Still standing...
Wendy Piersall
We’ll keep this short and sweet, because nothing else she said mattered or hit as hard as this:
“Every day I had to hear my internal voice say, “Who are you to charge that much or who will come to my site to read this?” Every single day, another internal voice had to say, “Who are you NOT TO!?”
Amendment: One more came out at the end: “I want more time! Reply: There is no more time, give me more YOU!”
Liz Strauss
Customers: Is your traffic a reader or a customer?
Don’t sell your customers something they don’t need or what you think they need. Sell them what they want.
Make it about them.
How to be irresistable. They are all about Frosted Mini Wheats. The fiber appeals to the adult in me. The sugar appeals to the kid in me. If I don’t want breakfast, you need to tell me something to make me want them. Tell me they make a good snack or that they are good for me.
Head, heart, and meaning.
Chris Brogan
What Pirates Teach Me About Community
Believe in humans:
Ask. Do. Share. Give your ideas handles. Make it useful. Give more than you ask back. Be clear about your business. Hack. Make Pirates. [Read more...]
Chris Garrett
Chrisg
Get more bang from your blog:
Brainstorm your content ideas. It’s the biggest part of the process. If you just re-hash other people’s stuff, it shows. People can just go to the source if that’s all you’re doing. How do you find ideas? Talking to other bloggers is a huge source of ideas. Commuting is a good time to think, but you need to record every idea. Take some time to generate content and it will pay dividends in the future.
The Business Process:
Blogging Efficiency: 5 minute post
