Dec 25, 2009; Category: Blogging, Business, Communication, Design/Development, Marketing, Search/SEO; Tags: Blogging, Communication, Education, RSS Feeds; No Comments
I have a lot of blogs and news sources in my reader. So many I can’t possibly read them all every day and stil get any work done. But there are relatively few I consider indispensable, and on the face of it, they don’t seem to have a lot in common. Subject-matter-wise, they’re all over
Dec 6, 2009; Category: Blogging, Business, Communication, Marketing; Tags: Blogging, CMS, Education, Non-profit; 2 Comments
The other day I was aked, “Is blogging useful for non-profit or educational organizations?” My mom would be pleased to know I stifled my first thought about bears and what they do in the woods, and instead responded with something a bit more professional. Something along the lines of, “Uh, yeah, sure.” Brilliant. Thankfully, I
Nov 16, 2009; Category: Blogging, Marketing; Tags: Blogging; No Comments
Just post it. Post anything. As long as it has to do with the focus of your blog. Doesn’t matter if it’s short; doesn’t matter if it’s good. Just write it and post it. It’s like falling off your diet. Or your exercise program. The important thing is to restart as soon as possible. Come
Oct 5, 2009; Category: Marketing, Video, Zeitgeist; Tags: Blogging, Marketing, social media, Zeitgeist; No Comments
This video, from Erik Qualman of socialnomics.net, purposely looks and sounds a lot like the most recent version of "Did You Know", an earlier version of which was published on EvoBloggito in January 2009. The video above is about social media as a means of engaging customers. If you’re in business, you need to watch
Sep 2, 2009; Category: Blogging, Content Management System; Tags: Blogging, Business, WordPress; No Comments
You may or may not have noticed: you’re looking at a new version of both EvoBloggito and evowebdev.com. They are integrated in a "blogsite", based on the WordPress platform. Why? Primarily because we think the integration will result in increased search engine traffic for the "non-blog" portion of the site. But also, because we wanted
Aug 12, 2009; Category: Blogging, Communication, Marketing, Search/SEO; Tags: Blogging, Communication; No Comments
That’s right: you don’t find your audience. They find you. Your job, as a blogger, is to make it easy for them to find you when they decide to look for information. It’s a simple formula, but it’s so easy to get off-track. Identify your audience, or "Tribe" if you prefer. You’d be surprised how
Aug 6, 2009; Category: Blogging, Communication, Marketing; Tags: Blogging, Communication, Marketing; No Comments
I don’t know how many of you have read the iconic book, The Cluetrain Manifesto, which was first published in 1999, the same year I moved to New Mexico. I am almost certain I read a portion of it a few years earlier, however, because I was working for a corporation when I first read