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10 Quick and Easy Content Ideas

March 28, 2012

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Even the most creative among us get writer’s block sometimes. Effective marketing is all about creating valuable and interesting content. Here are some quick ideas to jump start your content marketing. 1. First and foremost, mix things up! If you usually write something, do a video instead. If the thought of filming a video leaves […]

My 2011 Blog year in review

January 12, 2012

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The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 4,700 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 4 trips to carry that many people. The most used […]

Coming full circle

December 21, 2011

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This is the time of year when I pause and give thanks for all my blessings. I’m grateful for my family and friends and for my good health. I try to give back all year long. I do it because it feels good and not because I expect anything in return. But, good things are […]

Beware of guest bloggers

December 8, 2011

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Having a guest blogger for your blog can be a wonderful thing. You get new ideas, new perspective and even a new audience. However, there is a scam going on in the blogospshere that you should know about. These supposed guest bloggers are nothing more than scam artists who want to use your blog to […]

Three future marketing trends happening now

September 21, 2011

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I spent the past week at the FutureM conference, a community-driven Boston-area event that brought leading marketers and technologists together. Over 100 sessions were held throughout the week. With so much going on, it was hard to take it all in. Out of all the great information and discussion, there were three future marketing trends […]

How Lady Gaga helped me to be more creative

August 4, 2011

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I don’t really know much about Lady Gaga since my tastes run more to Bach, Mozart, and Vivaldi.  As I sat down to write this week’s blog post, I was thinking.  Okay, I was procrastinating and perusing fitness websites.  My mind started to wander, as it often does, and I started looking for 10 minute […]

Three new things I learned at Wordcamp Boston 2011

July 27, 2011

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WordCamp Boston 2011 was held this past weekend at Boston University. It was a blast! I learned so much and I can’t wait to put into practice what I’ve learned. The three biggest things I learned from WordCamp Boston are listed below. 1. It is possible to get inexpensive and GOOD web hosting. BlueHost, HostGator, […]

How to integrate social media with your website

May 3, 2011

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True to the ‘geek’ nature of Boston BarCamp 6, the second session that I attended was on “True Social Media Integration with Websites.” This talk was given by David Friedman, President and Founder of Boston Logic Technology Partners, a real estate web design and web marketing firm. Here are the highlights from his talk. A […]

How to build better online communities

April 27, 2011

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Social media is all about community. Even though most of us are glued to our iPhones and Blackberries, we are doing this so that we can be connected to other people. I say, “what about looking up from these devices and having a face-to-face conversation instead?” Alas, that’s a topic for another blog post. This […]

How to give great presentations – 4 Tips

April 19, 2011

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I had a blast at the Boston BarCamp 6, held on April 9 and 10 at the Microsoft NERD Center in Cambridge. BarCamp Boston is one of those unconferences, meaning it’s organized on the fly by the attendees and for the attendees. BarCamp is one of the geekier unconferences, with a lot of the presentations […]