2014
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Attention Span
Jun 15
The majority of this site’s content – 470+ individual articles – goes relatively unnoticed. I personally go back and review the archives from time to time and am absolutely floored by some of the content I find.
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What Comes Next?
May 27
Publishing has come a long way in the past few years. Seeing the evolution from print to digital, I continue to ask, “what’s next?”
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Diversify your Audience
May 11
There’s an audience for every topic.
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How to blog more: What comes to mind?
May 8
As I carry through my objective to blog daily in 2014, people continue to ask me how I devise daily topics.
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The Death of Sponsored Content
Apr 3
Once upon a time, I published sponsored content on this site. Now, one of those sponsors has been notified by Google that my article appears to be part of a “link scheme” and has asked me to remove any links to their sites. I find Google flagging my article in such a way troubling, since…
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What Constitutes a Publisher?
Mar 25
A colleague recently pointed me to an interesting article about content publishing and web intents. The article led to some interesting discussions.
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The Goal of Blogging
Mar 10
There are conflicting opinions as to what would prompt someone to keep a daily blog.
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Transparent Monetization
Mar 2
I started blogging daily on this domain to build a platform. To build a place where my voice – professional and creative – could reach the world. I want to begin monetizing this platform, and I need your help and feedback to make it work.
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By The Numbers
Mar 1
According to the analytics, I had only 9,000 repeat visitors last year (which was 17% of my traffic). So far this year I’ve had 17,000 repeat visitors. While this is only 19% of my traffic, it still represents a nearly 100% increase over the entirety of 2013!
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Quality Traffic
Feb 24
If you’re reading this, you’re probably in my target reader group. If you have left a comment previously, you’re definitely in that group. So, unscientifically, what prompts you to leave a comment and engage in the conversation?
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Pick a Topic
Feb 23
Today, I wanted to share some tips for picking article topics when you’re otherwise faced with writers’ block.
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How To: Blog Every Day
Feb 16
I write every day. I also publish a blog every day – even if what I wrote that day wasn’t publishable.