"You should write a blog post about that." I had just told my neighbor about a less than stellar customer service experience where I was on the...
Better Blogging
Curating leadership posts
I like to joke that "I'm just a humble preacher's boy trying to make his way in the world." But I'm human and I love it when someone gives me a...
Blogging: So you want to write a guest post
I get at least one almost every day. They're emails offering to do guest post. When I opened up the weekend's emails on Monday afternoon I found...
Blogging lessons from my Dad, the preacher
My father was a Lutheran pastor for more than sixty years. By the time he died he had preached thousands of sermons. What he learned from that...
Blogging: Pick a topic and an audience
What should you blog about? The standard advice is to "blog about something you love." That can be good advice but not all by itself. Great business...
Blogging: Advice for a new blogger
Will Hodges asked me if I had any advice for a new blogger. I didn't then, but I will when this post is done. Here are some snippets of advice in no...
When the post fights you
Sometimes the post fights you Blog posts are like living things. Sometimes they do exactly what you want, but sometimes they don't. Sometimes the...
Blogging: By your content they shall know you
I've never met Harold Jarche. I've talked on the phone with Mary Jo Asmus and Steve Roesler, but I've never met them in person. I know them because...
Blogging: A good example of a post on a current event
Full disclosure. Rod Santomassimo is a friend and a client. That's why I read his blog even though I'm not in commercial real estate. Which is why I...
Blogging: Three Ways to Re-Use an Old Post
A reader wrote to ask if she could re-use an old blog post. Here's my reply. There are three basic ways to update/revise an older post. You can...