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139. From Todd Ramsey

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139. From Todd Ramsey

Blog Title The Todd Blog
Blog URL: http://toddblog.net
Blog Tagline: It’s pretty fun if you say it fast.
What makes the blog worth visiting?
The ToddBlog is my personal web blog, but more than just post about what I ate for lunch or my favorite cats, I try to post questions about very real struggles or quandaries I’m facing. The posts are short, cover numerous topics and I try to make them enjoyable and worthwhile to read.
Blogging advice or a short bloggy quote:
Get over the question “Who will care what I write about?” That’s the absolute quickest way to kill whatever inspiration might be headed your way.

145. From Glenda Watson Hyatt

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145. From Glenda Watson Hyatt

Blog Title Do It Myself Blog
Blog URL: www.doitmyselfblog.com
Blog Tagline: none
What makes the blog worth visiting?
I share my experiences living with cerebral palsy to motivate and inspire others to think about how they perceive their own situation and their own world around them. I do all this by typing with only my left thumb!
Blogging advice or a short bloggy quote:
There is much information, many strategies and courses, and countless (and often conflicting) opinions on how to become a successful blogger. In the end, it is your passion, your integrity and your readers. Read, learn, listen and ask questions, and then do what feels right for your blog.

148. From Deanna.

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148. From Deanna.

Blog Title Soul Like a Spider
Blog URL: http://whythulc.wordpress.com
Blog Tagline: A blog about the little and the sublime.
What makes the blog worth visiting?
Everything from jetlag to china plates, from sunlight to dragons, from overheard conversations to anything else a noiseless, patient spider might talk about.
I don’t exactly run a blog about business or marketing. I do however write about the beauty in this life, whether that be through a quote I overhear, a day bursting with warmth and sunlight, a conversation, or maybe a letter to someone in my past. I occasionally feel like a poet stuck inside a world of newspapers, but I suppose that’s half the fun of it.
Blogging advice or a short bloggy quote:
“My hunger for the beauty of this life far exceeds physical hunger. It manifests itself in some of the smallest ways, and yet this is the hunger that keeps my feet moving, my eyes open, and my heart swelling and beating. It’s my hunger for oxygen when I wake in the morning, my hunger to laugh, my hunger to sit and have conversations that last for hours, my incredible hunger to understand how you see your life around you, my hunger to unlock doors, answer questions, put two and two together and to make one plus one equal three.”

172-173. From Mark David Gerson

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172-173. From Mark David Gerson

Blog Title The Voice of Your Muse
Blog URL: http://thevoiceofyourmuse.com
Blog Tagline: Tools, tips and inspiration to unleash the power of your creative potential
What makes the blog worth visiting?
Whether you’ve never written a word or have written forever, The Voice of Your Muse offers you information, inspiration and suggestions to get you writing, keep you writing and overcome any creative blocks you might be experiencing.
Blogging advice or a short bloggy quote:
Offer your readers something they can take away with them. Ask them questions that will give the post immediacy and carry it into their lives.

Blog Title Mark David Gerson’s New Earth Chronicles
Blog URL: http://newearthchronicles.com
Blog Tagline: Expressing the Spirit of Creative Transformation
What makes the blog worth visiting?
Blending inspiration and practical guidance, New Earth Chronicles offers a grounded look at the changes we’re all living through.
Blogging advice or a short bloggy quote:
It’s what we do with each moment and situation that governs our destiny, that decides whether we live in our greatness or in the shadow of someone else’s, that determines whether we build fences or tear them down.

218. From Angie

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218. From Angie

Blog Title BlogCoach.org
Blog URL: http://blogcoach.org
Blog Tagline: “Grow Your Blog”
What makes the blog worth visiting?
At BlogCoach.org you’ll find helpful, informative articles about blogging, blogging resources, and a whole community full of friendly folks eager to help you grow your blog. Get blogging advice from well-known bloggers, discover how to add dimension and interactivity to your site; get helpful design tips from professional blog designers; learn how to make money from your blog, ask questions and get answers, or just hang out with novice and established bloggers on our community board.
Blogging advice or a short bloggy quote:
“Launching a blog is a lot like starting a new workout. Both take time to become part of your normal daily routine. You’ll find yourself hitting your stride after the first few weeks. At the same time, don’t feel like you have to post every day. Once or twice a week is fine at first. As with a workout, if you push too hard, you may burn out and give up. Your brain, like your body, needs time to recharge.”

Connecting with Customers: Mack Collier SRO

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A SERIES in the quest to know more about the offline world

Part 3 in (what is now) a 4-Part Interview with Mack Collier

Last Wednesday we continued the a conversation with Mack Collier about connecting with new customers. The interview has been so popular that I’ve asked Mack to return for a few more questions and answers.

Hi Mack! Thanks for agreeing to talk some more!
Could you bring us back to a description of your typical client?

Right now it’s mainly small businesses. But have also noticed some corporations aren’t ready to put plans in action, but want to get some general Social Media 101 advice. Am also noticing that now most of the clients I come in contact with already have blogs and need help with them, instead of needing to know how to get started blogging.

Many people get a mindset that the Internet is one thing and offline is another. How do you fit social media into the whole of a marketing mix?

Here’s an example I use alot; if you sell anything online, then why wouldn’t you want to better connect with and communicate with your online customers? Social media can help you do that. Now if you run a auto repair shop, you might not even have a website. But if you do any business online, then you have customers online that you can better connect with via social media.

What is the most natural first small step for most companies to take? If you’re getting someone to ramp up slowly, what’s the first thing you suggest they do to learn the culture and why that?

I always advise clients to start monitoring the existing conversations. Figure out first what is being said online about your business. And I will show companies conversations that happened maybe last year, and ask them to think about how that exchange (especially if it was negative) could have been different if the company would have responded. When you know what is being said about your business online, then you can respond. Doing so makes you more comfortable with the space as a whole. Which makes it easier to start blogging and using other social sites/tools.

. . . More on Wednesday — We’ll talk tools, timelines, and clear results!

Thanks, Mack!

–ME “Liz” Strauss
Work with Liz!!