The Elements of Guyle: British Blogging
Want to make your blog classier? You should blog like a Brit. I explain how to do this in ten easy steps.
How to follow the Apple announcement
Follow the Apple announcement at Apple.alltop. We aggregate over 200 sources there.
5 Social Media Tools for Small Businesses
Amber MacArthur provided a list of the five social-media tools that small business should begin with. They aren’t the latest—but you might not want to be at the cutting edge at all times. Read her posting to learn how to get going.
8 ways to use social media
Here’s a great video by Lewis Howes on how companies should use social media. In less than six minutes, you can learn the elements of good social-media practices. More on social media.
Fact-checking 2.0
If you want to read about how fact-checking isn’t done these days, read how BusinessWeek published a story about how I was getting paid $900/tweet. Except that I wasn’t. In fact the premise of the story was wrong, so it pulled the story—after the fact. Which is rather odd. Journalism 2.0?
Getting off the Book Curve
This is, apparently, going to be “tablet week” if the Apple rumors are true. Read why Jonathan Littman says that it’s time to “Bury Books, Inspire Reading” anyway. It’s all about letting go of the past and jumping to the next curve: scribes, printing press, desktop publishing, website, blog, and now tablet. Total gadget news [...]
How to be a Mensch
The year is still young, so you can still make some good resolutions. Bruna Martinuzzi provides “Twelve Resolutions on How to Be a Mensch.” It includes actions like “be happy for others,” “get rid of grudges,” and “make people feel better about themselves.”
Changing a Job Title Into a Job Mission
Do you have employees who confuse job titles with job missions? Then scoot on over to the American Express Open Forum and read "How to Change a Job Title Into a Mission." Learn more about leadership.
Why You Should Look at Your Company as a “Small Business”
Want to be the next Bill Gates? My buddy, Maryelene Delbourg-Delphis, explains why you should “Look at Your Company as a Small Business” in order to reach your goal. Check it out to learn why saplings are saplings, not little big trees. Learn more about startups.
How to Stick Out in the Crowd
Over at the American Express Open Forum, I’ve posted an article called “The Lesson of Satzuma.” This is explains how a tiny company called Satzuma stood out of the CES crowd by focusing on a fun group of products. Check it out as a marketing lesson. Learn more about marketing.
Can’t make it to CES? Stay on top of gadgets anyway
At Gadgets.alltop, we’ll have total coverage of the new gadgets and gizmos from CES. We aggregate over 130 websites and blogs that write about gadgets there.
See you at CES!
Are you coming to CES in Las Vegas next week? If you are, be sure to drop by the American Express Open Forum booth. Tony Hsieh (Zappos), Anita Campbell (Small Business Trends), John Jantsch (Duct Tape Marketing), Ben Parr and Barbara Dybwad (Mashable), and I will all be at the South Hall booth. This is [...]
How to Make an iPhone App
How would you like to offer an iPhone application for your website or blog? Check out AppMakr if you do. It allows you to make an iPhone app for your website or blog without any programming skills in a few minutes. The cost to create an app is as little as a one-time $199 fee. [...]