There's an excellent roundup of community-building and participation tips over on Chris Garrett's New Media blog. Online community is an incredible resource—not because it will make you lots of money and get you lots of clicks (although it can), but because community is valuable to us as human beings. I first got online about a million years ago … [Read more...] about Create powerful connections within online communities
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Do business cards have to suck?
Why do business cards still exist? We can just email (or IM or Twitter or bookmark or tumblelog . . . ) the information around. For example, dear reader, you don't need my business card—you can just bookmark the blog on de.lioci.us (and gosh, you should!), then log in and hit "contact" whenever you want to reach me. What's easy to … [Read more...] about Do business cards have to suck?
Special savings for you, Mr. Fancypants
Like every other cheapskate on the Web, I registered a bunch of domains with GoDaddy. Now they send me weekly junk mail. Maybe it doesn't officially qualify as spam—I'm a paying customer and I sort of care about what they have to offer, but their offer isn't tailored to how I buy or what I might be interested in. But never mind that, the thing … [Read more...] about Special savings for you, Mr. Fancypants
5 editor’s secrets to help you write like a pro
I do a lot of copyediting, both of books and advertising collateral. I'll let you in on a secret that still surprises me, although I've seen it hundreds of times now. If you looked at the raw work of most professional writers, you'd be pretty underwhelmed. Professional writers get work because they hit their deadlines, they stay on message, and … [Read more...] about 5 editor’s secrets to help you write like a pro
