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 […]
I’ve long been a Hootsuite advocate, teaching clients and colleagues how the tool can help you use Twitter effectively and save time. But two weeks ago Hootsuite made a change that has its community up in arms. The company added a publisher function that allows teams of users to better coordinate. Great feature. Except that […]
Still not convinced you should use social media? Here’s what it can do for your blog traffic: That spike surprised me when I logged into my statistics yesterday. For some reason — because social media is a lot about making your own luck and a little about magic — a post I wrote in December, […]
While brainstorming how to save money for my next leap, I put some thought into the best way to make a few dollars off this blog — without jeopardizing the content. I decided on sponsorships. But only relevant sponsorships — services and products like editing, writing classes, social media coaching and ebooks that readers might […]
I’ve become a student of entrepreneurship lately, spending much of my free time watching interviews with entrepreneurs and reading about their strategies, and even picking their brains at work. After all, many of us are entrepreneurs in our own right, figuring out how to cobble together a living doing what we love. (Self-publishing, by the […]
I’m all about do-it-yourself websites. But my DIY headers just weren’t cutting it. I managed to teach myself WordPress and CSS and HTML, but I do not, apparently, have an eye for design. That’s why I hired Debbie Ridpath Ohi, a writer and illustrator who some of you may know as @inkyelbows, to draw the […]
A friend turned me on to We Sing Your Tweets, and I simply cannot get enough. How did someone not think of this sooner? This duo calls the tweets they sing “sweets.” I can’t figure out how to embed one of their videos here, so click on the image for 20 seconds of entertainment.
I’m usually a fan of Writer’s Digest Webinars; I was glad I paid for their recent tutorial on e-books and listened in on their free teleconference about Borders. (Can’t find the link — Looks like it’s no longer available online.) But I didn’t learn much from the session yesterday on using Amazon to sell books. […]
Another question from a reader! Emma writes (I’m sharing this with her permission): I am a regular reader of your blog (The Traveling Writer), and I would love to get your opinion on managing multiple social media identities. For my day job, I am a co-author (with two psychologists who are professional colleagues) of The […]
Readers occasionally write to me with questions about social media or travel writing. Last week an e-mail landed in my inbox that I figured you’d all be interested in, so I asked its sender for approval to share her inquiry on the blog. Awesome reader’s question: I’m a big fan of your blog and I […]