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I was reading a book on business by one of the more famous freelance writers (while the book was on starting a writing business, the section could apply to any small business start up). The author was giving guidance for how to network at meetings and generate leads. One of his first points was this:
Do [...]

Since one of my hats is consulting with businesses starting a corporate blog, I sometimes have to jumpstart topic ideas.
I thought this post from All Freelance Writing was pretty helpful.
Do you ever get blogger’s block - feeling like you’ve already blogged about everything in your niche, where you just can’t seem to come up with [...]

Among my other jobs, one aspect of my business is new media consulting. I recently had to deal with one of the most popular blog publishers for businesses and corporations, Typepad. While I know it is an excellent service, I ran into a problem that I have also encountered in one form or [...]

As a blogger for hire, I always like to know about corporate bloggers and especially CEOs who blog. I have Michael Hyatt in my feed reader, but I recently discovered a great book on corporate blogging that told me of several more.
Matt Blumberg of ReturnPath
Karen Christenson of Berkshire Publishing Group
Mark Cuban of the Dallas [...]

While I doubt my personal site will ever get to the level that it is noticed by copyblogger or problogger, I actually do make some significant money blogging for clients (not enough to live on, by itself, but more than pocket change).
It was all so simple at the start
The first time I started blogging for [...]

The CEO blog watch has published some writing guidelines.  I thought the first two were especially good:

Write in your own voice. Don’t try to impress people with your vocabulary. The best blogs convey quality information in a conversational style.
Write each blog post so it can stand on its own. Each post should offer value on [...]

Michael Hyatt may be my favorite blogging CEO (though in fairness to others, I tend to prefer to read the blogs of people I have actually met). He has been blogging from ICRS. Today he reported,
I met with Les Dietzman, president and CEO of Berean Christian Stores. This is the third largest Christian retail [...]

Unlike Ms. Rivers, I typically never touch pen or pencil to paper. My father was geek enough that I had a home pc in the house by the time I entered junior high. Word processors are what I do.
Still, I share her conviction that writing is fundamental.
I hear some school systems in Maryland [...]

I think there are two kinds of political blogs: blogs that are political and political groups or organizations that blog (yes, I know these overlap, but it works for my purposes).
The blog I just found is of the latter kind–a known organization that gained a reputation through other communication media has now started to blog.
And [...]

I have made progress in promoting a service. I have more work to do, but I think it is ready to be revealed.