Posts Tagged ‘blog’

13 Things to Do with a Moleskine Notebook

We here at Lifehack have been huge advocates of the Moleskine as a tool for ubiquitous capture -- for jotting down ideas whenever and wherever they occur to you. They're also great for keeping your task list and other information you might need over the course of the day. But those are hardly the only things a Moleskine is useful for! These days, Moleskines come in all sizes and colors, in

April 24 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: blog, family, journal, log, moleskine, notebook, reading, record | 23 comments»

30 Money Sites to Check Out in 2009

There are so many personal finance resources online that it's hard to know where to start. There are blogs, web applications, news sites and more. This list is a beginning — if you take a look at the sites included here, I know you'll find something new for 2009. Some of these sites are brand new, some are the online presence of organizations that have been around for decades. But… Continue reading

January 1 2009 | By Thursday | Tagged: blog, Resource, web-app | 30 comments»

Toward a New Vision of Productivity, Part 1: Transformation

Something is afoot in the productivity blogosphere, something which, I think, reflects a wider change in society itself. In the past year, several popular personal productivity bloggers have changed their focus, sometimes radically, or even stopped blogging altogether. At the same time, new writers have launched productivity sites that have attacked the very notion of productivity. Continue reading

December 22 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: 43folders, blog, clay_collins, david_allen, glen_stansberry, gtd, leo_babauta, lifedev, merlin_mann, Productivity, system | 32 comments»

Be a Comment Rockstar: 10 Terrific Tips!

by libertyandvigilance "Social media" has numerous definitions, and all of them share the principle that the Internet has given us a lot of cheap ways to communicate with each other. As computers have gotten cheaper and broadband pipes have become fatter, we've expanded the multimedia involved: text has been prominent since the BBS glory days, but pictures are up there too, and making your… Continue reading

October 20 2008 | By Torley | Tagged: argument, blog, comment, conversation, humor, idea, media, self-expression, social, social-media | 20 comments»

50+ Personal Productivity Blogs You’ve Never Heard of Before (and about a dozen you probably have)

The personal productivity niche on the Web has grown by leaps and bounds since Lifehack launched only a few years ago. While a few sites dominate the rankings, there are lots and lots of lesser-known sites that are as good or even better than the "A-list" productivity blogs. Most of them are solo operations -- the GTD newbie documenting his or her quest for greater control over their life, the coach… Continue reading

July 16 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: blog, coach, link, Productivity, website | 82 comments»

10 Ways to Pimp Your Blog

A couple months ago, I wrote a newbie's guide to blogging to help you get started with blogging. If you've been blogging for a little while now, you might be looking at how you can take the next step. To that end, this post offers 10 ways to "pimp" your blog, both in the sense of "tricking out" your blog to make it more attractive and more useful… Continue reading

April 23 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: blog, blogging, Communication, community, marketing, promotion | 36 comments»

Do You Read Too Many Blogs?

Ades of AdesBlog.com has a theory: that top bloggers don't read other people's blogs. To test his theory, he asked several big-name bloggers -- Michael Arrington, Darren Rowse, Jeremy Schoemaker, and Yaro Starak -- about their blog-reading habits. Except for Darren Rowse, they all said they read few or no blogs; Rowse said he subscribes to 700 but only skims the whole list occasionally… Continue reading

April 21 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: blog, Productivity, reading, rss, time-management | 37 comments»

The Newbie Guide to Blogging

We live in a blogging world. Whether you're a business startup, an established business, a freelancer, an intern, a musician, or anyone else, blogging can help you:

Make your name or brand visible
Connect with others in your business or interest
Reach out to the public about issues you're passionate about
Express yourself
Update clients or an audience about projects you're working on
Share your knowledge
Learn to write better
Share

February 25 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: blog, blogging, Communication, software, tool, web-app | 69 comments»

How To Brainstorm Domain Names

If you're in the business of creating websites and registering domain names you will have encountered the all important question: What do we call it? When starting a business, now-a-days, thinking of a name that could be registered as a domain is very important [if you will operate a lot on the web]. That said, availability of a name shouldn't compromise what you are actually trying to achieve with the… Continue reading

June 21 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: blog, branding, business | 14 comments»

Web Publisher, Internet Author “To Don’t” List

The internet is permeated with thousands of "to do" lists. In fact, if you are an author or publisher in the electronic realm you can get so caught up in completing your "to do" list that you never actually get to do much writing and publishing. So, as I have a propensity for being a jerk reverse engineering, I've put together a little "to don't" list to help nudge us… Continue reading

June 18 2007 | By Reginald | Tagged: blog, todo | 13 comments»

Get A Big Book Deal From Your Blog

Many bloggers are signing off publishing deals these days - and double congrats to them! But you may ask yourself, how did they do it? How do you take your blogging to people who actually read books still? Brazen Careerist, Penelope Trunk - who has released a successful book herself - has written 10 things to keep in mind. It's not about how to literally take your blog posts to… Continue reading

June 15 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: blog, book | 2 comments»

Maximum Exposure for your Business or Blog

Something Old, Something New: The Press Release Businesses have been using the press release as a marketing tactic for forever. So why haven't you used it for your blog or business yet? Maybe because the press release lives in the old offline world. It's important to remember that there are many people who are still plugged into this world, so why not go after this area? Most blogs and many… Continue reading

June 13 2007 | By K. | Tagged: blog, business, marketing, media | 20 comments»

101 Blogging Resources

Ah, another 101 list. You'll remember our 101 Steps to Becoming a Better Blogger and 101 Essential Freelance Resources from FreelanceSwitch. This one is a well organized list of resources to get your blog running hot. Although having 101 essential items of anything is a bit overkill, this is more a comprehensive list of options for hosting, managing and promoting your blog. 101 Essential Blogging Resources - [Blogtrepeneur]… Continue reading

May 25 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: blog, blogging | 3 comments»

Using Technorati’s WTF to Promote your Blog

DoshDosh.com is trying an experiment to utilize Technorati's 'Where's The Fire' voting thingamajig to promote blogs. WTF is set up to provide informative blurbs of popular Technorati searches so to keep everyone in the loop, I guess. What it really looks like is a Digg-style addon. Either way, it's worth looking into to improve your site's traffic. Here’s all the really basic stuff about how to get started. 1. First, visit Technorati’s… Continue reading

April 6 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: blog, promotion, technorati | 1 comment»

Writing Apps for Bloggers

Although you can write your articles in Microsoft Word or any such software, you might want to test the waters for some alternatives. Online and offline, there is a plethora of options in the blog editing/word processing field. ScribeFire Previously run at Performancing.com this editor runs within your Firefox browser as an add-on. There is no inline spellcheck, but if you get Google Toolbar for Firefox, you can enable… Continue reading

April 4 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: blog, editing, writer, writers, writing | 20 comments»

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