Yes, it’s a guest post! My friend and all-around wise dude Charlie Gilkey graciously offered me this guest post as a way to rouse Remarkable Communication gently from its slumber. This is the second part of the How To Blog Like Shakespeare series from Charlie Gilkey. Check out How To Write For New Readers if you missed Part 1. Regular readers are … [Read more...] about How To Write For Regular Readers
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SlowBlogging
A few days ago, Mara Rogers wrote a post for Copyblogger about SpeedBlogging. Her post had a lot of smart tips for writing blog posts more quickly and efficiently, and I don't disagree with any of the advice she gave. But I'd like to propose another way to approach your posts: SlowBlogging. Heard about the Slow Food movement? They're an … [Read more...] about SlowBlogging
5 Recipes for Success (and 1 for Tomatoes)
By Sonia Simone Seth Godin did a great post on how to read a business book, in which he pointed out that good business books are 95% motivation and 5% recipes for acting on that motivation. My own struggle with Godin's books is that I come out of them motivated as hell, but then I lose steam trying to translate the big idea into a recipe I can act … [Read more...] about 5 Recipes for Success (and 1 for Tomatoes)
Monkeys and Bloggers and Tribes (oh, my!)
By Sonia Simone Have the past couple of days been driving you nuts (here and on some other blogs you might be following)? All this inside baseball from SOBCon--lots of us Twittering like crazy, mostly for the benefit of the other 130-odd bloggers who were there. The worst part is, most of us are so exhausted that our notes are terrible. … [Read more...] about Monkeys and Bloggers and Tribes (oh, my!)