Working the System vs Beating the System

One of my favourite bloggers is Seth Godin, I always find the time to read his posts.

Seth is a marketing mastermind, and while most of the topics he talks about are basic principles, they are things that many people get wrong and ones that we need to  be constantly reminded of as bad marketing [...] Continue Reading…

FriendFeed Rooms - Making a Better Forum

In the past couple of days FriendFeed have added ‘rooms’ to their service. Essentially a room is like a forum, except that you can manage it within your overall lifestream.

FriendFeed, for those who don’t know is a social media aggregator, it allows you to import all your social media feeds (blog RSS, twitter feed, [...] Continue Reading…

EntreCard - My experience so far

I’ve been on EntreCard, what - four days now. I’d hardly call myself an expert, but I’ve had a pretty good time playing around with it over the past few days and I thought I’d share my experiences with you and give you an idea of how I’m approaching it.

I’m not suggesting that what [...] Continue Reading…

Free EntreCard eBook + Link Multiple Blogs on your EntreCard Account

Ok, I’m new to EntreCard - you know that, but it seems like I’ve jumped in at the right time… they’ve just released a free 19 page eBook that details all the inside info from the basics of ‘getting started’, to advanced topics such as dropping strategies and reducing your bounce rate.

Admittedly, the advanced [...] Continue Reading…

Understanding the Blog Lifecycle - Getting Past the Barriers

I came across a good post today on Problogger, and it’s very pertinent to what we’re talking about here so I thought I’d share it with you and and expand on a couple of things in the off-chance that you don’t read Problogger and have missed it!

The Post is called ‘Understanding the Blog Lifecycle [...] Continue Reading…

How to Enable Email Subscriptions to your Blog

Most bloggers want their readers to subscribe to their content - the whole reason we do what we do is to be heard. Relying on our visitors to remember to check the blog for new content is far from ideal… no matter how much they like it, one day they will ‘forget’ and that [...] Continue Reading…

Following Conversations on Twitter - Changes to @ replies

One of the great things I like about Twitter is ‘overhearing’ conversations between people you follow, and others they are following - it’s a great way to find even more interesting people to follow.

Unfortunately the people at Twitter don’t seem to agree with me, a new update to their blog today: How @replies work [...] Continue Reading…

Don’t let your Blog become a Duck Pond

I was cleaning my pool today - it needed it.

The weather has turned cooler and maintenance has been non-existent for the last month or so. There was a thick layer of green sludge on the bottom, sticks and leaves floating on top, and for the last few weeks a family of ducks have decided [...] Continue Reading…

Offering Advertisers more than just Traffic?

One of the problems facing a new blog (if you’re looking to earn some money from it), is that it’s hard to sell advertising space if you don’t have any traffic. Makes sense right - advertisers want to gain exposure to your market and they want real traffic that will buy their products or [...] Continue Reading…

Tweeted Links - What do People Link to on Twitter?

So, what do people link to on Twitter? It’s a good question and one worth spending some time on.

I’ve got to admit, I’ve been paying a bit of attention to this lately - it’s an interesting exercise, watching the way different personalities interact on Twitter. I follow about 190 people, the majority bloggers, so [...] Continue Reading…