Blogging,Blogging Basics,Personal Branding,Social Media Marketing         25 comments

Tomorrow I’ll be meeting with 10-12 friends to teach them HOW TO START A BLOG. The first question I could ask — but won’t — is WHY do they want to start a blog. I won’t ask because I suspect two things: (1) most of them know little about blogging at all and (2) the [...]

 Blogging,Blogging Basics         5 comments

Way back when . . . I first started blogging with WordPress.com in April of this year, I never changed my background from the Kubrick default theme. So for four months, my blog looked exactly like my husband Jack’s above. HOWEVER, now that I know how EASY and how much FUN it is to see [...]

 Blogging,Blogging Basics,Personal Branding         21 comments

So you’re ready . . . to join the Blogosphere with your own individual views. It’s not exactly a “piece of cake,” but as my many advisors told me — JUST DO IT, and you will learn a lot as you go. GETTING STARTED is always the hardest part of a new endeavor. So here’s [...]

 Blogging,Blogging Basics,Personal Branding         16 comments

Many of my students have begun blogs, and their first questions seem to revolve around, “How do I get more readers?” and “How do I get people to comment?” My standard answers have been these three: * Comment on other people’s blogs * Announce your new posts on Facebook, Twitter, Friendfeed, and LinkedIn * Enable [...]