Tag: blogs
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Give people something to link to so they can talk about your features and ideas – “Give people something to link to so they can talk about your features and ideas” – I am not overstating it when I say this is the easiest/cheapest tech marketing problem to fix that is the least done.
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THE RIGHT PEOPLE – Driving subscribers: “Write a post that will resonate with the person you’re emailing. Yes, even if it’s just that one person. Email the person the link. Maybe they subscribe, or at least reply and you two catch up, and who knows where that leads?”
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15 hours a week – ‘And yet, for most of that time, I’ve continued to find that exertion harder to exercise than most, while my flair and ability have gained me attention and love, I’ve seen less of whatever today’s equivalent is of “a satisfactory grade in the public examinations”’
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Volo’s Culinary Guide to Icewind Dale – We talk a lot about the downside of the Internet, the web, whatever. But the existence of this as a widely available thing is an example of why the Internet is great. I mean: when would this ever exist otherwise except as some obscure zine on a magazine…
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101 things I would tell my self from 10 years ago – “You are high in neuroticism, a trait that correlates with worse social relationships and an unhappier life. Sorry; there’s not much you can do about it other than be aware of it. Its saving grace is that it means you are attuned to…
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Coco’s Dispatch #67: Counterfeit Death Valley Pine Nuts at Kwik Mart – “I don’t believe in most recycling. I may believe in recycling cans, though I know it takes much higher heat to smelt. I may believe in non-intermingled paper pulp recycling. I may believe in glass recycling. I say may believe because I don’t…
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Did I Make a Mistake Selling Del.icio.us to Yahoo? – Plan to never get past slide one: “Any decision was an endless discussion. I remember once, we had to present to a senior vice-president. We had a 105-slide deck prepared, and we didn’t get past the second slide because they ratholed about one fucking slide.…
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Here’s Something Past Its Expiration Date: the Expiration Date Itself – “Food experts broadly agree that the expiration dates on every box of crackers, can of beans and bag of apples waste money, squander perfectly good food, needlessly clog landfills, spew methane and contribute to climate change.” // And, they’re gone for the most part…
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Fantasy Meets Reality – “If it looks neat, people will want to take a photo with it. If it looks comfortable, people will want to sit on it. If it looks fun, people will play around on it.”
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Beware the Digital Whiteboard – The assertion: writing with whiteboarding/Sticky notes is not good, and can lead to leaky abstractions. Seem more like a “right tool for the job” thing, plus the usual garbage in, garbage out, regardless of the tool used to process the garbage.
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Five Nos – “‘yeses’ matter more than ‘nos,’ and taking more chances generates more of each. While there’s a near equal chance of getting told ‘no’ in our endeavors, in virtually all cases, there is no penalty for that rejection beyond some brief discomfort or embarrassment. On the other hand, when you get a ‘yes,’…
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How to find an are.na RSS feed
I like are.na – it’s fun, and not icky. Having to pay a little bit to post more than 200 items has a great filtering effect on the content. Anyhow, I wanted to include the things I put in are.na here, on micro.blog, but finding their RSS feed is elusive. Thanks to Fridaycat, I found…
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The Pessimism Problem Continues to Grow – It’s 60% now: ’Back in 2020, I wrote a post titled “The Pessimism Problem.” We had completed a survey where 54% of respondents agreed with the statement “We regret nearly every purchase we make after the subscription agreement is finalized.”’
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The Definition Of “More From Less” In B2B Content Strategy And Operations – The best tip here to focus a lot on recycling what you have already. I agree: there’s always a lot of assets and not near enough promotion and reuse/remixing of them. // “When asked about their perception of the content that they…
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