Month: March 2010


Will Readers Embrace the Vook?

Vook offers an enhanced, alternative reading experience by publishing books combined with videos into desktop and iPhone applications called Vooks. Sounds simple enough, but what do readers think? So far I’ve downloaded two Vooks and I’m mostly impressed with what I see. There are a few areas for growth, which I’ll get into. First, the […]

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Why You’ll Never Get Rich Blogging

I concede: I will never get rich blogging and I don’t recommend you try it, either. It worked well for some people at the right time, but it’s not ever going to work for me…and likely you. The reason why is because blogging for money tends to evaporate creativity and the Linchpin. The majority of […]

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Linchpin Book Review: The Pursuit of Indispensable

Seth Godin’s latest book, Linchpin, gets right to the heart of the matter with this question: Are You Indispensable? The essence is this: Within each of us is a brilliant and generous artist, but fear and social conditioning stops us from realizing it. Linchpin challenges us to identify and overcome this resistance by pursuing the virtue of […]

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Scribe SEO Review: How a Little SEO Goes a Long Way

Scribe SEO is a paid WordPress plugin with a catchy name that helps your content rank higher in search engine results. With a click of a button, your content is analyzed and given a score based on its structure and keyword density. If your score is less than 100%, Scribe will tell you exactly what […]

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5 Gentle SEO Tips for Creative Writers

For the sake of clarity, the term “creative writer” in this article refers to anyone who considers their writing a gift of art long before it serves a function of marketing. Not everyone who blogs or writes online is trying to get a sales lead or talk about their business. And not everyone who reads online is […]

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