Posted by Laura on January 20th, 2009 at 3:24pm
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 [...]
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Posted by Laura on January 1st, 2009 at 6:00am
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 [...]
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Posted by Laura on December 16th, 2008 at 6:00am
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 [...]
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Posted by Laura on December 9th, 2008 at 6:00am
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. [...]
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Posted by Laura on December 2nd, 2008 at 6:00am
If you’re thinking about starting a blog–or enhancing the blog you already write–consider micro-blogging. Because micro-blogging services such as Twitter allow you only 140 characters per post, “tweeting” is a great way to practice writing tight and writing for a responsive audience.
But before you begin tweeting, you need to set goals for how Twitter will [...]
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Posted by Jim on November 19th, 2008 at 11:00am
Politics and religion. The two subjects you’re not supposed to ask about.
I blow it on both counts. I continually ask people about their spiritual and political beliefs.
Why? The very reason you’re not supposed to ask. People usually have passionate feelings about both subjects—witness Laura’s Nov 18th post about the raving Twitter woman—and I’m fascinated with [...]
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Posted by Laura on November 18th, 2008 at 6:00am
In the aftermath of Barack Obama winning the U.S. presidency, a woman we formerly followed on Twitter posted a series of tearful tweets declaring, “The U.S. is doomed…there’s no hope left.”
She predicted Obama will personally be responsible for outlawing home schooling. When that happens, her teenage daughter will be forced into the evil public school [...]
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Posted by Laura on July 28th, 2008 at 7:19am
Student athletes at universities around the U.S. will think twice before posting questionable material to their Facebook and MySpace accounts. Many universities are monitoring their athletes’ use of social networking sites.
At the University of Iowa, for instance, a monitoring program goes into effect Friday. Student leaders will monitor the profiles for members of their team. [...]
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Posted by Laura on June 24th, 2008 at 1:00am
Do you have a child aged 0-5? If so, does the apple of your eye have his or her own social networking Web page?
No? Well, you’d better get right on it before your infant or toddler labels you hopelessly old-fashioned and un-cool.
Yes, it’s true. TotSpot debuts today. Your young ’un can have her own free [...]
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