Your natural tendency when visiting a site is to find what you’re looking for then move on. What do I need to do to get you to take a moment and share this post with your following? Violate Your Schema: Sounds dirty. It’s not. When I say, “Violate your schema” what I really mean is, “Make you rethink what you thought to be...
Read MoreHow Hotels Like @sheratonhotels Disrespect Bloggers
I just logged in, err… I mean, “arrived at” the Sheraton Hotel in Boston. I was greeted by a friendly front desk receptionist who checked me into my room. As she was processing my information she asked if I had a computer with me. “In fact, I do” I told her. She went on to explain how the Sheraton Hotel has free wifi in the...
Read MoreA Blueprint for Monetizing Influence
Lately I’ve been enamored with the idea of lifestyle design. For those who may be unfamiliar, lifestyle design is simply the idea of choosing what your ideal lifestyle would be, then going out and creating it. For example, I’m not much of a traveler, but I believe most people would like to spend a year traveling around the world. Sadly, most...
Read MoreThe Lie of Monetizing Content
Today, SEO experts are in high demand because they’ve taken their knowledge (the resources), and they’ve found a way to sell that to companies (the market), which has created a constant flow of economic activity (the industry). But 15 years ago nobody knew what SEO was. Some people are just gifted in business. They have an innate understanding of how...
Read MoreI am leaving Twitter… and I am taking YOU with me
In 2007 I announced to the world that I was leaving MySpace, moving my online presence over to Facebook, a new, clean, ad-free social network. Goodbye, MySpace! In 2010 I announced to the world that I was leaving Facebook, moving my online presence over to Twitter, a new, clean, ad-free social network. Goodbye, Facebook. Today I’m announcing to the world...
Read MoreTwitter – How they are simplifying tweets by erasing third-party info
Twitter wants you to come home to the Mothership. In fact, they are making it much more convenient for you by removing any mention of third-party apps out of tweets. TNW broke the story yesterday, pointing out that Twitter took third party attributions off of their mobile app last month. Embarrassingly, I had no idea after deleting the Twitter app for...
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