Yakkity Yak Use A MindMap

On October 22, 2009, in Blogs, Creativity, Featured, web 2.0, by Nettie Hartsock

One of the coolest ways to make sure you’re on target for the content focus you want to have on your blog is to use a mindmap program.

Not only will a mind map program help you improve your creativity, but it’s a fantastic blog brainstorming tool.

One of the best free tools out there to do this is Bubble.us, which lets you create a map, share a map and embed one in your blog, website or emails.

You can also choose Mindomo.com – which offers free 7 private maps.

I encourage you to look at these and incorporate them early on before you even launch your blog. There’s nothing worse than having a blog that yakkity-yaks with no direction and lacks strong content for your burgeoning community.

Speaking of yakkity-yak, make sure your blog is not solely focused on you and your yakking. In the South, the person who is yakking the most in the center of the room, usually is also the one everyone tries to avoid by the end of the night. Don’t be that blog-yakker.

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The Blog is Always Greener on the Other Side

On October 20, 2009, in Blogs, Doing the Greater Good, Social Media, by Nettie Hartsock

Here are 7 tips to help you blog successfully.

1. The more you post, the more your blog visibility grows. Posting good content keeps the search engines happy and helps drive more traffic to your blog.

2. If you’ll commit to posting on a regular schedule (at least three times a week) for 52 weeks (a year) then before you know it, you’ll have a community depending on you as a perennial resource.

3. Keywords and tags add up over a year’s worth of blog posts and they help drive search engine traffic.

4. If you’ll post for a year, you’ll have an amazing library of content that you can repackage and repurpose for an ebook or another digital offering.

5. The more you comment on other blogs and link to them in your posts, the more you’ll expand your online footprint.

6. Your blog can connect you directly with new peers, partners and potential customers.

7. Your ideas matter and who better to blog about them then you?

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Obama’s Social Media Czar…

On September 8, 2009, in Featured, by Nettie Hartsock

Obama has not yet created a “Social Media Czar” – so I thought in lieu of that, I would create what I think a Social Media Czar’s job description might be.

Social Media Czar Description:

1. Must be  conversant, witty and have fast keyboard skills.

2. Must reduce blog flame wars and avoid addiction to Mafia wars on Facebook.

3. Must have social czar blog “The Social Czar Said So” and post to it three times weekly.

4. No retweeting – must create and post his own “social czarish” insight.

5. Must use keywords on all blog posts and categories cannot include, “Because I’m the Czar”, “Czar Rules”, “Don’t Mess with the Czar.”

6. Must attend a once monthly virtual potluck and bring his/her own social media dish.

7. Must be willing to create link-love and not only use internal linking but also link externally to others.

8. Must be able to post his entire bio in 160 characters or less on Twitter profile.

9. Must not ever judge a blog by its cover.

10. Must be willing, ready and able to respond to any Twitter queries in real-time and in 140 characters without ‘bureacratic-speak.”

11. Must never use emoticons, or send cute “czarish” gifts to fans on Facebook.

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