In brief

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Here are 10 tips for online marketing success.
Be brief.
Be useful.
Be bold.
I've used this blog to learn, to play, to grow.
But to be useful to anyone but me, I'm gonna' have to take my own advice.

Evolution of the species

Sorry, creationists. NickColemanonline is further proof of evolution.
One of the best of the old-style, free-swinging newspaper columnists, this former Star Tribune columnist was always at his best unbound and unbowed, and on his own blog, he calls the shots.
And his aim is true.

Blogging Through History

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Everything old is new again.

Three month anniversary

Three months ago, adrift in a sea of new media, I began blogging. Struggling to keep my head above water, I stumbled upon (not in the 2.0 sense) Phil Wilson's list of 20 things journalists should know now or learn very, very soon on his aptly named website, RemainComm.  (Good advice when you feel overwhelmed.) The list became my roadmap.    Blog?  Check.  Embed pix and videos?  Check.  Domain name?  Check.  RSS reader?  Check.  Advanced searches, wikis, blog conversations, Facebook, LinkedIn, recording audio, finding experts, keeping personal info safe online, securing laptop, limiting access for kid, All done.   Being honest and real online?  Trying hard.  Shooting video?  Not done.  I don't even have a camcorder...although my little camera shoots video, doesn't it.  Better try that next.

Onward.  In the meantime, mazel tov to me on my three month anniversary.     

Tool a Day #2

Image via WikipediaI failed. I couldn't limit oneself to one new tool. In addition to Zemanta, I joined InSocialMedia, added Zentact, registered my blot at Technorati, and signed up for FriendFeed.

There is so much to learn, so many things to try. I can't stop.

How do you limit yourself?

The Blogging Puzzle

This blogging business is like moving pieces around a puzzle, both in form and content.

Form-wise, you move your text boxes here and add a widget there.  Or bump the widget up next to your Profile and add an ad at the bottom.  Or pop in a poll at the bottom.  Or the top. Shuffle the pieces.  Shuffle again.  Change the color or the font.  

But that's the easy part.

The hard part is figuring out what to write.  What you want to write may not be what people want to read.  Someone else might be writing about the same thing.  Best to follow your passion, I suppose; although no one may care but you.