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

Friday, February 22nd, 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!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 […]

Five Comments No Serious Blogger Should Ever Post

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Most people’s journey into the blogosphere goes something like: lurker to commenter to blogger. In fact, there’s a concept called participation inequality that says that about 90% of people online fall into the first group, and about 0.1% of people into the last. But those who evolve through these phases know it is a positive, […]

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 […]

One Blogging Command and Seven Sacred Tips to Beat Burnout and Avoid the Lazysphere

Friday, February 1st, 2008

If you’re going to blog, here’s one piece of advice you should follow: write great stuff.
There are a zillion blogging tips out there, but this is the most important one. For a lot of reasons: It makes your ideas more relevant, and thus more popular, especially to the power bloggers. It works better than linkbaiting. […]

Blogging’s Golden Rule

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Why you should be blogging if you’re not already and how to be more successful if you are.
In your life and career, relationships play an integral part in your success. Your personal network can open doors to opportunities that can otherwise elude you. When I started blogging professionally, I realized very quickly that the same […]

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 […]

Avoiding the Danger of New

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

So, in case you haven’t noticed yet, it’s the new year. I rang it in with a box of tissues and some zinc and vitamin c, fighting whatever illness I’ve somehow caught. So, at home the past two days, I’ve had some time to reflect between groggy pill swallowing and half-awake watching of the “Monk” […]

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