‘Fess up. You like getting free stuff, don’t you?
Me too. In fact, I have yet to meet someone who doesn‘t like getting freebies.
That’s why, in our blogging partnerships with trade show and event producers, we encourage our clients to give away several tickets to the event in exchange for guest blog posts.
It’s a win-win for [...]
If you’ve never attended a writers’ conference (or even if you have), you’ll want to check out a terrific resource. The Florida Christian Writers’ Conference blog (which we manage) serves up tips & advice from a variety of editors, agents, and freelance writers.
Here are links to this week’s articles:
Quotable Quote: Move from wanna-be writer to [...]
We’re pleased to announce that we launched a blog for the Florida Christian Writers’ Conference today.
Held at the Lake Yale Conference Center near Orlando, the four-day conference is one of the premier writers’ conferences in the U.S. More than 40 publishers and publications are represented, plus 34 freelance writers and three keynoters: Davis Bunn, [...]
I often bookmark helpful articles about blogging, marketing, and writing on Delicious.
Here’s a bit about several I have bookmarked lately:
The Ultimate Small Business Twitter List
Anita Campbell of Small Business Trends provides lotsa links of folks who address small business issues on Twitter.
Press Releases Are Useless
In this opinion article, Penny Sansevieri explains why she thinks crafting [...]
We asked our Twitter followers to share things that irritate them about blogs, blogging, and bloggers:
@couponbiz
I don’t like when blogs have no “Follow this Blog” button! So many blogs if I find a good one I need it on my list!
@juliebonnheath & Marketing Jewels blog
Blog spam. If you want a link, at least pretend you [...]
Like practically everyone else in cyberspace, we’ve been tweeting on Twitter for several months at https://twitter.com/HeBlogsSheBlogs.
Here are our reflections about what we’ve been learning (we invite you to post the links on your own site):
Six Ways Twitter Will Help You Promote Your Writing
http://heblogssheblogs.com/twitter-goal-setting/
To Twitter or to Blog? That is the Question.
http://heblogssheblogs.com/twitterorblog/
Tips for Building [...]
Here are eight of our most popular articles about blogging from 2008 (feel free to re-post on your own blog):
8 Reasons NOT to Blog
http://heblogssheblogs.com/8-reasons-not-to-blog/
10 Good Reasons to Blog
http://heblogssheblogs.com/10-good-reasons-to-blog/
Essential Blog Design Tips
http://heblogssheblogs.com/blog-design-tips/
How to Plan and Launch a Blog Tour
http://heblogssheblogs.com/blog-tours/
10 Commandments for Christian Bloggers
http://heblogssheblogs.com/blogging10commandments/
Tips for Treating Your Blog as a Business
http://heblogssheblogs.com/businessblogging/
How to Create a Hyperlink [...]
Last week we discussed Amazon’s “Frustration-Free Packaging,” a plain brown box that replaces that irritating clamshell packaging most parents hate.
We asked:
Where do you see clamshell packaging on the Internet?
Laura says:
When I apply the clamshell packaging concept to Web sites and blogs, I immediately think of sites with black (or dark) backgrounds and white (or light) [...]
Blogs. Web sites. Social Networking.
When you ponder the plethora of the online venues from which you can promote your products and services, it’s hard to know where to start.
Prospective customers need 8-to-10 “touches” from you before they remember you or your brand. Cyberspace is a great place to reach out and touch someone. NOW is [...]
By Susan Helene Gottfried
Guest Columnist
Like many new bloggers, I flailed during the first few months of the life of my blog, West of Mars — the Meet and Greet. I would surf other blogs, find ones I liked and leave a comment, hoping they would reciprocate.
Sometimes, I made a new friend. Most times, I didn’t. [...]