Improve Your Confidence With Karaoke

In a crowded, smoke-filled room, a person asks me, “What are you singing?”
I stare at the blank sheet of paper in front of me, where I am to fill out my name and song request.
“I’m not sure yet. What about you?”
“Oh.” the person replies, “I’m not going up there.”
“Why not?” I ask.
“I get horrible [...]

A Team Blogging Environment - Part 2

Several weeks ago I wrote about my thoughts on a team environment for multi-author blogs.
I argued that individuality (in the context of service) harms the customer, and the better approach is a team-based environment where customers (or readers in the case of blogging) are everyone’s responsibility.
I discussed this concept with a friend who is [...]

I Quit

I quit!

Ok, not really. But how many times have you told yourself that when it comes to blogging?

If you’ve been in the blogging game long enough, you probably know quite a few bloggers who have quit.

Would You Buy From My Sidebar?

Blogs. Sidebars. Fashions. Uniforms. The 125×125 ads displayed in the sidebar of probably 80% of all blogs.
Despite their extremely poor conversion rate (very few people are clicking, and even fewer buy), the little cute squares are bloggers’ favorites when it comes to selling advertising (or at least to filling them with affiliate banners, forever waiting [...]

Have I Offended You?

I’d like to share with you something that happened to me this week that demonstrates to me what reader appreciation is all about: appreciating you readers.
Have you ever written something you thought would offend?
Writing can be difficult when you are talking about subjective topics, matters of style or taste, or even just good practice, so [...]