Reinventing Myself Yet Again

metamorphosisEvery few years I have to reinvent myself, at least where my business is concerned.

For example, when I started doing online marketing in 1996 my focus was on web design, so I called myself a web designer. Later, I added email marketing, affiliate marketing and SEO to my skill set and adopted the title online marketer.… Read More

Is Freelancing the Future of Digital Publishing?

Freelance journalism

A term that continues to appear in front of my reading glass adorned eyes is “freelance.” I don’t know if the universe is trying to tell me something, but, as a soloentrepreneur, it’s a term to which I feel a need to pay attention.… Read More

Successful Business Endeavors Require Vision

Business vision

Do you have a vision for your business?

My friend John Munsell does. His vision for Bizzuka, the company he founded and serves as CEO, is to become a leading content management software provider for small to medium-sized companies. So does my wife, Amie.… Read More

Using Social Media for Social Good

 
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The use of social media to produce social good has long been a theme of mine, yet one that's been on the back-burner for quite a while. 

In the weeks following Hurricane Katrina, I basically devoted my blog to sharing news and information about where resources could be found.… Read More

Using WOM and Social Media to Dig Water Wells

Andy Sernovitz, the master of all things word-of-mouth marketing, is doing something that's worth mine and your time and attention. 

He's using social media and the viral ability both it and WOM gives us to raise funds to dig water wells in third-world countries.… Read More