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Money, Passion and the Power of Great Tools

Friday, June 6th, 2008

New here? Feel free to explore the site, leave a comment, and subscribe to get free updates from Personal PR. Thanks for stopping by!I need a new laptop. Desperately. I don’t even remember how long it’s been since I got this one, I only know it warms up slowly, crashes easily, and has a keyboard […]

5 Easy Ways to Make your Comments Section a Conversation

Monday, March 17th, 2008

In order to effectively build a relationship with a reader, you have to do more than just build great content that Google loves. It’s important build relationships with readers through conversation. Think about your friends in real life. One of the primary things that characterizes the level of relationship you have with a friend is […]

5 Reader Contact Techniques to Build Powerful Relationships

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

In developing a relationship-building strategy for your blog, it’s important to have a strategic linking plan, to comment constructively, and last but not least, to make the effort to connect on a personal level with your readers.
Navigating the stages of reader contact
Contact with you readers is critical at all stages of blogging: when you’re brand-new, […]

7 Insider Tips for Befriending Top Bloggers (Or Anyone Online)

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Wanna become friends with the big guys?
1. Leave insightful comments on their blog. It’s probably not going to make you BFF, but it’s a step toward a relationship. You’ve got to get on a blogger’s radar screen before friendship can happen. And becoming a member of their community, adding value to their conversations, and engaging […]

27 Secrets to Linking Like a Master Networker

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

As I’ve mentioned before, one of the best ways to build relationships online is using a combination of three strategies: 1) Comments 2) Links and 3) Contact. I’ve promised my readers I’d get more into this Personal PR strategy, and what better time than Brian’s recent Copyblogger headline remix challenge? So without further ado, we’ll […]

Because Who You Are Matters: Eight random facts about me.

Friday, January 11th, 2008

1. I was homeschooled until high school, grew up in a small town, and used to pretend my bike was a motorcycle speeding down the dirt road when my sister and brother and I would play the game where we were rich orphans running away from the greedy kidnappers. And we played that or a […]

The Future of Communication

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

This post was originally published a few days ago at Conversation Agent as a part of a guest series around the Institute for the Future’s map of the future, and it generated quite an interesting conversation. Enjoy, and feel free to add your thoughts to the conversation!
It’s difficult to picture a future without communication being […]

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