I get asked sometimes why I write this stuff 5 days a week. It’s probably a couple of thousand words and several hours’ time each week and I’m not going to lie and say it’s easy because sometimes it’s painfully hard. I do have my reasons, however, and I thought I’d share 10 of them with you today. These are in no particular order and some overlap (being concise is not one of my strengths) but they came surprisingly easily when I made the list. Here we go. Continue reading
Tag Archives: social media
Why Won’t You Leave Me Alone?
The title doesn’t refer to you guys, of course, unless you’re a tone-deaf marketer. You know the ones I mean. The folks who call during dinner despite the fact that you’re on every “do not call” list known to mankind. The idiots who tie up your fax machine with offers for last minute trips or insurance you don’t need. “Oh, he means spammers” you say. Not just them. Marketers who ignore our requests to be left alone. Maybe we’re all a bit guilty and a discussion beginning to heat up brings it all to the fore. Continue reading
Filed under Consulting, digital media
Asking The Right Way
I’ve been at this blogging thing going on three years now. I know – you’d think I’d run out of things to say but there are an awful lot of random thoughts bouncing around my head. Besides, lots of folks are really helpful about suggesting topics when I feel as if I’m running out of ideas (and you should feel free to do so).
Hopefully because I’m interesting but maybe because I’ve been at it a while, some of the folks suggesting topics are paid to do so. That’s right – PR folks who want me to write about a book their client has written or some great new product they’ve released. I got three of these yesterday (a typical day) and what was great is that one of them actually asked the right way. Continue reading
Filed under digital media, Helpful Hints
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