Thursday morning I attended an amazing BlogHer session where other blog enthusiasts and myself learned about book proposals. A popular question that went around the room was… “If you were to write a book, what would it be about?” Stefanie Wilder-Taylor of stefaniewildertaylor.com and author of Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay: And Other Things […]
Today is the first class of Google’s Power Searching online course, that will teach you everything you need to know about searching better on Google. Yes, we all think we know everything there is to know about Google and searching on Google, but do we really know everything?! Are we really going to question the […]
DIY Video Revolution or Guerilla Video Yesterday, we learned some great Content is Key tips by Yahoo! Travel Editor’s Deborah Hopewell. Today, we’ll learn some great stuff about working with video. This New York Times Travel Show conference session by Robert Reid of Lonely Planet, was one of my favorite, because he focused on a […]
CONTENT IS KEY: HOW Y! TRAVEL IS REMAKING A TRANSACTIONAL SITE INTO A MEDIA HUB In this conference session Deborah Hopewell, Travel Editor for Yahoo! Travel talked to us about internet content and ways in which Y! Travel is transitioning into a media hub. Below are some tips, quotes and other helpful information that Deborah shared […]
I was recently asked to share my thoughts about the 2nd edition of The Twitter Book by Tim O’Reilly and Sarah Milstein. My first thought was I think I know all there is to know about Twitter, I mean what more is there and what tools are out there that I haven’t tried out yet. […]
Every day, I turn to my Google Reader and try to catch up on some of my favorite blogs. Before this year comes to an end, I want to share some great content around the web this week, including some resolutions and goals to get your year started off right. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol – […]
Dear Bloggers (new & old): I have not done a blogging tip post in a while, I figured I should do one this month before the year comes to end. This post is about you and it includes personal blogging advice that I find helpful and that may help you down the blogging road. As […]
Hello! New Readers!! If you are new to KMP Blog, I would like to say welcome and make yourself at home. KMP Blog covers tons of useful informational topics to do just that Keep You Posted or you would say “Keep Me Posted.” KMP Blog covers the following topics and much more: • Money Mondays: […]
BlogWorld and New Media Expo NYC: KMP Blog Review Series 4 of 5 Amy Porterfield a Social Media Strategy Consultant, talked about why people may not be reading your blog. Below are some notes I took during this BlogWorld Expo NYC session. Social Media Obsessed: – quick read – easy access – immediately gratifying – […]
BlogWorld and New Media Expo NYC: KMP Blog Review Series 3 of 5 Jason Falls of ExploringSocialMedia.com talked about the relationships between bloggers and PR and Marketing agencies. Jason mentioned some great pointers and case studies along with some marketing and PR terminology and descriptions and how they work alongside with bloggers. You can follow […]
1) Exposure: If you are a new active blogger in a specific niche, adding your blog to a directory will help readers find you. Who knows who’s been looking for a blog just like yours?! 2) Networking (online): A blog directory are somewhat of a networking event, only online and at your own pace/time. Blog […]
BlogWorld and New Media Expo NYC: KMP Blog Review Series 2 of 5 In this BlogWorld panel Syed Balkhi, John Chow and Zac Johnson talked about Ways to Monetize Your Blog Besides Banner Ads. Feel free to follow them on Twitter: @SyedBalkhi @JohnChow @MoneyReign Below are some points discussed in this session, I hope […]
I have been noticing lately that many bloggers are making better use of their old content, bringing it back from the dead by using Tweet Old Post. I first learned about this tool after seeing a few tweets from a fellow twitter friend and then testing it out myself. After a few trial and errors […]
BlogWorld and New Media Expo NYC: KMP Blog Review Series 1 of 5 In this BlogWorld panel Rich Brooks of Flyte.biz talks about ways we can dominate Google and Bing with our blogs and using SEO. Follow Rich on Twitter @therichbrooks Rich talked about 3 things you need to be a successful blogger: 1) […]
A week ago I was given the opportunity of attending the greatest blog conference of all time aka BlogWorld Expo in NYC. Usually located in the West, I did not know they had a conference in the East. Well, after applying for a press badge and surprisingly getting rejected (I guess I’m not press enough […]
Article first published as Five Ways to Tell if You Are Ready to Be a Blogger on Blogcritics. Blogging Ain’t Easy! If you ask any blogger out there they will tell you the same thing I am about to tell you, this blogging thing ain’t as easy as we make it out to be. Oh […]
Many of us never heard of SXSW until this year, whether it was from my tweets or other people’s tweets, but one thing you might know is that it sounds hella fun and you would like to attend next year. This was my same reaction a year ago, I saw a couple of bloggers tweeting […]
Yesterday, we talked about Klout Scores and Influence on the web, today we are trying something different, this post is about more numbers, but numbers that you might be more familiar with, Unique Monthly Visitors! Some of you might dislike me somewhat after this post, but the reason for this post is not for you […]
Another interesting panel took place on Sunday 3/13/2011, with a wonderful panel which included Venture Beat’s Senior Editor Anthony Ha, Klout’s CEO Joe Fernandez, Hashable’s CEO Mike Javonditte, Director of Digital Marketing at Lippe Taylor Sloanne Berrent. Today’s session on Influencers talked about targeting influencers to reach the masses, and Joe Fernandez talked more about […]
How would you describe what SXSW is?! Lately I’ve been reading SXSW being described as, Spring Break for Nerds, Spring Break for Geeks, Spring Break for techies, movie and music lovers. Overall, SXSW is being described as a huge Spring Break minus the beach, and the bathing suits, but with tons of networking opportunity and […]