I was recently having a discussion with a small group about how dumb it is when someone asks a question on Twitter such as: "What is an iPad" or "What does this hashtag mean?" Perhaps asking obvious questions in a public form could make you look bad to some people, but let's dive in and really consider WHY someone may be asking the question when they could just Google the answer. I've been thinking about the times when I asked these so called ridiculous questions. There was a time when I didn't Read more [...]

Thanks for the great photos from the Ohio Growth Summit by Christian Adams Photography where I spoke on the Personal Branding Panel. If anyone is looking for a speaker for upcoming events I’d be happy to speak on personal branding, tools in social media, essential for any freelance web designer, and building an integrated interactive strategy.

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I know it can be hard to be nice when someone is doing something so blatantly annoying as to spam us about SEO, telemarketing, credit cards etc. but next time you do consider this post. People REMEMBER rude people. They don't want to work with someone who they know is going to be unkind to others, because that associates them with you. If that doesn't sway you from spouting off to the next poor telemarketing girl or guy who comes your way consider the following story. Every time I get a spam message Read more [...]

Seth Godin recently wrote a post called, David Byrne is Mad at Me, you can read it by clicking on that link. The post was essentially about how David Byrne isn't mad at Seth, Seth is a fan of David's work, but that everyone has an agenda and David doesn't remember Seth so when they meet a second time at a conference and David is in a bad mood and grumbles a little Seth shouldn't take it personally. The moral is that if a client, prospect, boss or public speaker act a little rude at a conference Read more [...]

The primary objectives in comment moderation are to prevent spam comments from being seen, get a heads up on negative feedback and remove anonymous "trolls." Who are Troll Commenters? Online trolling is when some random reader decides to take it upon themselves to be a negative nancy. This troll hates life, your blog, and your post and just wants to complain for no good reason or they come up with some fake reason. Whatever the case may be, they don't have the gumption to say any of these Read more [...]

You're a brand. I don't want to argue over that, I'm just going to state it as a fact. Your reputation is no different then a corporate brand's reputation. Reputations can be tarnished, beat up, or soar to heights unimaginable just by word-of-mouth. What you do in the process of branding yourself makes all the difference, so start thinking about it, your brand I mean. _______________________________________________________________________________ What's in a Name? _______________________________________________________________________________ Names Read more [...]