Why Less is Not Always More With Social Media Productivity

February 19, 2010 Relationships & Society

This is a guest post by the very fine Chris Garret, @chrisgarrett.
There are some very good examples of less being more, in design, productivity, and so on. When it comes to social media though, this is not necessarily the case.
I keep hearing the following advice

Schedule your tweets to go out automatically so you do [...]

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Scribe: Pull Your SEO Together!

February 18, 2010 Blogging

I don’t get SEO. Really. It’s like advanced math to me. I mean, I know the concepts and how things are actually working, but every time I try to really put myself into it, I get that strange feeling of nausea. It just doesn’t work. And unless you’re working for Google or make a living [...]

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The Fine Art of Making Mistakes

February 17, 2010 Personal Development

Do you make mistakes? No? Really? Than thank you very much and enjoy your trip away from this blog as of… right now! This post is not for you. This post is about people who are making mistakes. Precisely, for people who are learning from their own mistakes.
Yeah, I know what you think: I won’t [...]

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7 Ways To Drastically Improve Your Social Life

February 15, 2010 Relationships & Society

This is a guest post by from my friend Bud  Hennekes, @pluginid.
What does your current social situation look like? Are you surrounded by people who bring the best out of you? Or are you held back by individuals who just drag you down? Do you have an abundance of connections? Or do you constantly feel [...]

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5 Things I Learned From Teaching Others

February 11, 2010 Relationships & Society

A few months ago, I started a series of workshops. One is about doing online business (which I call the “mentorship”) and the other one is about blogging. Both are pretty demanding in terms of focus, energy and time. Mentorship is 2 days in a row and blogging is split in 3 days, usually 3 [...]

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A Winter Tale

February 9, 2010 Blogging

Last Saturday I was to a party. Yes, I do this from time to time. It was a rather informal meeting in a Bucharest club, 10 people at most. I only knew the organizer, a close friend of mine and partner in my blogging workshop.
I don’t know if it was the music, the quality of [...]

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Brute Force or A Gentle Touch

February 8, 2010 Personal Development

“Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.”

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Sometimes it seems that the harder you try to chase something, the further it moves away from you. This [...]

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Life Device Drivers: What Are They and When You Need To Upgrade

February 6, 2010 Personal Development

Life device drivers are fundamental for a smooth social interaction. They’re the invisible layer which allows us to have a proper interaction with various social interfaces, like a job or a family. Oh, you don’t know what a life device drivers is? No problem, this is exactly what you’re going to find out in this [...]

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How I Wrote And Published 4 Books on Amazon in One Month

February 4, 2010 Blogging

I don’t really believe in advertising as a valid, long-term monetizing strategy for a blog. There are more cons than pros, if you take the time to really look at it. Yet, many bloggers are rushing towards advertising and fill up their blog real estate with tons of banners and then dumbly wait for money [...]

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Don’t Hit It Big! Unless You’re Ready For It…

February 3, 2010 Success & Wellness

So, you want to hit it big with your blog? Go on, do it! Just don’t fantasize too much about how it’s going to be when you’ll do it. And you know why? Because it’s going to be completely different from what you think it would. Let me tell you a story about how success [...]

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Successful Excellence

February 1, 2010 Free speech

This is a guest post by my friend Zeenat Merchant-Syal, @zeenatsyal.
Aren’t we all craving for success?
In whatever endeavor we take up success is what we are after. Be it a project or a job. Be it as small a task as completing a good book. We always want to be successful at the task in [...]

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