Author: Tara

  • Take Action Now: Involve Your Readers

    Hmm. Take action. That sounds like one more thing to do. Just what you don’t want – another thing to be added to your ever-growing “to do” list. But, this isn’t what you think. Vinny Goldsmith, writing on SEOMOZ, penned a great article entitled, Give Your Readers Something To Do. It’s about writing content that […]

  • WordPress: More than a Blogging Platform

    Andrew of Astereostudio in his Revive blog takes a look at WordPress as more than just a blog – using it as a CMS or content management system.  Take a look at some the creative ideas he puts forth on how people are taking this platform one step beyond ….  As I always say – […]

  • Google Search: How to Make the Most of It

    Nitin Pai over at Tech Tracer 2.0 posted a fantastic article about all the things you can do within Google Search. Let’s say you want to find a file by type – DOC, PDF or PPT. It’s as easy as typing in the subject of what you’re looking for followed by filetype: doc Example: blogging […]

  • Be a Better Blogger: Skellie Shows You How in 31 Days

    Skellie, writing over at NorthXEast, recently posted a fantastic article entitled, 31 Days to Becoming a Better Blogger.  Each day is a mini-assignment that you can undertake to make your blog the best it can be.  When you look through the list, it might seem a bit daunting at first – especially if you were […]

  • Creative Business Ideas

    Andy passed along an interesting post to me the other day – 10 Totally Stupid Online Business Ideas That Made Someone Rich. I don’t really know how stupid they are — some of them are rather interesting. My favorites were the SantaMail idea and the FitDeck. I know there are a lot of creative ideas […]

  • Andy Wibbels + Blog = 70

    I was doing research for a client the other day and remembered a great site that hosts a compilation of the top marketing blogs. Todd Andrlik has compiled the Power 150, a ranking of top marketing blogs. The list goes well beyond 150 blogs and actually includes 556 blogs. If you’re looking for some great […]

  • Record + Cheap = Quality Podcast

    Cheap.  That can be a welcomed word for those of who spend a lot of money on the latest and greatest software applicatons, computers, books, and ….  But thanks to MetaFilter founder Matt Haughey, you can create a podcast you’ll be proud of following his simple steps.   He will tell you how you can make […]

  • Track it Now: Conversations in the Blogosphere

    If you’re reading this blog, you’re probably subscribed to many others. And like many information-oriented folks, you probably subscribe to a number of blogs which cover many of your favorite topics of interest. I subscribe to several blogs about blogging. And then there are all those other blogs I subscribe to – new business and […]

  • Success Takes Time: Be Patient

    Ryan Caldwell, over at Performancing.com wrote a post entitled, The One Message No One Wants to Hear. Specifically, he talks about this message … that Success Takes Time I think it goes beyond the fact that no one wants to hear it. No one wants to believe it either. We try to project what we […]

  • WordPress Themes from Performancing

    By now you all know how much I enjoy cool WordPress blog themes.  I’ve found some more for you at Performancing WordPress Themes:  The world’s best free wordpress themes Tara