One of the things I’ve been considering for a while is having an official comment policy. It’s not because I feel I need one, per se – the community here is one of the best on the web. I feel incredibly lucky to have you guys come here and share your views, because you always treat both me and your fellow commenters with respect when discussing something I’ve written. That hasn’t changed. So why a comment policy? Simple – it…

As part of the “relaunch” of this blog – for relaunch, read “redesign” and “shiny new things” – I’ll be starting a newsletter soon. It’s something I’ve been thinking about for a while, and with the new design makeover almost complete, the time to actually launch a newsletter seems kinda apt. But I don’t want it to be just another rehash of the weekly posts. Nor do I want it to be all about what I do, since that’d probably…

In the last month, I’ve received no fewer than fifteen emails asking me if I’d be interested in running ads on my blog. These range from normal ad boxes in the sidebar, to comment and contact form box ads (where you’d see a pop-up after you’ve hit the Enter button, with “relevant” ads displayed for your pleasure). Some of the companies emailing me are fairly big companies, too, which is kind of flattering. It means that my blog is getting…

When I first started this blog just under two years ago, I had one clear goal – fostering thought connections. Sure, I’d be using it to offer my views on the still-emerging (at the time) social media platform, as well as ideas and solutions on how you could get the most out of the new networks and tools that seemed to be popping up all over the place. But the overriding factor would be to have my blog as a…

Sometimes being a blogger is no fun. I don’t mean that from a, “Oh, woe is me, I have to blog” point of view. Nor do I mean it from a, “Why hasn’t my blog been turned into a book yet?” viewpoint. Besides, how much of a letdown would a book that’s made up of recycled blog posts be? No, it’s more from the perspective of getting the best user experience, without overloading that same experience with too much clutter…

It’s been a while since I’ve been on here, as I took an extended break for health reasons. While I’m still undergoing some treatment, I’m a lot fitter and healthier than I was six weeks or so ago. I’m still not quite back to 100% me, but I’m feeling stronger and healthier every day. To that end, I’m looking forward to getting back into the groove that I’ve had to miss these last few weeks. I just wanted to say…

Social Networking is a phenomenon that has gained incredible strength and continues to flourish. It has baffled advertisers and businesses as the next generation of marketing is trying to learn how to tap into users in this space. A significant shift has resulted where marketers realize that traditional advertising on the web is slowly becoming obsolete, and appealing to target groups as an advertiser in this space seems to be less effective than attempting to influence the influencers. We’ve always seemingly put trust in the establishment to give us…

So this week’s been really quiet on here, due to a particularly busy project over at Maritz Canada. Now that project has at least resorted to more normal activity levels, I’ll be jumping back in here and reverting back to normal frequency. First up will be the continuation and conclusion of the 7 Days to Turn Your Blog Into a Social Media Hub series, and this will be followed by some thoughts I’ve been having around operational social media and…

Hi guys. So today was meant to be the third part of the 7 Days to Turn Your Blog Into a Social Media Hub series. This will appear tomorrow, as something’s been chewing on my mind today (and apologies to anyone who was expecting the Hub post). When I write a blog post, it’s obviously my point of view. Once it’s in the open, though, it then becomes a shared point of view with you, the readers – and your…

As we approach the end of the year, I thought it might be fun to share Ten for 10 in 2010 – a list of people, blogs, apps, platforms and more that I think you might enjoy checking out in 2010. These are just personal takes, and will probably either see you agreeing or thinking I’ve lost the plot – and either one is fine by me! As with any list, this is subjective so please feel free to leave…