Communication

Third Places & Your Blog

Third places are critical in community development. Your site can be that third place for people, if you're strategic. Here are 5 of my strategies.

Social Media Tips for Small Business: Don’t Sell, Add Value

Let me start by saying, I'm not a social media expert. These are just common sense observations. But these social media tips for small business might help.

Getting Started Speaking at WordCamps? What not to do…

Want to get started speaking at a WordCamp. Here are some tips - on how I got started and what not to do.

Your Reach: Amplified

If you want greater reach, especially online, then you'll want to read about the tool I use that makes it happen.

Speaking at a Conference? Don’t forget these 4 things

Will you be speaking at a conference soon? Use these four tools to help you communicate effectively.

Writers write. Here’s what the rest of us do…

Are you someone who is writing regularly? Do you hit a wall? Here are 20 tricks to help move forward.

I Say No to Rev Share Deals (the “No” series)

I say no to rev share deals because most often they don't make any sense. They're pitched as ways to ask me for free service with some hope on the back end. But we all know hope isn't a strategy.

I Say No to the Request, not the Person (the “No” series)

If you want to learn how to say no, here's what I do. I say no to the request, not the person.

PowerPoint Presenters, Don’t Design Your Slides Until You Read This

Want three effective PowerPoint presentation design tips? Here they are - and success awaits if you heed them.

The one Infographic Generator I’ve stopped using

I've written before about infographics and even infographic generators but now, with a v2 on the horizon, here's one I won't be using anymore.