Seven ways you can and should start charging for your content

August 8, 2011

Why micropayments failed. Why Steve Jobs’ 99 cents per song formed the entire digital content industry. And successful techniques you can use to get people to pay for your content.

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Tricks to brand building: giving attention, entertainment, and information

August 2, 2011

Wrap up of all the podcasts I appeared on this week mostly talking about how to build industry voice through interviewing influencers.

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Comic Con 2011: If you could have a superpower at your job, what would it be?

August 1, 2011

While waiting in line for Diggnation at Comic Con 2011, I asked attendees, “If you could have a superpower at your job, what would it be?”

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12 Tips on Approaching Bloggers

July 29, 2011

Bloggers are a finicky bunch. Is there a best way to approach them? That’s what I tried to uncover moderating a panel at the PR Summit conference in San Francisco. Here are the results.

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How to influence the influencers

July 28, 2011

An interview on PJA Radio where I talked about interviewing influencers as a tactic to actually influencing influencers, building relationship with influencers, and being seen as an influencer yourself within your industry.

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Comic Con 2011: The Power of Hotness: Blessing or Curse?

July 25, 2011

Yes, there are a lot of nerds at Comic Con, but there are also a lot of beautiful women. I asked them what it was like to have “The Power of Hotness” and whether it was a blessing or a curse.

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My friends from Comic Con 2011

July 25, 2011

Last week I was reporting at Comic Con 2011 for Dice News. Here are some of the friends I made at the conference.

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What do you wish you knew about web development two years ago that you know today?

July 12, 2011

After the first night of the Future of Web Apps Conference in Las Vegas, I asked the attendees, mostly web developers, what they wish they knew about web development two years ago, that they know today.

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“How to be a podcaster” podcasting resources

July 11, 2011

Want to learn how to podcast? This “How To” event in San Francisco will talk about the different production models and different techniques for actually making money from podcasting. Here are the resources from the event as well.

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Jason Calacanis’ group barter hack for getting a job

July 5, 2011

An interesting suggestion to build a company with the sole purpose of negotiating a hire salary at a larger company.

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