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Why Are You On Social Media?

What’s the real reason you’re on social media? It’s an important question that you should ask yourself as you build your networks. Number of friends and followers, and your Klout score mean absolutely nothing unless you’re able to back that up with engagement. To me,...

How To Think Like A Writer

So you’ve set up your blog. Maybe it’s a business blog, maybe it’s personal. You want people to read. You’ve declared to the world that you’re a writer. Now what? You have to think like one.   You don’t want to disappoint. If you are looking for a following in today’s...

When Should You Post?

There’s always a lot of discussion and debate as to what the best time to post content on your social networks is. Shareaholic studied their metrics for the 2011 year, and came up with some pretty exact results. Thursdays between 8 a.m. and noon is the best time to...

Blog Ideas Fall Out of the Sky

The pulse of the cursor blinking on a blank white page. The temptation to walk away from the computer and grab a quick snack. The lure of the television. Writing can be an intimidating practice. Sometimes it’s one that you have to force yourself to endure. This is...