Welcome once again to my posts of the week. This week seven have made the cut, which is a little disappointing. We seem to be going through a fallow period on the blogs I read – maybe you know some good ones I should be reading? If so please let me know in comments and I’ll add them to my RSS feed.
Here we go with my favorite posts this week:
How to work less and earn more
By Yaro Starak on entrepreneursjourney
Long piece from Yaro, written as well as ever, which does what it says in the title.
Open letter to the newly unemployed
By David Risley on davidrisley
Typicalle direct post from David, suggesting that the newly unemployed might like to consider the benefits of starting a blog while drawing their unemployment benefits.
The value of each viewer/user/customer is NOT the same
By Gary Vaynerchuk on garyvaynerchuk
This guy is so passionate he can make you squirm! A really important message for marketers everywhere.
When women get power at work, do they use it like men do?
By Penelope Trunk on penelopetrunk
I found this blog via Twitter, and it’s brilliant! Kind of Sex in the City with brains!
By Eliot on flopidle
The title alone warrants a place on POW, but the content is useful too. The Amazon Kindle is going to be huge in 2009 and Eliot talks about future trends and includes a link to a useful piece about publishing for Kindle.
Memory cards that can upload videos online via WiFi
By admin on divephotoguide
Not a scintillating post, but it broke some fantastic news of an incredible new product.
Platform thinking in personal branding
By Chris Brogan on chrisbrogan
Chris just seems to pump up post after post of stimulating, useful and interesting writing. We’ve had a load of posts in the last few weeks about branding, but Brogan’s is the clearest and best for me.
That’s it for this week, but while you’re here, please have a look at a couple of my posts from this week, they’re just below!
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More Time for Blogging - 2 Hour Blogging Sessions
In this video I share with you my method for blogging – the two hour session. If you’re still working a full time job, or have several blogs to run, then the two hour session plan may help you out. You also get to see some of my house and a little local sunshine on a March afternoon!
Make it Easy for your Blog Readers
I registered on a scuba diving forum this week. The process was reasonably slick, but when I went to investigate some of the posts, I was quickly mired in a sea of disclaimers and rules. There was a separate set of rules for each section of the forum!
The Right Way to Launch a New Blog
- Open a Twitter account
- Really engage with your Twitter followers, offer them help and advice
- Post dozens of really interesting, useful links via Twitter
- Build up to 15,000 Twitter followers
- Launch your blog and let all your followers know about it
- Continue the theme on the blog by posting some really useful content for all your new readers
Simple isn’t it? Wish I’d thought of it myself.
Congratulations to Jesse Newhart on his excellent new blog www.jessenewhart.com and you can follow him on Twitter @jessenewhart
Another way is to join my Beginner's Guide to Blogging course!
Thanks for the shout out!
Hi, Mike. Thanks for linking to my blog. I'm happy to hear you like it :)
And, love the shout out for my Twitter feed. I'm so enthralled with twitter and I feel lucky that people are reading it!
Penelope
Thanks for stopping by
Thanks for stopping by Penelope. I love Twitter too, but not as much as I love your blog at the moment!
Mike
List of posts
Mike,
Thanks for the list of posts above.
David's discussion is a timely one for those who are facing the prospect of unemployment, and I love the Penelope's story - it seems she has the style with the younger guys!
I haven't had a look at the others yet, but will certainly do so if I get the chance.
Welcome to Mike's Life Andrew
Thanks for the comment. I've been over to your blog and South Korea looks interesting. I've added it to me feed, so maybe we'll see some of your stuff on POW.
Happy writing!
Mike