Deb Ng is the founder of Freelance Writing Jobs. She recently explained what it took to build her blog into the successful site that it is today. Here are the first three factors: I put in more than an hour or two each day—My blog became a full time job. If I wasn’t blogging, I [...]
Here is a list of fifteen reasons and ways to use Twitter in business compiled by Douglas Karr. Douglas compiled the list from Shel Israel’s new book, Twitterville. Click here to read the rest: holykaw.alltop.com
First published in November, 2009 in the OPEN Forum of American Express. Way back in July of 2009, I explained how I used Twitter. Lots has changed since then, so this is an update to explain how I tweet NOVEMBER 02, 2009Way back in July of 2009, I explained how I used Twitter. Lots has [...]
This is the set of links that I used to demo Twitter by going down through this list to show why Twitter is such a valuable marketing tool. Introduction Home page Profile page Monitor Search Guy Kawasaki or Alltop Starbucks VIA introduction Search for “Prius” or “Civic” Sell Dell Outlet Kogi BBQ Support Comcast Cares [...]
Over the weekend we upgraded Alltop to version 3. The primary functions that this version addresses are improved navigation and search. Because Alltop has grown to over 700 topics, we needed a better way for people to understand what Alltop does and to find topics that interest them. Version 1. Circa March, 2008. Version 2. [...]
The three stages of traction for social media sites are sign-up, first use, and ongoing engagement. For a website to succeed it must nail all three stages. Click here to learn about how to do this.
Do you have an intellectual property program that needs a kick in the butt? Here are ten tips to restart your efforts to capture and commercialize these assets.
Guy, Heh. No problemo - they're attached. Guy's Top 10 Tips for Using Evernote 1. Take notes, easily find them later Everyone takes notes -- in business meetings, lectures, or simply scribbling things down on the way to the store. Evernote is better. When you take your notes in Evernote, they become accessible from anywhere, [...]
48 hours, 37% of kids had not responded. 62% of adults had It's okay to repeat tweets. Repeat tweets: 1. The CTRs each time are 1481, 1415, 1208, 955 ... 10, 40, 45, 37 It's okay not to engage. It's okay not to take crap. It's okay to tell people to unfollow you. It's okay [...]
In a posting called "How to Become a More Effective Learner," Kendra Van Wagner explains ten simple things you can do to increase the effectiveness of your learning. It includes ideas like teaching other people what you've learned, gaining practical experience, and stopping trying to multitask. Important lessons for anyone who wants to change the [...]
In an article called "Dream Teams," Carlin Flora of Psychology Today examines the dynamics of collaboration in architecture, music, fashion, robotics. One great benefit of collaboration is that it enables both people to be more daring. If you’re thinking about your founding team, don’t miss this post. (See more about psychology at Psychology.alltop.)
Check out "Strategic Change." In this posting, the Psychology Today staff explain how to change your personality. I've seen people make changes like this--though within narrow confines--so you can do it. For related stories, see Psychology.alltop.
Over at the American Express OPEN Forum, I posted an article explaining “The Art of Laying People Off.” Actually, I hope you don’t have to read it.
On November 13th, 10:00 am Pacific, O’Reilly is conducting a free teleseminar called “Twitter for Business.” I’ve read the report that the teleseminar is based on, and it’s quite good so I encourage you to listen by clicking here. The teleseminar will explain how businesses can use Twitter. The presenter is: Sarah Milstein, a consultant [...]
Nancy Ortberg of Menlo Park Presbyterian Church recently gave a sermon called "Every Life Needs a Truth-Teller." It contains excellent advice about telling people the truth--admonishing them well if you will. Get the audio version here or the video version here. You can apply much of this sermon to relationships with employees. Nancy is the [...]
These are some photographs from a recent trip to Mumbai, India. This is one intense city with a population of approximately thirteen million people. Clearly, this is not Santa Cruz, California. This is the view you'll most frequently see when you're driving around the city. It can take two hours to go a few kilometers. [...]
My buddies at StickerGiant are designing Alltop stickers. StickerGiant is quite an operation: it has 24-hour delivery on custom stickers and even a sticker blog. What makes StickerGiant especially attractive it that they also fulfill orders--click here to see how it handles Laughing Squid. Please take our survey
I've been using the JS-Kit widgets for comments and ratings for this blog, and I'm really happy with them. JS-Kit commenting provides very effective ways to fight and delete spam, and I love that people can create avatars for their comments. The star-rating that you see is also from the company. JS-Kit is installed on [...]
Because patent attorneys charge many thousands of dollars to prepare and file a patent application, some people with the next bright idea opt for the "poor person's patent" (call it the three Ps), which is simply to write up a patent-like description and send it to themselves by registered mail or to pay a notary [...]
Voters have selected the five winnners of the Alltop badge contest. Each winner will receive a iPod Touch. The winners are: Jesse Pons Glenn Sakamoto Kristen Chase Ben Goheen Cayley Vos You can see the winning entries here. My thanks to everyone who entered and who voted.