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The Niche Blog Workshop, Step One – Picking a Niche.

September 24, 2009 – 11:41 pm

So despite asking folks to brainstorm some niche topics, you left it to me to pick one out. The truth is, it was more than I could have expected. We haven’t built trust yet. We’re not there. But I also didn’t want to just focus on Der Pengy. That’s already rolling and it doesn’t conform [...]

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You Can’t Have Any Pudding if You Don’t Eat Your Meat

September 23, 2009 – 5:51 pm

There is a lot to be said for consistency. One tendency I had early on was to ping pong from thing to thing, and not settle down on a particular topic or interest area. Since watching most of the livestream of WordCamp Portland last weekend, though, I’ve really tried to buckle down and get serious [...]

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How’s Your Why?

September 16, 2009 – 10:10 pm

Something I saw today on a forum I frequent reminded me of an old story that a friend of mine used to tell when he was doing keynotes for financial institutions. Usually his topic was sales and service, and he was good at what he did. But I always thought that for all the hyperbole [...]

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