With the popularity of blogs as the new “online community driver” one might think that forums are a thing of the past. And indeed, you see much less discussion about forums these days than you might have a few years ago. (Although some more detailed research shows that there are tons of thriving communities out […]
Archives for July 2006
“Be Prepared for Anything” is a Big, Fat Lie. But…
Anyone who says, “we’re prepared for anything” is a big, fat liar. In business and in life, it’s impossible to be prepared for anything or everything that might happen. But, there are ways you can be more prepared than not. 5 Steps to Being Better Prepared Learn from your mistakes/failures. We all make mistakes, we […]
Winning Prizes or Donating to Charity, Which is Better?
At the beginning of June, I found GoodSearch. It’s a search engine that donates approximately 1 penny to the charity of your choice each time you run a search. The results are powered by Yahoo. I said I would use it for awhile to try it out and I’ve done that intermittently. It’s hard to […]
Crappy Customer Service is Too Common. There’s No Excuse For It.
If you don’t think great customer service is important for the success of your business you’re missing out. And that’s a polite way of saying it. The dryer in our home isn’t working very well. It hasn’t for quite some time. (Note: If you’re interested in buying my house don’t worry, the problem will be […]
A Blogging Lesson from Classic Rock Album Sides
During Tuesday’s open mic night at Successful Blog I got into a brief discussion with Christine Kane about creativity, blogging and BIC (Butt-in-Chair). It made me think about something CHOM – a Montreal classic rock radio station – does, which is to play full album sides without interruption. When they do it, they say say […]
5 Steps to Running a Contest Successfully
Running a contest for your website, blog, e-newsletter, etc. can be a great way to: * Increase awareness/buzz of your site/blog/etc. * Increase readership. * Network. The first two are obvious – a contest can help generate traffic, subscriptions, etc. And hopefully that increased awareness/buzz/readership helps you in other ways as well (increased business, new […]
You Can’t Force-Feed Productivity
My son went to bed at 8:14pm. My wife will be home at 9:30pm. That gives me 1 hour and 16 minutes to be productive. Now what? Well, I really really really want to: – Write a couple blog posts for the week. – Keep working on the new IGotNewsForYou site (to be launched soon) […]