Technorati continues to ignore me. Last week I aired my frustration with Technorati — Instigator Blog is still not showing any updates on their site. That’s not quite true. It’s recording most of the links coming to Instigator Blog, but the blog’s ranking isn’t changing. I’ve emailed Technorati three times but I haven’t received any […]
Archives for September 2006
How to Build Strong Relationships with Your Customers
Treat them like people. Don’t think of a customer as a disconnected voice on the phone. Don’t think of a customer as a waste of time. Don’t think of a customer as a pain in the ass. Don’t think of a customer as an open checkbook. You will always have difficult, frustrating, stressful and downright […]
How to be an Effective Leader
You could try my old favorite — “Attila the Hun Management” — but I doubt you’ll get very far. Fear of torture and death typically don’t work well in an office setting. Not that I haven’t wanted to slap a couple of people in an iron maiden before, but it’s probably not the best approach. […]
How To Get Great Inbound Links and Connections Too
Blogs live and die by the number of great inbound links they have. An inbound link is very simply a link from another website or blog coming to your blog. Not all links are created equal. Some will be from junk sites, sblogs (spam blogs) or sites that have little to no relevance to your […]
How To Turn The Greatest Idea Ever Into Reality
Ideas are not worthless. Some will argue that an idea is worthless unless acted upon. That’s silly, because ideas do a lot for us in terms of creativity, communication and spawning new ideas. Having said that, when we hit upon an idea that we think is absolutely golden, we want to see it come to […]
How To Week at Instigator Blog – Inspired by Darren Rowse at ProBlogger
Every so often Darren Rowse at ProBlogger runs a group writing project. Lately, he’s been getting some very nice prizes donated from people. This week’s group writing project is all about “how to” blog posts — posts that provide instructions, advice and step-by-step help. The posts can be on any topic, so it’s flexible enough […]
Get Organized With The Great Big Small Business Show Podcast!
The Great Big Small Business Show is a weekly podcast on small business. It’s done by a group of contributors, each recording a 3-5 minute segment on a specific topic (although there’s some deviation from time-to-time.) The format is great — you get a 20+ minute show chock full of small snippets of “to-the-point” info. […]
Abandoned by Technorati
I know Technorati indexes millions of blogs. I know they’re very busy and I’ve even heard that they’re having major technical problems … which no doubt leads to many sleepless nights for them. Fair enough, but that doesn’t help me. When I moved over my business-related content from IGotNewsForYou I claimed this new blog immediately. […]
A Comparison Guide to Blogging Platforms by Wendy Piersall
This is too good a resource not to link to. Wendy Piersall runs the site eMoms at Home. It’s a great site/blog for stay-at-home entrepreneur moms, but there’s plenty for those of us who don’t fit that bill. Her comparison guide on blogging platforms is one such example. Take a look here. Wendy’s reviewed 7 […]
1 Bonus Benefit of Having a Mission Statement
In a moment of stunning revelation, Jerry Seinfeld says in an episode to Elaine, “Sex to save the friendship. If we have to, we have to!” Somehow this pops into my mind when I think about mission statements and tasks we don’t want to do. I’m clearly deprived in a number of areas in my […]