The other day someone asked me about how and where I get ideas for blog posts. I have no editorial calendar. I never plan anything. It is full blown lightning bolt or nothing (hence the sometimes irregualr posting rhythm). I’d LOVE it if I could be more scientific, more planned….
You know about the type of headline I am referring to above. I write ’em. You write ’em. There supposed to be hooky/linkbaity/make you wanna click through to see shit kinda headlines. They’re REALLY popular these days on the ol interwebs. But I am getting frikkin tired of them. Here, to be…
I like this post that ran on Copyblogger and in PR Daily about creativity. Maybe I should have just left a comment. But the post, which outlines creativity killers, missed a key insight. Specifically, that creativity is near impossible when you are tired or have been working longer/harder than usual for a sustained…
I wanna kill ‘dead’. Not in all contexts. The word has its moments. For instance, I might need to mention that “Gandhi is dead’” or my “Grandfather is dead”. The word is also useful when ominous signs appear on the horizon, such as “Oh no, a grizzly bear, we’re fucking dead!” But I am sick…
I’ve been a contributor to Ragan’s PR Daily for approximately 4 months. It has been an interesting experiment and, thus far, has panned out better than I imagined it would. This type of activity takes time. That’s the output. It also generates returns; some easy to measure, some harder. I don’t get…
Awesome. I use it. You use it. It seems massive tracts of the blogosphere use it. It’s damn versatile. If you need to describe something that is actually great you say ‘awesome’ (i.e. – ‘I just had the world’s best corndog. It was awesome!’) If you…
The position of “community manager” is relatively new. It’s also increasingly important. The person in charge of tending to your online tribe needs to possess certain skills. Obviously writing, the ability to produce multimedia content, comfort with tech, experience, work ethic and intellect matter – as they do for any modern day…
Clearly in North Carolina, where this pic was taken, people need to spend a bit more time in SHCOOL.
Having trouble pitching stories to media? Maybe you are God’s gift to pitching… Either way you should watch this from the Associated Press. [youtube]Vut4gPPzEac[/youtube]