I was visiting my friend Kapil Apshankar on his blog Social Media Notebook, where he was conducting a short poll that asked the question, Do You Tweet Horizontally or vertically? During the conversation in the comments we discussed several of the Twitter applications, including Seesmic Desktop. It reminded me that I had never taken a [...]
This is the third article in my productivity series and in this post I want to share what I have learned about how to focus. When I look back upon my working life I see a very busy and productive person. One who has been through periods of getting lots of things done as well [...]
Having images in your blog post is one of the best things that you can do to grab the attention of your readers and cause them to take that initial look. When people see a nice image they immediately want to know what it represents and what the story behind it is. They improve the [...]
We’ve heard all the talk about working hard and fighting your way to the top. It’s what drives many to put in such long hours, starting at or before sunrise and toiling well into the night. But will working harder really take you where you want to go? If we’re working hard all of the [...]
With more than 3 million users now, I was late to the Evernote party (started using it late 2009) but as I look back I regret having not started sooner. Want to get things done and be more productive with an easy to use tool? Start using Evernote today. If you are unfamiliar with this [...]
In the first post of this series on productivity we talked about developing the right mindset and getting things done. A large part of getting things done is having time to do something in the first place. We have to become very good time managers. One of the best ways of becoming a more proficient [...]
Welcome to the opening article in this productivity series where we will cover creative ways to be productive while having fun. It’s about business growth and development, getting things done and yes, there is always work involved, but work does not have to be this thing we loathe. The satisfaction we get from our accomplishments [...]
Continuing my series of articles on The Blogging life, I address the evolution of a blogging career in this post. It’s funny how you start out with this grand plan for success when you begin blogging. Every aspect of what you need to do is laid out before you and all you have to do [...]
HootSuite, that wonderful social media dashboard, will now require users to select a plan which best suits your needs. Don’t panic, there is still a free version, but there are also premium plans that run from the Bronze at $4.99 monthly to the top of the line Platinum, which runs $99.99 monthly. Each plan of [...]
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