Real leadership starts when you step up with the courage to be a category of one. I have a short episode for you this week, honoring the life of Prince and opening up some ideas about leadership, about community, and about building something that matters. Corporate culture (and what to do if you’re stuck in Attack of the Clones) Finding … [Read more...] about Leadership, Categories of One, and Purple Rain

Creative productivity is all about habits. Here’s a super quick weekly ritual (you could even do it daily) to have a brilliant week … every week It’s a funny paradox — if you want to be more productive, especially as a creative professional, the best thing you can do for your output is to establish regular rituals. But as … [Read more...] about Make Better Mondays! 6 Minutes to a Happier, More Productive Week

“Help! I have no idea what to write about!” We’ve all been there — and when you produce as much content as the Copyblogger team, keeping the idea stream flowing is a top priority. Today, I’ll talk about five practices we use at Copyblogger and Rainmaker to come up with plenty of high-quality ideas. These are the … [Read more...] about 5 Idea-Generating Techniques We Use on the Copyblogger Team

Blogging isn’t the only game in town any more for content marketers. Podcasts are super popular as the new “do-it-yourself” content format. So which works better, and why? Today’s content marketing question: Should I blog or should I podcast? Or maybe I should be doing video? Or all three? Or do I even need a site at all, … [Read more...] about Blog or Podcast? 5 Questions to Help You Decide