A Change In Direction: Where Doth Thou Blog?

After stewing periodically for my lack of posts, I decided to fearlessly compose and expose readers to my random themes about…blogging, and what inspirations might arise after a deliberate session of meditation.
I believe I’ll change the direction of what has become an infertile Orange Acorn.
Some bloggers post regularly, within a structure, with an indication of [...]

SHARPEN YOUR WRITING SKILLS: Here’s haiku do it

Ever suffer writer’s block?  Naw-w-w-w, only about once a day for me.
But I started my rehab program for overcoming these dropped calls from my Muse.  Whether it’s a blank screen on your laptop, or a pure white sheet of nothing on the paper, start your composition with this exercise…a haiku.
Westerners often oversimplify this literary form, [...]

A SEM/SEO Consultant, A Social Media Guru and A Spammer Walk Into A Bar…

…the bartenders asks, “What is this, some kind of joke?”
                                                                                                                                    
The SEM/SEO consultant says: 
 
 
 
The Social Media guru replies:   http://twitter.com/cherylharrison
And the spammer sputters, repeatedly:
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/01/permission-mark.html
 
 
Now this might strike you as a flippant excuse for a blog posting, silly even.  But greet it as an interactive game that may be passed along from one blogger to another. 
You might consider [...]

P-I-N-G 4-3-2-1 REDUX

Two weeks ago I posted P-I-N-G  4-3-2-1, a method I practice to stay in touch, to remain relevant.

 
Today, Seth Godin reminded me of just how applicable my PING-procedure can be.
His conclusion:  Friction rewards intent and creates scarcity.  Seth defines friction as the ease, or lack of ease, of communication.  If the channel is free, and [...]

The Zen of Networking

First…you won’t need business cards.  Well, not so many at least.
Prepare to attend networking events by tuning up your radar…sharpen your sensors and turn your awareness to the present tense.  I believe the behavior that will serve you most effectively when meeting others is the awareness of how you can help them.  Regardless of what [...]

P-I-N-G 4-3-2-1

I’m trying to get better at this practice…PINGING.  You know, staying in touch, in a strategic manner.
Have you read Keith Ferrazzi’s NEVER EAT ALONE?  He invests an entire chapter on the practice of pinging, and the value it returns.       
Are you in sales?  Pinging is merely your unobtrusive manner of staying in contact with your customers and [...]

Tweet-Up this Saturday, January 10

Yes, we’re tweetin’-up at the Tip Top Kitchen & Cocktails this Saturday evening, 5:50-7:30, for some of downtown Columbus’ most imaginative edibles & highballs.
 
You know the Tip Top, don’t ya?
73 East Gay Street, one-third of the troika of bistros that include Betty’s and Surly Girl.  Pot roast, sweet potato fries, warm spiked cider, Great Lakes [...]

The SACRED and the PROFANE: What To Twitter

Twitter is yet another handy Social Media tool to help stay in touch and to lead the Tribe.
Like posting broadsides at the Town Hall and shouting in theVillage Square, these tools can be life-saving/historical
  as Paul Revere’s ride
or just rudely annoying spam.
Our BRAND  is SACRED as long as we continue to earn our reputation.
Our success in [...]

Build Your Network BEFORE You Need It

It’s leaning toward winter in our Northern Hemisphere.
I watch squirrels energetically preparing for seasonal dormancy.
Our economic climate might be compared to the dormancy of less daylight & warmth, but this period has a direct correlation with the productivity of the following spring & summer.
Fortunately, I still harvest my paid productivity, but I also prepare. I [...]