Chris Brogan wrote a great post about promoting your media to the online world. That made me think about increasing your audience by reaching out to new people. Jon Swanson and I decided to collaborate on a follow up, how to promote your online 2.0 media to the offline 0.0 world. Here are my suggestions:…
I love a small business technology challenge! BarbaraKB on Twitter asked for someone to respond to an article in BusinessWeek, wherein Gene Marks listed off some tech ‘solutions’ he says small businesses “can’t use.” Can’t? All small businesses? Marks is, I think, off the mark. Let’s go through his list of 10 “overhyped and underwhelming…
Each Friday, I open the brag basket as a fun place to brag or promote yourself and your projects. Fridays are doubly special, though. We are also celebrating Frozen Pea Friday for Susan Reynolds. I encourage you to join me and donate the cost of a bag of frozen peas (or more) to cancer-fighting research…
Why are failures important? We learn from our blunders. Here’s another perspective on this idea. “The capacity to blunder slightly is the real marvel of DNA. Without this special attribute, we would still be anaerobic bacteria and there would be no music.” – Lewis Thomas, author of Lives of a Cell Hat tip to “Pistachio”…
Ted Demopoulos is a frequent speaker at conferences, conventions, and other business events, author of What No One Ever Tells You About Blogging and Podcasting: Real-Life Advice from 101 People Who Successfully Leverage the Power of the Blogosphere, and coauthor of Blogging for Business. He’s also a friend of mine, and he contributed to The…
Each Friday, I open the brag basket as a fun place to brag or promote yourself and your projects. Fridays are doubly special, though. We are also celebrating Frozen Pea Friday for Susan Reynolds. I encourage you to join me and donate the cost of a bag of frozen peas (or more) to cancer-fighting research…
Want a trend report that pays attention to small town trends? Read the top 10 trends for 2008 from Jack Schultz, author of Boomtown USA. My top 5 picks from his list are: NWOSU Ranger Rodeo Team,These Millennials are shapingthe future of small towns 1. Millennials-Hard to believe that this generation, ages 10 to 27,…
This year, I’ll attend my first all-technology conference. South by Southwest Interactive festival in March in Austin includes all sorts of interactive technology. Austin is close enough to drive, so I’m going! Before I go, I’m taking Jeff Pulver’s pre-conference advice to plan and set some goals. So, if you’re going, leave me a comment….
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