I often get the question: “what’s the difference between Tumblr and WordPress?” Tumblr (short for Tumblog) is much like WordPress: also a web-based blogging platform, also free. The main difference is that people who tend to keep WordPress blogs write […]
I have actually made this video before. And written this post before. But Facebook keeps messing with stuff, so I redid the video and updated it for today’s interface. Please note: in order to do this, you need: A self-hosted […]
On Friday, I attended Northern Voice, an annual personal blogging conference here in Vancouver. Last year, I presented at #NV10 as part of a panel discussion on using Social Media in the Arts. In March, Lorraine Murphy, Kazia Mullin and […]
This weekend, Friday and Saturday, I’ll be attending is the 7th annual Northern Voice, a personal blogging and social media conference held every year here in Vancouver. Last year was my first time. I got asked by Darren Barefoot to […]
I love being a blogger, but it doesn’t always come easy. I’ve been writer for most of my life, so I come at blogging from that point of view. Don’t get me wrong, my goal from the beginning, when I […]
Ironically, after my last post about how I think original content is really important, today’s post is a repost of someone else’s blog post. I participated in a panel discussion last week at the Women In Film and Televison’s sixth […]
So, I’ve been blogging for about three years, now. And I’m pretty committed to it. Three posts a week, rain or shine. Sometimes I take some time off, for a vacation, but most of the time, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, here […]
It’s inevitable. Every time I teach a social media workshop, I get this question: How can I make money blogging? I feel like there’s this idea out there in the world that making money blogging is the latest and greatest […]
Today, I interview Ling Chan, Social Media Manager at The Vancouver Opera. I have long been a fan of the VO’s forward-thinking and cutting-edge social media marketing techniques (which resulted in a Georgia Straight Best of Vancouver pick for Best […]
Welcome to my shiny new website! This makeover has been a long time coming. Many, many months ago, I realized that my blog, The Art of the Business, was getting several hundred hits a day, while my website was getting […]