Category: Blogging

  • #the5 for the week ending December 24, 2010

    [the5intro] #the5: @whatcounts webinar: 9 Email Marketing Problems (and How to Fix Them in 2011) https://bit.ly/gS7X1M #the5: Latest toys from the Google Labs https://bit.ly/gxHzI7 #the5: @marketingcharts on Small Business Owner Optimism Surges https://bit.ly/dMMyy2 #the5 @finchsells on Nobody Cares How Much Money You Make https://bit.ly/hVxej7 #the5: @revenews on The New Age of Predictive Analysis https://bit.ly/gkLggG #the5:…

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  • Favorite Christmas songs

    Recently, Amy Garland asked me about my favorite Christmas song. Here’s mine, from the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. It sums up everything that I love about this time of year and never fails to bring a tear to my eye. Listen carefully and enjoy it. If you like it, please do right by the band and buy…

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  • #the5 for the week ending December 17, 2010

    [the5intro] Bonus item for #the5, one of mine. Passwords are not enough: https://cspenn.com #the5: WordPress Plugin that tells you if any of your readers are on the Gawker Hacker List https://bit.ly/gPjN6H #the5: Very cool: the WordPress printable gift certificate plugin: https://www.christopherspenn.com/youve-discovered-the-missing-link/ #the5: Two powerful email signup form ideas on the @whatcounts blog: https://www.christopherspenn.com/youve-discovered-the-missing-link/ #the5: Sixth…

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  • #the5 for the week ending December 10, 2010

    [the5intro] #the5: @seomoz on steps to improve your content’s shareability: https://www.christopherspenn.com/youve-discovered-the-missing-link/ #the5: @djwaldow on The More You Like, The More You Save campaign and results: https://www.christopherspenn.com/youve-discovered-the-missing-link/ #the5: One of mine, who do you blame? https://www.christopherspenn.com/404-sorry-chris-probably-deleted-that-link/ #the5: See the first Chrome OS notebook unboxed from @blogoscoped: https://www.christopherspenn.com/youve-discovered-the-missing-link/ #the5: How to time your pitches and upsells on…

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  • How to improve the quality of the blogs you read

    Want to change up your reading habits? Want to find better stuff consistently? For the next week, every time you retweet a blog post by someone else, I challenge you to subscribe to that blog if you haven’t already. Don’t just blindly hit the retweet button – when you see something of actual value to…

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  • #the5 for the week ending December 3, 2010

    [the5intro] #the5: Wikileaks to release Bank of America documents? https://www.christopherspenn.com/youve-discovered-the-missing-link/ #the5: What’s the fastest way to determine your newsletter’s value? My top tip: https://www.christopherspenn.com/youve-discovered-the-missing-link/ #the5: Want to know your most profitable subject line? I show you how @whatcounts does it: https://www.christopherspenn.com/youve-discovered-the-missing-link/ #the5: Today is Dec. 1. Archive all mail older than November 1, you’re not…

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  • Delivery strategy is separate from content strategy

    Something occurred to me as I unwrapped my copy of Content Rules, the new book by CC Chapman and Ann Handley, both very good friends. (I got it yesterday, so I haven’t started reading it just yet) Maybe they’ll address it in the book. Maybe not. Content strategy is something of a misnomer. Here’s why:…

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  • 2010 Holiday Gift Shopping Guide

    The holiday music is playing in the malls, the commercials are on TV, and it’s holiday shopping season! Got a friend that you have no idea what to get them? This gift guide might help! Absolutely everything on this page is an affiliate link if I can help it, so consider that the blanket disclosure.…

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  • Travel detoxification

    After a spate of travel on the road, there’s a few things I do to help reset, reboot, and purge the ills of travel from my system. As with any and all things health related, what works for one person may not for someone else and may cause serious harm to yet another, so use…

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  • #the5 for the week ending November 26, 2010

    [the5intro] #the5: The @seomoz litmus test for evaluating an SEO professional: https://www.christopherspenn.com/youve-discovered-the-missing-link/ #the5: Stunningly inaccurate comparison data for competitive intelligence, says @seomoz: https://www.christopherspenn.com/youve-discovered-the-missing-link/ #the5: Stephen K. Hayes on building compassion: https://www.christopherspenn.com/youve-discovered-the-missing-link/ #the5: Psychology Today suggests you reconsider Doing More With Less for employers: https://www.christopherspenn.com/youve-discovered-the-missing-link/ #the5: One of mine, what World of Warcraft can teach us…

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