I remember the day I came face to face with Twitter. The words “140 character limit” stared me in the face and I thought “140 characters are you kidding me? I have never been concise in my communication and there’s no way I can fit anything into 140 characters. This is ridiculous!” I walked away [...]

No matter what your subject matter is I would bet that there are at least 10 words that you could define in a glossary for your audience. If you did this your audience would be very thankful for saving them the time and effort involved in looking up definitions. Your definition, in your words, will [...]

Wow, I almost forgot to blog today! Yes, I will admit that. It’s 10:53pm and I almost missed my self-imposed deadline to blog everyday! This brings me to the topic for today: Completion Not Perfection!
I used to run a 3 month program teaching Coaches how to market themselves, make money and do all the technical [...]

We are on day 14! Have you rewarded yourself for your hard work and for not breaking the chain? In order to keep your motivation going and to keep your creativity at a high, reward yourself and reward yourselft often.
I often find I don’t “feel like” blogging, cleaning and grocery shopping. But if I dangle [...]

Many bloggers or ex-bloggers tell me that they don’t blog often or stopped blogging all together because “it takes too much time”. A blog post is not a chapter in a novel. A blog post can be as short as one line or as long as 5 paragraphs (any longer and your readers may lose [...]

Yesterday we talked about posting your top ten blog posts, ie. your most popular blog posts, as a blog post. Today we are going to look at creating other top ten lists as blog posts.
Here are some ideas for you:

Top 10 Online Resources I Can’t Live Without
Top 10 Blogs I Read
Top 10 Sites You Need [...]

I’ve seen many bloggers create top 10 lists but have you thought about listing your Top 10 blog posts in a post? I’m sure you’ve been to sites that list their “most popular blog posts”, this is like that only you will be publishing it as a blog post.
Why?

It’s easy content to create.
Your readers will [...]

In day 9 we talked about creating daily schedules for your blog to make blogging easier for you and to put in a simple blogging structure. Today we will take it a step further by creating monthly blogging themes.
Take out a calendar or look at this online calendar for 2010. Think about each month of [...]

In yesterday’s post I gave you a quick tip about adding a structure in order to put pressure on you to keep up with your blogging goals.
A structure is a tool that will make you accountable and enable you to consistently achieve your goals. In blogging we can create structures that will keep us committed [...]

It’s day 8 of our “Resuscitate your blog” series and your energy level may have decreased as well as your creativity! So why not tap into someone else’s expertise by interviewing an expert in your field?
You could record your interview with them using AudioAcrobat and then publish your interview in your blog post.  If both [...]