Trust Agents by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith, a Book Review
A review of Trust Agents by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith.
Why use a screen name?
Why use a screen name? Screen name – good idea, or no? I was inspired by this post in Angela Connor‘s blog. If you don’t know Angela Connor, I urge you to check her out; her blog is extremely insightful and is still one of my favorites. Her ideas make a great deal of sense, […]
Time-saving Tips from the Angels at HootSuite
Time-saving Tips from the Angels at HootSuite Time-saving Tips? Sign me up! Everybody’s busy. Here are some time-saving tips from the angels at HootSuite. Everybody’s got a lot on their plate. Not to worry. HootSuite to the rescue, to help you manage all of those little social media bits and bobs that we all deal […]
Community Management – Snakes in the Garden
A continuing primer on Community Management. This post focuses on spammers and forum trolls.
The Conquest of LinkedIn – Your Profile Page
Fixing up your profile page, and populating it with a Twitter stream and blog summaries.
Community Management Tidbits – The Circle Game
The usage cycle, and the conclusion, of Community Management tips.
Pulling Together a Plot and Outlining a Novel Using a Starburst Method
Starburst Method for Writing a Novel Starburst Method? What is it? I’ve found it helps to consider some scenes. Not to write them. You may even want to role play them. And consider, e. g. when, say, a main character named Jennifer reveals she’s a zombie (or whatever your story is about), then there has […]
Your elevator pitch
Your elevator pitch We have all heard of what an elevator pitch is. It seems like it is the kind of stuff for overly eager new sales associates looking to make an impression on the big boss between floors. But there is more to it than that. Someone has just turned to you and said, […]
Writing – Starting a piece
Background – Starting a Piece Starting can be fraught with stress and worry. You can, at times, wonder if what you’re doing is worthwhile at all. But don’t worry; it is. One year I created a kind of web. I had the main character and put her name in a circle on paper. Then I […]