As I indicated in a comment in a post  I read today over at Kian’s blog,  I had to make my own sound in the echosphere. Yeah, I called an "echosphere" for a reason because Kian is experiencing something I have also experienced and continue to deal with like the feeling of having my eyes […]

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A classic example of a service we provide as professional bloggers.  A very influential blogger is asking for recommendations for a new office chair.  As I read through the post and the comments I began to wonder whether someone at Herman Miller or any of its competitors was reading the same thing.  Do they know […]

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I am one of those that every year during this time laments the last 12 weeks of NFL Football and looks back on what could have been or what might have been in my fantasy football league.  Apparently, I am not the only one that is joining in this ritual.
In a recent article I read […]

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As I sipped my morning coffee and ran quickly through my morning ritual of reading RSS feeds, email and my mandatory blog reading, I ran across a post by Mike Manuel of WebProNews. It was early yet so I made sure to again read the article to make sure I had reads the content correctly. […]

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When I was a young child I was diagnosed with ADD or Attention Deficit Disorder.  The doctors and specialists wanted to put me on Ritalin, but my mother stood firm, no child of hers would be taking drugs.  She would manage my disorder and make me a overcome the problem.  She allowed me to be […]

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Not that we couldn’t tell how important social networks were by the amount of money being shelled out for these types of networks, but as far as their popularity, it looks like they are garnering all the attention.  According to the online competitive intelligence service called Hitwise, 1 in 20 of all web visits in […]

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The funny thing about being new to the tech game after being involved in the legal field for over 20 years, is I have no idea what it felt like when the Internet bubble burst in the 90’s.  I am sure it could not have been a very fun time for people and I pray […]

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Due to the fact that I am a card carrying member of the Clan MacLeod, I found Hugh MacLeod quite by mistake a couple years ago. I like Hugh’s style because he tends to push the envelope when it comes to blog marketing. His use of business cards with messages always has me in stitches, […]

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One of the toughest things about being a blogger, much less a professional blogger, is finding great topics and content for posts.  Personally I follow the fire-hose of RSS feeds (don’t ask how many, I don’t know anymore, but a lot) model.  This is where you subscribe to so many feeds that something is bound […]

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One thing I learned during Blog Business Summit is that for most people RSS is over their heads, like Goodyear blimp over their heads.  This isn’t their fault, it’s ours.  We, as the blogi masters, just haven’t done enough to help people get it (or "grok" it as I like to say).
Anita Campbell has an […]

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