Filtering Out Facebook Noise

Filtering Out Facebook Noise

If you are overwhelmed by a steady stream of information about your friends’ activities related to Facebook games (Farmville, anyone?) or by multiple updates from friends you don’t know well, this tip may be very helpful to you. I hesitate to give detailed...
A Week of Organizing Online Contacts

A Week of Organizing Online Contacts

Not long ago, my friend Thabo asked me to write a post about using lists effectively on Twitter. As you grow your following and build more connections online, you have likely wondered: How can I keep up with all these connections? How do I read all these updates? How...
Four Tips about Blogging

Four Tips about Blogging

This week, I shared four tips about blogging. Your blog is a very important part of your business website. You can use your blog to share your expertise and keep customers up-to-date about new products and services. You can build relationships and community with the...
Start Again

Start Again

If you have a blog that you’ve been neglecting, my best advice is to start again. (What does a neglected blog look like, to you? Is it a blog that you haven’t updated in months, weeks, or days?) If you are blogging for business, frequently updating your...
Write a 12 Minute Blog Post

Write a 12 Minute Blog Post

Using your list of blog topics, generated yesterday, choose a topic for writing today. (Didn’t spend 12 minutes brainstorming yesterday? Do it now!) Today’s tip is designed to help you push past any resistance you have about blogging. Sometimes, starting a...