Six Ways Visual Content Marketing Can Blow Your Mind
When I started blogging, I was determined to build a powerful online presence around my personal brand. I conjured Rambo-like courage and grit. Grrrr. After a year of pure sweat and daily commitment,...
View ArticlePlease. Make Me Feel Something!
Recently, I watched a talk that blew my mind. It was called “Why the best companies make you feel something”. The speaker, John Kearon, dubbed as the “Steve Jobs of Market Research,” asked the...
View ArticleFour Ways to Become a Spellbinding Online Personality
I always try to find deeper ways to connect with my audience and customers. The web can separate your site from your audience by oceans, and to bridge that distance, you have to fight hard to make that...
View ArticleWhy The Most Important Part of Your Brand is Invisible
We talk all the time about writing cornerstone content, building effective web design, and connecting with your community in the social media world. Yessss, it’s all essential, that’s why it’s getting...
View ArticleLosing Control of Your Brand? Let’s Get Excited!
Control. Humans are suckers for it. There’s a little Darth Vader in all of us – the little dictator who only supports his own opinion and vaporizes anything that doesn’t go his way. As marketing...
View ArticleA Cautionary Tale: Putting Your Business in the Hands of Facebook
As I enjoyed a mega-popular Kebab restaurant on my street, I wondered about the “secret” of their success. Certainly one factor is the kebab itself — a delicious jungle of salad, meat, and fresh herb...
View ArticleWhy Human Competition is the Least You Have to Fear
This headline may seem like a hoax, but I assure you, it’s not. We all know the times are changin’, but most of us don’t realize what those changes mean to YOU and your career. We also know that...
View ArticleThe Anti-Blog Post to Writing Better Blog Posts.
I can’t read your blog. In fact, I almost don’t read any social marketing blogs out there, because I’m done with wave bathing in the echo chamber. I’m done with it – people echoing echoes everywhere....
View ArticleWhat a Blog Post Will Look Like in 2020
I believe that if you want to have success in the present you must anticipate the future. No crystal ball required. Why? Because you want to sniff out trends to ride them. If you only act on what’s...
View ArticleFive Reasons Europeans Are Behind in Social Media Marketing
I’ve noticed something strange here in Europe that I couldn’t wrap my head around. At first. Whether you look at the number of online job postings, the best viral marketing campaigns, or the world’s...
View Article5 Creative Lessons I’ve Learned From My Enemy
Since my early childhood, there has been a guy in my life that I can’t stand. One day, he beat me up so bad I was crying before the whole Kindergarten. It happened again. And again. Meh. When I left...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Blogging Superstar
I am a self-proclaimed social media rockstar, without any credentials, so I feel more than qualified to present you with the Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Blogging Superstar. Warning: The following...
View ArticleUnusual Writing Advice From a Person Who Shouldn’t Give Writing Advice
I constantly strive to create a more compelling writing style. Not just for show. We’re living in a web age where access to information is omnipresent and soon robots will start cranking out perfect...
View Article5 Pieces of Social Media Advice That Trapped Me
The most popular currency in the world is not the Dollar, Euro or Yen. It’s common advice. Think about it: Everyone has it in mass, it’s prone to “inflation,” and you can pick it up about everywhere,...
View ArticleFive Ways to Avoid the Personal Online Ghetto
Have you seen the movie Wall-E ? It’s a sci-fi animation movie by Pixar where humanity lives in a space station because the earth is trashed. Here’s the interesting part. Humans in the space station...
View ArticleMy Head Has Been in a Social Media Fog
Picture this. You are walking your online biz journey. But in the middle of your trip, a mysterious fog approaches and clouds your path. The fog is not some ugly gray smoke; no, it’s beautiful, shiny...
View ArticleThree Pros and Cons of Using Bitcoin For Your Business
Imagine if you could have 100% control over your money, pay every person on the planet in seconds, even if they don’t own a bank account, with almost zero fees and absolute freedom? Sounds like a...
View Article5 Lessons to Build a Business That I Learned From My Clients
Whenever the end of a year comes nigh, I reflect on the past 12 months. And as think about 2013, I realize that I learned five important lessons from my clients. I hope you can learn from my...
View ArticleHow to Avoid the Self-Help Blahs and Blast Off in 2014
A lot of us commit to New Year resolutions. We set ambitious, larger-than-life goals like, “I’m going to build an online empire this year!” and crash land straight into the rut a month later. Our...
View ArticleFacing Tough Choices — Paid Versus Organic Reach
In an eye-opening post, Francisco Rosales demonstrated how the organic reach of his content on Facebook dropped 90 percent in one week, a trend he fears will portend a future where businesses are...
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