step outside your blog box
Face it: blogs can get boring. Fast. If you’ve seen one mommy blog, you’ve seen ‘em all. If you’ve seen one design blog, you’ve seen ‘em all. If you’ve seen one tech blog, you’ve seen ‘em all. We all have our boxes. We have a set of standards, formulas, guidelines. We know what’s worked in [...]
tell your story!
It’s here! My latest ebook is now available to download. Storytelling for Creative Biz Success is an ebook-slash-workbook that will guide you through writing engaging content for your blog, website, or other content-driven marketing. Each chapter provides brainstorming ideas, concrete steps, must-have elements, and sales- oriented tips. You will create a killer “About Page,” generate [...]
5 Ways to Monetize Your Blog Without Advertising
One of the topics I receive the most questions about is blog advertising. When can you start accepting sponsors? How do you price your ads? How do you manage advertising? The bottom line: doing advertising right is hard work. From ads on Scoutie Girl – a 3.5 year old blog with a monthly readership of [...]
Big Opportunity! WordPress for Indie Biz Chat
When: Thursday, June 10 7:30pm EST Who: For anybody you’d like to know more about moving their blog or website to WordPress. By me! And Candy, from Candied Fabrics, and Justine, from Justine Smith Media, will be giving me a hand! Where: Ustream. Hint: go to Ustream now and register a username so that you [...]
Another Excerpt!
Just wanted to let you know that you can find another excerpt of my new ebook, Storytelling for Creative Biz Success, up on Crafting an MBA today. This one is about the brainstorming process you can use to create a whole blog or website full of usefull, story-driven content. This is the very first – [...]






