Differentiation (and more than that, being remarkable) relies upon having a unique angle. There is nothing like a good argument to get people going. How do you leverage the power of emotion as a blogger? Chances are that you are passionate about something, otherwise you wouldn’t bother with blogging – after all, it can be [...]

It is inevitable that every blog about blogging has to have a post on blogger’s block – the inability to find new things to write about and to actually write about them. I would add the following: Keep your ideas journal close to hand: I use a mobile phone as both ebook reader and ideas [...]

We set up blogs and pour our heart and soul into them. Sometimes we blog until it hurts, and often to the exclusion of those we love. We satisfy ourselves that our daily post is, well, good enough, and click on the Publish button and hope for the best. “Good enough” is how most of [...]

Generally, we spend too much time on keyboard-based equipment. This raises a lot of potential health issues – issues that we need to be aware of as bloggers, including: Carpal tunnel syndrome Relationship issues Sedentary occupation issues Mental health issues Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Wikipedia tells us that: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is idiopathic median neuropathy [...]

In Married to the Mob, Michelle Pfeiffer eventually moans “I want a divorce!”. While the movie was a comedy, it makes me think about my own situation and that of the bloggers I know personally. Without going into specifics, or naming names, it is fair to say that intense blogging puts a strain on any [...]

I have a couple of friends who are fairly well known within their respective professions. Their blogs are also fairly well known. It may be that blogging helped to establish their international fan base, but it was only one factor to their success. Truth be told, they are good at what they do. Blogging may [...]

In my youth, I wrote a lot of science fiction/fantasy – and it was not very good. I had a few short stories published in university newspapers, and a thick sheaf of rejection slips from small publishers (the big ones generally didn’t answer at all). I have to admit to not reading any of the [...]

Community is, well, sexy. Bloggers rarely exist without it for long (unless they were famous before they started, like Marc Andreessen). What does community mean? Dictionaries aside, I like to think of community as a group of people who share something in common and talk about it. Real-life communities exist as suburbs and villages, but [...]

Let’s face it – sex sells. Blogs that use a lot of “bikini babe” photos seem to do well – even if they are about technology or car reviews. How do you use this to your advantage without compromising your integrity? Or are you prepared to do whatever it takes to get your blog promoted? [...]

There’s a few threads in this: being of service. This is basically about being useful. In consulting, we’re paid a lot and a lot is expected from us in return. Over delivery on client expectation is the norm – so the bar keeps being raised. leadership is about responsibility rather than privilege. The word “privilege” [...]