Last night I attended an event put on by Nathan Hangen, Susan Baker, and Erica Swanson called Happy Hour. It was basically a no pitch, get to know you, pre-party for Bootstrap Sessions which is coming out next week. I thought it looked very promising, so I signed up for the event too.

Alms for the poor bloggers? Anyone? Yeah…I didn’t think so.
Let’s talk about tip jars for a minute. There’s a few reasons why I’m not a fan.
There are some people out there who take offense at seeing a tip jar on a blog they’re reading. How dare he ask me to pay for reading what he wrote! Who does this guy think he is, an author? I personally don’t find tip jars offensive, I just think they’re stupid.

I am probably one of the biggest “fans” of networking I know! I love to network, it has proven to help me build several businesses, and it continues to prove to be helpful as I build a name for myself in the “blogging” world.

You’re alarm has just woken you up from your short sleep. You’ve just brewed a fresh cup of coffee, and head over to your computer to start working for the day.
You take a sip of that delicious coffee, but nearly choke as you see all of your content on your website is… Gone. You have never done anything to protect your website, nor have any backups. So you will have to start from scratch.

Mike couldn’t be here for Social Media Monday this week, so I am subbing for him. Today I want to talk to you about email lists as a part of social media. I know, some of you probably think this is a crazy idea, but I am serious about it.

There are some changes being made around here, some are by choice and others are out of my control. You have probably already noticed the biggest change, I switched to Headway for a theme. I know, it looks terrible right now, but I wanted to to be able to see as I went through and made the changes. I have been wanting to use Headway for a long time now, and finally broke down and got it. I must say,…