I launched my own business more than a year ago, helping businesses and organizations use social media. Since then, dozens of people have asked me how I do it. How do I get clients? How much do I charge? How do I juggle my side biz with my day job? Some of those questions stem […]
As I hemmed and hawed over a decision this weekend, my girlfriend reminded me, “You only have one life. How do you want to spend it?” It’s a cliche, yes. As writers, we’re taught to avoid cliches like, well, the plague. We’re taught to cut them from our writing and fling them over the fence […]
Here’s a last chance to fill out my one-question survey about what you’d like to read on this blog. It will only take 30 seconds, I promise. Consider it your chance to vote on what you want to learn here in the coming months! Interesting links from this week: Former executive editor of The New […]
Over lunch recently with a pair of travelers who are considering writing a book, one asked me how long it took me to write mine. “More than a year,” I told him. “I worked on it full time for a year, then revised while getting my social-media business up and running.” “A year?!” he said, […]
A few geeks say: Yay, a new online tool! Most everyone says: Oh no, another social network to keep track of…
Thanks to all of you who completed my one-question survey about what you’d like to learn on this blog. It’s so helpful already! If you missed the weekend post — or you read via RSS feed and didn’t see the survey (sorry about that!) — you can answer the question here. I was emailing with […]
It’s been a while since I’ve asked what YOU want to read about. And since the blog community is growing, and my focus shifting ever so slightly, I’d love to hear about what keeps you coming back — or, if you’re not yet a regular reader, what would convince you to hit that subscribe button […]
Doesn’t it feel awesome to have a short week? A reader complimented the variety of my roundups yesterday, so I’m going to continue offering links about topics across the map! Some real gems this week: Loved this post enough to subscribe to Torre DeRoche’s blog: What happens when your once-in-a-lifetime adventure is over? (Me chiming […]
Does anyone else constantly feel stressed by an always-overflowing inbox? I can deal with my bedroom looking like a bomb went off, with clothes strewn across the floor. I can deal with dirty dishes and papers cluttering my desk. But if my digital life is not in complete and perfect order, I can’t think straight. […]
Our culture has it backwards when it comes to retirement. Why work myself to death during my youth and save all the fun for when I’m older, and likely less energetic and less mobile? Tim Ferriss echoes these sentiments in his book, The 4-Hour Workweek. I had low expectations for this read because, well, there’s […]