What I learned from Canada's Most Influential Women in Social Media

At Perfectio you can vote for Canada’s Most Influential Women in Social Media . I know there are a lot of women in social media in Canada. I follow some of them on Twitter and have met others at networking events, but a lot of the list were unknown to me. I followed the links for all 21. Here’s what the successful blogs had in common:

Why do you Want to Blog?

A lot of small business owners and infopreneurs are getting the message that they need to blog. That’s a good thing for someone like me. I coach my clients to use a blog effectively. The first decision you need to make is why you want to blog. Because a speaker at an event convinced me [...]

How to Blog Your Way to Small-Business Success

Matthew Bandyk has posted an excellent on his US News and World Report blog entitled “How to Blog Your Way to Small-Business Success”. I agree wholeheartedly with his main points: “Be a Reader of Blogs” – besides reading blogs in your sector, try to read post from the best bloggers, Problogger, Seth Godin’s blog, Daily [...]

BWE08 – Exhibitors

At big part of most conferences is the Exhibitors. They get to sell directly to you in return for giving you free stuff. The free “stuff” at BWE08 was pretty lame. T-shirts and stickers. Since I’ve been in high-tech longer most of the population has been alive, I’ve been given T-shirts, fleece vests and ball [...]

Using ftp to Copy Files to a Hosted WordPress Blog

In a land far away and a time long ago, I was a UNIX System Administrator. It doesn’t get any geekier than that. Fast forward to 2008 and I’m obsessed with blogging. Who knew those geek skills would be useful in real life? Business blogs are becoming more and more popular and a hosted WordPress [...]