Trust

My personal filter is set on high. In my mostly online world where others have to rely on our written words those words have the potential to take on the wrong meaning. When I filter,  things aren’t taken out of context and feelings aren’t hurt. My job is kind of public.  People know who I [...]

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When I talk with family or friends about the bigger names in blogging and social media no one knows what I’m talking about. Really, no one knows who you are and people in the real world  think it’s kind of silly certain names are worshiped in various Internet circles. (No Google+ pun intended.) Truthfully, fame is a [...]

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  So my good friend Andy Hayes and I were sitting in Champions having a drink and some nosh, while decompressing after a day of SXSW, this past March. Our conversation centered around a couple of people who were well known in the blogging/Internet marketing circles whose behavior offline didn’t match up to what they [...]

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  I often wonder if appropriate is in the eye of the beholder and I’m doing it wrong. I know I’m one of those people who doesn’t like swearing on blogs or pushing the envelope for the sake of pushing the envelope, but I get that there are also people who aren’t offended by certain [...]

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It never fails. After I attend a conference or meetup I end up playing back every conversation in my head. Agonizing over it all.  Did I say something dumb? Did I talk too much about myself? Probably. Not the dumb part, but the talking about myself part. Welcome to the world of elevator pitches and [...]

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When I wrote the original post for this, I meant for it to explore what happens when we do more than retweet. I didn’t mean that a retweet wasn’t valuable and that we didn’t appreciate everyone who supported the cause, but for some, it looked that way and they were offended and insulted, and thanks [...]

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As I write this, I have three ebook projects on the back burner. Part of the reason they’re not complete is because I’m busy with my job and, now, a book deal. The other reason is because I want them to be worthy of your investment. I’ve become a little jaded about ebooks – mine [...]

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Desperation is never pretty. It’s the woman sitting alone at a party trying to catch the eye of every single male in attendance, or the salesman with 100 neon lit signs adorning the streets outside his shop. Desperation is a dozen exclamation points or a 90% discount sale, or spending money we don’t have on [...]

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So… you feel you have a great blog, a winner, really, and want to get out the word. You share links on Twitter and invite fans on Facebook and …hardly anyone stops by. Or You’re representing a brand. “I have lots of connections” you tell them. “They’ll show me massive support.” So you send said [...]

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