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Audience

Long Posts Vs. Short Posts

December 25, 2009

Two days ago I guest posted at Scribnia, a blog directory run by David Spinks.
You can subscribe to Scribnia’s blog here,  and to David’s blog here. Follow Scribnia on Twitter here, and David here.
David is a guy I respect enormously because of his integrity and the quality of his ideas. Thank you David for asking [...]

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The Simplest Social Media Rule

December 15, 2009

Today I guest post at Buzz Marketing Daily, a social media blog run by Carrie Kerpen.
You can subscribe to Buzz Marketing Daily here, and follow Carrie on Twitter here.
Thank you Carrie for letting me write for your very popular blog, it was a thrill and a pleasure.
Do read my guest post “The Simplest Social Media [...]

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Why Artists Are Having Trouble Making Money

November 20, 2009

Milena Thomas is holding a very interesting series on her blog “Art and Avarice.”
The series is called “Spread The Wealth For Artists”, and my post “Why Artists Are Having Trouble Making Money” is up.
Read my guest post here.
You can subscribe to Art and Avarice here, and follow Milena on Twitter here.
Let me say that this [...]

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The Media Attention Whores

November 19, 2009

There are two ways to do things:
You can talk about the things you’re going to do, and then do them.
Or you can just do them.
Sadly, people seem to value more the former way of action.
The one that makes a big fuss about it.
The one that needs selfish justification.
The one that’s fake.
The problem is we encourage [...]

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How To Avoid Echo Online

November 6, 2009

You refer people to the original content, that’s how.
I’ve been writing a post about the idea of “scheduling time to think”, but then I saw that Ben beat me to it, so I won’t write it now. Go read his.
I have nothing new to say at the moment, so why should I paraphrase it?
Less recognition [...]

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Calling Out Doesn’t Work

October 16, 2009

After this post some people told me that I should call out those people that I disagree with. Here’s why I won’t do it:
- There’s a fine but very visible line between disagreeing and calling out.
- People don’t like to hear the truth. The odds that my calling out will spark honest self-criticism instead of [...]

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Beware Of Recyclers

September 30, 2009

Would you like to know what’s the mark of a maven?
Recycling.
That’s what “experts” get to do. If they can paraphrase what they’ve already said many times, and still be followed, then it’s a sign that they’ve made it.
Recycling isn’t necessarily a bad thing but it’s important to perceive it, because that’s how you realize when [...]

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