Using a calendar to plan your social media
Last month I wrote a post where I encouraged you to commit to a blogging schedule and I promised that it would pay off. Today, I want to share with you how I help people to plan thier social media […]
The power of just showing up
Once upon a time, a long time ago, in a past career, I was an employment counsellor. I would meet with people who were unemployed and looking for work, and help them to spruce up their resume, apply for jobs, […]
Networked Blogs
As all of you regular readers (thanks, btw!) know, I like to write quite often about technical tools, gadgets and websites that can help make our lives and businesses easier. The latest one I’m enamored of is Networked Blogs. Introduced […]
Blog success
At the risk of sounding “boasty,” I wanted to share something with you. As you know, I went on vacation for two weeks at the end of July and beginning of August. During that time, I didn’t put up one […]
New Arts blogging course with a discount for you!
I’ll be honest with you: of all the social media that I participate in, blogging is the hardest. There’s a couple of reasons for this. First off, blogging takes more time than anything else. It’s a five-minute job for me […]
How to be a better blogger
Ah, hindsight, how I love you. This post is my 100th. I started blogging as The Art of the Business in January, 2008, as a regular, monthly contributor to The Next Stage. Funny thing about launching a blog. It’s not […]
Are we losing the mainstream media?
Last week, I got an email from Michael Harris, who reviews plays for The Globe and Mail here in Vancouver. It said: I’m afraid I have some bad news… The Globe and Mail has cancelled its weekly Vancouver theatre listings, […]
A Who’s-Who of the Vancouver Theatrosphere
It’s happening. Slowly, but surely, more and more Vancouver theatre companies are choosing to get online with Web 2.0 technology. Simon Ogden and I have been preaching this gospel for a long time: it’s not enough to just have a […]
Creating meaningful blog connections
(Originally published on September 22, 2008 on The Next Stage) On August 10, 2008, in the wee small hours of the morning, a propane station blew up in Toronto. The video and the information was all over the internet long […]
Becoming more bloggable
Originally published on August 26, 2008 on The Next Stage) If you google Vancouver blog, the number one hit is Miss 604. Rebecca Bolwitt is a born-and-bred-in-Vancouver professional blogger and podcaster, whose Vancouver-centric blog garners 40,000-50,000 unique visitors a month. […]