clarify and […]
Yearly Archives: 2008
About the SOBCon08 notes series . . . On May 2-4, Liz Strauss hosted SOBCon08: Biz School for Bloggers in Chicago. During the sessions, I typed notes to share with you. To presenters and attendees: please feel free to clarify and comment. Starting today, I will share notes from each […]
In 2007, I wrote a post about the top 10 ways to quickly become a subject matter expert using LinkedIn. I entered a contest and I won a free trip to BlogWorld! Written in 2007, this is one of my most popular posts by far, [thanks for the inspiration and […]
Take a look at this picture I snapped in the Morton Arboretum’s Daffodil Glade last Friday. You can see there is beauty in one flower, but there is pure power in bunches. That’s also true with news releases: write one about you and you get all the attention, or you […]
In thinking about how we write and distribute optimized press releases – every time – for our clients, I decided to share the same strategies with you. What Makes Writing Online Press Releases Different One of the big differences between releasing a news story online and sending a press release […]
Liz Strauss is hosting a big event this weekend in Chicago called SOBCon – Biz School for Bloggers. For a few weeks now, the attendees have been talking to each other on twitter, updating statuses on the event wiki, checking out the event’s Facebook site and commenting back and forth […]
Let’s just say it’s hard, if not impossible, to get into my book group. When we moved to town, it took me three years to get an invitation. It’s not that I didn’t try. I did. There were no openings. But, I did have one qualification in my favor: I […]
For Caroline*, a young lady I know, getting cast in her first role in a major production was exhilarating. [*names changed, all stories true] How exciting it would be to be act with of a professional cast of characters! Never mind that Caroline’s role called for her to be […]
Here’s how this blog works best: I write the posts. You read the posts and contribute to the conversation. We test the posts. We report results. Today, I’ll go first. A few days ago I wrote about how to find marketing funding. Thanks to Chris Brown for picking it up […]
It’s seminar season. Isn’t it always? You’re being invited to all kinds of places to learn from experts about how to make “it.” What seminars are your going to in 2008? There was a time – two years ago – when I was so swayed by the promises and offers […]