Writing is tricky and delicate work. Sometimes all the ideas are there but the writing isn’t. When this happens, I usually seek some unconventional solutions to give me a boost, but they don’t always work. That’s when I turn to coercion tactics. You know—stuff that gets results but nobody really talks about how it’s done. […]
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Hi there, in case you haven’t heard, problogger John Chow and I will be hosting a free webinar next Tuesday at 4pm PDT called “How to Get Rich Famous with Your Blog.” Unlike what you might be thinking, this webinar isn’t about some secret ninja guru technique that’s going to transform your blog into a […]
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What do you think: is the Internet more about content or more about technology? So far, the answer is obvious. By taking a simplistic, macro view of the largest companies to dominate the computer and information age, you can easily conclude that it’s been about technology: Microsoft: make it easy to use computers Google: make […]
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After blogging for the past two and a half years, I now know that if it’s not feeling natural to you then you’re pretty much killing yourself. I speak from experience, of course. I lately find myself trying a little too hard to conjure up that perfect post. It’s as if my mind refuses to cooperate […]
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The amount of content on the web is now so abundant that it’s begging everyday users to jump in and start curating what they consume. One such service is paper.li, an online “newspaper” that anyone with a Facebook or Twitter account can plug in to. It gathers and sorts through the links shared in the […]
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