I love blogging. I really do. Because I continue to meet so many fantastic people. I certainly do appreciate all of the emails and Skype calls I continue to get. I'm now have to rethink my contact management or at least upgrade my contact management skills to successfully grow the many great contacts I've made which result in some pretty valuable associations. This brings me to Rich Brooks of Flyte New Media blog. Beside a blog on web design and marketing that I've come to enjoy reading Rich has also published a PowerPoint presentation on blog planning, blog building and blog promotion.

I met Rich in the blogosphere (no surprise there!) as I was checking inbound links and noticed that he was kind enough to link to me. I replied to his blog with a thanks and email conversations ...   more »

Conversations with Experts: How to Build Your Business On and Off-line
Conversations with Experts is hosted by Denise Wakeman and Patsi Krakoff of the newly released Build A Better Blog System manual that teaches professionals and businesses about how to create blog success by integrating blogging technology in their marketing strategy.

Wednesday, May 18, 2005, 8:30 p.m. ET - FREE
Guest Expert: Anita Campbell of Small Business Trends, featured in the Build a Better Blog System.

Anita will be discussing "The On Again, Off Again Entrepreneur." Anita is considered an influential "A-List Blogger" and is widely respected for her coverage and commentary on challenges and issues facing small businesses today.

In today’s world each of us is likely to go through periods of being self-employed, and being employed by someone else. No longer is it a question of either/ ...   more »

I published my blog and ping rant back on April 24th talking about the clog of nonsense I ran into why doing some research in no less than 3 major blog and RSS search directories. Darren Rowse follow up with his thoughts on blog and ping, adding to my rant on this subject.

Priya Shah adds to the growing blogger backlash against blog and ping in here post on the rise of the blog spam empire as she picks up on Andy Wibbels' post on blog and ping entitled What is Blog Power.

Taking Names and Kickin' Butt
Now names are being taken and marketers are being called out. Here's the deal. First of all blog and ping spam is real issue here. Smart marketing (internet marketing and search engine marketing) requires that you avoid this technique and ...   more »