Month: October 2010


7 Deep Thoughts on Blogging Everyday

Today I’m right at the halfway point of my month-long “blog everyday” experiment, and I can’t help but declare how difficult this is. Here’s are some deep but off-the-cuff thoughts on what it feels like to blog every day: The Not So Good 1. My post quality has declined. By far this is the toughest reality. […]

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Writers Aren’t Wired for Marketing

I don’t know about you, but I love words. I love poetry and literature and great letters. I loved being an English major in college. And I’ve always considered myself a writer and editor before anything else. It’s been that way long before the internet existed. But I also love the times we’re in, when an average person like […]

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Poll: What Matters to You in a Blogger?

I’m ultra curious to know what really keeps readers loyal to a certain blogger. Do you mind taking this quick survey? You can only choose your top 2 answers. Be sure to share it with your friends, too. Thanks! I will talk about the results of this poll in a future blog post. [polldaddy poll=3920452]

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Are You Balanced Enough to Succeed?

Take a quick break from your work, your rules, your tools, your systems. How do you feel about your success? When I pause to consider, the word balance comes to mind. Hawaiians use the word pono, which means doing what you know to be right in thought and procedure. Pono is a good concept to […]

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Should You Blog Everyday?

The answer is yes. If you really want to get better at blogging, I recommend you try blogging once a day, 5 days a week for 1 month. Right now I’m at the very start of my second week of daily blogging. Because I’ve never done this before, it’s been very difficult to keep up […]

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