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How Do I Get Stuff to Review?
Reviews In my last post I talked about whether or not Contests are viable sources for blog traffic. After a week of the contest I can say that my traffic has totally jumped and I now have quite a few new readers. So, I would say that contests do have a way of growing your traffic. Also, it has been very fun for me to do this contest. During this I was asked by a reader how I get things to review. How I get things to Review When I decided that I wanted ...
Continue readingAre Blog Contests Still Worth Running?
Blogging, Competitions I’m running a month long contest through my blog BenSpark.com. I’ve dubbed the contest SwagsGiving. I have a bunch of products that I’ve gotten over the past year from attending conferences and connecting with companies and brands. Basically I have a ton of stuff that I cannot use. How many Flip Cameras does one person need. I guess I could videotape myself from multiple angles or something at the same time but for the most ...
Continue readingFoursquare or Whrrl – Where do you Check-In?
Blogging I am a check-in junkie. I’ve tried Gowalla, Foursquare, Whrrl, Facebook Places and WeReward. I’m sure there are some other ones too and everyone has their favorite or hates them completely. There is the argument that you post your location then bad things will happen to yourself or your unprotected home. You just can’t go living your life in fear, that is ridiculous and my mind completely shuts off when someone comes up with ...
Continue readingBlogWorld Expo 2010 – Done and Gone, Still Reeling from the Feeling
Blogging I just got home yesterday morning 5:45am and then did my full time job before I even got a chance to get home and visit the family. I’m running all my travel plans by my wife in the future so I don’t go and do a red eye before a day of work ever again. I was destroyed that day. But why? Because of BlogWorld & New Media Expo. It kicked my butt up and down the Vegas strip. But in a good way. I’ve attended every BlogWorld ...
Continue readingHow Not To Follow Up After a Conference
Productivity, Social Networking I’ve been attending blogging conferences since 2007. Through conferences I’ve been able to meet some amazing people. However, through my own ineptitude I’ve not done a great job of following up with everyone that I’ve met. The photo above is an actual box that I have filled with missed opportunity, missed connections and missed business opportunities. Some business cards are over 3 years old. Might be a little late to ...
Continue readingBlogWorld & New Media Expo is Coming, Are You Going?
Blogging, Social Networking This time of year is one of my favorite times because I get so excited to see all of my blogging friends at BlogWorld & New Media Expo. I have been lucky enough to have attended every single BlogWorld that there has been. I went to my first on in 2007 and am going to be speaking at this one on Friday October 15, at 2:45pm. My session is called Content You Care About. I happen to be on at the very same time as the owner of this blog, Zac ...
Continue readingThe Umi Chicken Guide to Internet Marketing
Blogging Photo by quaziefoto I was in the mall the other day and was observing the people working at Umi Chicken. I’m sure that you have one of these or another in your mall where someone stands out front of the restaurant in the food court with a plate of free samples. As you walk by they hand you a piece of their chicken on a toothpick. And that one sample is really, really tasty. That single piece makes you start to crave what else Umi Chicken ...
Continue readingGuest Blogging is Like Helping a Friend Move
Blogging Bear with me on this one. I was helping my good friend move yesterday and in the tedium of moving box after box of their stuff into “the room” made my mind wander. While it was wandering I hit upon guest blogging as akin to helping a friend move. Let me illustrate. It is not your house No matter what you think of the house, remember that it is not your house. You do not have to live there but you do have to be a good guest. So, as ...
Continue readingHustle like ‘Shanky’
Blogging I’m not a sports guy and I hardly ever go to sporting events. However, I did have the chance to go to a special event with my Dad and Grandfather to see the hometown team play an away game. That was a once in a lifetime trip for me because I had never gone on a trip with just my Dad and Grandfather before. We went a baseball game and what was most entertaining for me wasn’t the action on the field but the hustle in the stands. ...
Continue readingListening to the Voice of the Audience
Blogging I was just reading Patti Stafford’s post on Staying Motivated when you are not seeing results and I had to chuckle to myself because I’ve just recently changed things up big time on my own blog. For seven years I’ve written about myself and my life through my blog. I started doing a photograph a day in 2005 and would post the photo and write something about it or about my family. I began to wonder why I wasn’t getting ...
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