Blog Posts: Communication
Five Fundamental Website Design Principles We Think About at Evo»
There are lots of approaches to website design. Other designers may legitimately find much to disagree with in this short list, or have items to add (please!). But these are…
Blogging for Non-profit and Educational Organizations»
The other day I was asked, “Is blogging useful for non-profit or educational organizations?” My mom would be pleased to know I stifled my first thought about bears and what…
Blending Traditional and “New” Media: Doing it Right Makes All the Difference»
This is a guest post by Bonnie Harris, the founder of Wax Marketing, Inc. She has over 20 years experience promoting businesses and products of all kinds. Read her blog…
How do You Find Your Blog Audience? You Don’t.»
That’s right: you don’t find your audience. They find you. Your job, as a blogger, is to make it easy for them to find you when they decide to look…
If Markets are Conversations, Blogs are Natural Marketing Platforms»
I don’t know how many of you have read the iconic book, The Cluetrain Manifesto, which was first published in 1999, the same year I moved to New Mexico. I…
Video: Ever Wonder How Those Little Images Appear Next to Comments?»
Make your comments on blogs and community websites more personal with your Globally Recognized Avatar: GRAVATAR. Many sites enable gravatars, which means yours will automatically appear next to your comment…
Book Review: 18 Rules of Community Engagement»
In the growing body of information about how to grow and manage online communities, Angela Connor’s 18 Rules of Community Engagement is among the best. The book is full of…
Web Design is Not Just Graphic Design for the Web»
I started my design career as a print designer. At that time, there was no Internet, and no such thing as a website. In fact, computers were not something designers…
Let’s Sit This One Out vs. That Looks Like Fun»
I read Seth Godin’s blog almost daily, and check out just about anything else the man has to say in print or on video. I don’t always agree with him,…
What? Twitter has Search?»
I don’t know if I should be concerned about this, but Twitter is starting to make sense to me. I just spent an hour listening to Gary Vaynerchuk talking about…