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Personality & Authenticity

How You Can Change the World Blogging

by Julius August 25, 2010
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Blogging has become quite popular within the last few years for good reasons. A blog let’s you share your ideas with other people, people that are like you. It is ultimately a way to get heard. Not only is it that but also a means of getting other people to be heard. Through that you can actually change the world.

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The Art of Embracing the Oops Moments

by Tia Peterson August 19, 2010
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You’ve probably heard that being a perfectionist will set you up for some serious heartburn in life. In blogging, it is no different. You will hit “Publish” before you are ready many times. You will wish you titled your post differently. You will wish that you used a different image in a post, or that you responded to someone’s comment differently, or that you had linked out more in a particular article.

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How to Write Without Being Overly Promotional

by Tia Peterson August 11, 2010
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Subtlety doesn’t always work, but in certain blogging circles, it’s a must. How do you sell without selling? Promote without promoting?

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Two Cents Tuesday: What’s the Main Reason So Many Blogs Fail?

by Tia Peterson August 3, 2010

When you sit down to write a post, do you ever think about how much effort you’re putting into it? How much time do you dedicate to producing something that is meaningful, useful, funny, intriguing, silly, or thought-provoking? Do you care whether people actually like it or do you sometimes get into the mindset, “I [...]

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Two Cents Tuesday: (Some) Blogs Get Better with Age

by Tia Peterson July 20, 2010

“Patience is a virtue, possess it if you can. Seldom in a woman, never in a man.” — Origin is debated. Don’t stone me. I didn’t make that saying up, guys. If you’ve been reading my blog for awhile and if you have downloaded and read (hint), you may notice this thing I have about [...]

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Why Criticism Is Your Best Friend

by Tia Peterson July 12, 2010

Criticism is extraordinarily helpful and at the same time, it can be extraordinarily destructive. It depends on where it is coming from. Early on, I connected with someone I admire and believe has my best interests in mind. When he says something critical about what I am doing or writing, I accept it wholeheartedly. Why? [...]

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Blogger Questions Answered: How to deal with rude comments

by Tia Peterson July 5, 2010

This question was submitted by Glenn Waldron. Q. How do you contend with negative bloggers (I’m talking about mean bloggers who post negative comments)? A. Hey Glenn, thanks for your submission, and sorry to hear that you took down your blog. Hopefully you find another edge in the CAD industry, and produce a successful blog [...]

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Common Sense Blogging: BizChickBlogs’ Guide to New Post Ideas (5 Ways)

by Tia Peterson May 12, 2010

This post is the 5th in the  series. Last time I checked, “stale” was not a positive attribute. Stale cereal, stale bread, stale popcorn, stale wine – yuck. No one wants to consume those things, and they end up in the garbage disposal or becoming food for the ducks (well, not the wine). So… how [...]

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In Business Blogging, Subtlety is Overrated

by Tia Peterson May 3, 2010

The Problem: Your blog is not converting visitors into clients or customers People are coming (maybe in small numbers), clicking around, maybe even staying awhile, etc. They’re signing up for your free newsletter – maybe – or subscribing to your RSS feed. But they’re not contacting you or hiring you. Somewhere along the path, people [...]

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The Best Advice I Have Ever Received

by Tia Peterson April 21, 2010

The best advice I have ever received came from the late Dr. Johnny Mac Allen, my public relations and advertising professor/advisor in college, and, for the brief time that I got to share his company, a dear friend of mine. His advice? Read. — Tia Peterson Technorati Tags: Bloggers, blogging, blogs, books, read, reading

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My Best Post Ideas Come at Night

by Tia Peterson April 15, 2010

Warning: This post contains a lot of  (link). All day long I am consuming, producing, connecting, engaging, learning and planning. But I realized just now that I write at night. It dawned (for lack of a better term) on me that it’s now, in the still of the night (and yes, it gets still even [...]

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5 Great (Chick) Bloggers and What They Do Best

by Tia Peterson April 12, 2010

Truthfully, I hate using the term “women bloggers” because it doesn’t sound correct to me; that said, it is widely used. Just not here. “Female bloggers” sounds worse. I decided to go with chick bloggers and hope the term doesn’t offend. I am a chick through and through and use it with only the utmost [...]

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