What I Learned From Taking a Blogging Break
I’ve really backed away from blogging in the past several months. The reason? Quite frankly, I felt that I had run out of things to say. Pair that with being overloaded with other projects, including writing projects, and I guess I just wandered away from it. For me, it was a healthy break, something that I […]
Play Me a Rock ‘N Roll Song: What Valdy Knows About His Audience
If you’re Canadian, and you grew up in the 60s and 70s, chances are you’ve heard of Valdy. He’s one of the most well-known folk singers in Canada, and is famous for his hit song “Play Me a Rock ‘N Roll Song”. Here it is, have a listen. It’s okay, I’ll wait. Notice what he […]
Getting Personal: Is it Necessary for a Successful Online Presence?
As a teacher of all things digital media and marketing, I often talk with people who are just starting out in the online world. Maybe they are getting into things like blogging, Twitter and Facebook because of their job, or maybe they are doing it for personal reasons. Either way, one question comes up more […]
Fighting for Attention
The Web is a noisy place of 24/7 conversation. It’s at once exciting, inspiring, emotional and sometimes quite confusing. It’s never silent. And if you’re in the middle of the noise, it can be extremely challenging to not only get, but to maintain attention. Many companies and individuals are attempting to use digital marketing strategies […]
How To Be More Memorable
Let’s face it. If you’re participating at all in the online space, be it through Twitter, Facebook, Google +, or a blog – at some point, you just want to be noticed. While it’s true that I write for myself first, I’d be lying if I said I don’t care if anyone reads it or […]
Finding Your Voice
My Grade 12 music teacher, Mr. G., believed that everyone has the ability to sing, they just need to find their voice. And you know what? The same can be said about blogging, podcasting, tweeting, and, well, just about anything to do with communicating online. When we are first starting out around here, we feel […]
The Grand Experiment of Blogging
This morning, Mark Blevis wrote a free-form blog post, because he was encouraged by Chris Brogan to do so. My smart friends have motivated me to finally come out and do what I’ve needed to do for a while. It might be a clunker, it might be imperfect, but I need to say it, so […]
One Simple Thing that Will Improve Your Content Today
On an average day, I probably skim through about 200 web sites. Most of these I subscribe to in my Google Reader, so that I can quickly scan the headlines and in some cases, the first bits of content for items of interest. Of those 200 items, I probably scan the body content of about […]
Blogger Guilt
I haven’t been blogging here as much as I usually do. It’s a combination of factors. Work has me writing more right now than I’ve ever written. I’m also blogging over at Thoughtwrestling, and doing more stuff over at Jester Creative’s blog too. I’m writing content for clients, proposals, scripts – you name it. Many […]
Making Space in my Brain
I’m not blogging much. It’s not because I don’t want to, it’s because I’ve discovered that my brain, though very capable at multitasking most things in my life, is only good at so many things at once. For the next 6 weeks or so, I’m going to be working on a part time contract that’s […]