Every IM’er should read this.
Internet Marketers Can Change The World
And then, check out Roger Carr’s blog, Everyday Giving
It gives real meaning to the phrase:
Follow Your PASSION

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This post could have been titled: “Twitter Influence”
But I thought it looked more ‘interesting’ with this instead:
“How 280 Characters Exposed Me To 82,000 Readers”
The story is as fascinating as the heading suggests. It’s a blogger’s dream. Imagine typing a few words into a box, clicking a button - and as a result, having […]

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If you are a blogger who endorses a worthy charity, there are many ways you can integrate your support for your favorite non-profit into your blogging. Here are 11 ideas you may want to start using:
1. Theme. You could use a ‘theme’ for your blog that reflects the cause or mission of the […]

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In 2003, I wrote on of the first ebook about blogging for profits. Blog Profit Ideas Exposed went on to sell over 750 copies.
Since 2005, I have stopped teaching my power-blogging techniques. Yet, I’m still known as a top expert on blog marketing.
I distilled my best blogging practices into a short primer for […]

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1. Chris Brogan - he has incredible insights about the exciting new arena of social media marketing.
2. Guy Kawasaki - he inspires me to keep trying to change the world.
3. Seth Godin - he called me a ‘Purple Cow’ and sparked off a chain of events, then channeled my marketing thinking in the right direction.
4. […]

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I created this series of posts about launching a new blog some months back.
During the site redesign, somehow the links to it got knocked off the homepage and I’ve had a few questions from readers asking where it went.
Well, it’s still here - so this post is primarily to link to the different sections.
The multi-part […]

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With some time to spare, I’m looking to write some guest blogs - would you like me to write for your blog too?
The post will be 200 to 350 words, completely unique content, and on a topic I know enough about, but one you can select to fit the theme of your blog.
I’ll promise to […]

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The digital world as viewed through the eyes of software developers, programmers and architects has always seemed too abstract, remote and unreal to me, as compared with ‘real world’ interactions we all experience as humans on Planet Earth.
That’s why when I read this article on personal publishing, the analogy that struck me was very different […]

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How To Measure ‘Blogger Influence’?

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Ever since I became interested in the subject of ‘influence’ in blogging, I’ve wondered how best to measure influence.
I’ve always disliked ‘leaderboards‘ which rank influence by using an algorithmic approach - based on inbound links, or ‘reach’, or RSS count or some other metric.
But is that really ‘influence’?
Should a […]

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Andy Beard wrote (in a comment):
“I really want blogs to become something more than a marketing platform for product launches, but that isn’t going to happen unless it can be shown that blogs and RSS subscribers are something worth striving for.”
Seth Godin wrote:
“Every time you read something I write here, you’re giving me a gift… […]

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