I get stressed out whenever I eat at the Cheesecake Factory. Don't get me wrong, the Cheesecake is delicious, but have you seen their ginormous menu?! It's too much! Every time I go there, I ...
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“Get rid of the crappy stuff…”
"...and focus on the good stuff." In this video, Steve Jobs offers Nike CEO some pretty awesome advice that I think we can all benefit from. Think about it... How can you change your blog to ...
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20 Ways To Keep Me Coming Back To Your Blog Again & Again
Do you ever stop to consider why people aren't coming back to re-visit your content or why they're not subscribing? The short answer is that you're probably not giving them a compelling enough ...
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Chasing Inbox Zero
A co-worker brought it to my attention that I'm apparently doing e-mail wrong. Yep, I suck at e-mail. There's too much going on and it's taking up too much of my time. A minute here, a minute ...
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Mixed Signals
I took this picture while sitting in the right lane trying to get to the on-ramp to the freeway. I wanted to take the 405 North, which according to this sign, is accessed via the right lane. The only ...
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Maintaining A Website Is Like Maintaining A Home
(Hat Tip to Pamela Wilson for the analogy). If you think about it, maintaining a website is like maintaining a home. Every week, you have to mow the lawn and occasionally, you need to trim the ...
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[@InboundNow Interview] On Local Content Creation & Lead Generation
On Thursday, I was the featured guest on Inbound Now, Hubspot's social media and inbound marketing podcast! We talked blogging and content marketing of course... See, the thing is, it can be ...
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Headed to the 2011 Inman Real Estate Connect Conference #icsf
On Monday, I'm off to San Francisco for REBarCamp San Francisco, Agent Reboot and the 15th anniversary of Real Estate Connect. If you want to catch up with me in San Francisco next week, follow me ...
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Why I Switched to Aweber for My Blog’s Email List
Every website should have a subscribe by email option. Feedburner seems to be the standard for delivering content via RSS and email - I know I've been using Feedburner for years and I still ...
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Just Hit Publish
I think writer's block is simply the dread that you are going to write something horrible. - Roy Blount, Jr. Is this post good enough? Are people going to read it? What if they ...
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When is something worth paying for?
Earlier today I tweeted this post without completely taking the time to read all of it and the references to other posts it linked to. Whoops. My mistake. I skimmed (as I'm known to do at ...
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How To Add a “Follow Me on Google+” Widget To Your Blog
I've managed to spend some time on Google+. Over all, I like the experience there (better than Facebook). Maybe that's because fewer people are on there, or because I find it easier to organize people ...
