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I used to think being “right” was a big deal.
I had to say the right thing, dress the right way, know the right people, read the right books, live in the right neighborhood, go to the right school. It wasn’t because I wanted to, exactly, but because I thought it was a prerequisite for success.
If you want other people to respect you, then you have to look and sound a certain way, right? Makes sense, if conformity is all you’ve ever been taught.
What a wild three-and-a-half years, huh?
Copyblogger started out as a way for me to demonstrate what I knew and could do in order to collaborate on new media projects with others.
Now it’s the hub of a business enterprise that supports three families, two single guys, one single mom, and a host of domesticated animals.
Welp, it’s time once again to log out of WordPress and turn out the lights.
Once again, blogging is dead.
Seems at least once a year, a flurry of discussion erupts around the imminent demise of blogging. And then the rest of us shrug our shoulders, grab some coffee, and get back to creating content that further solidifies our web presence.
“Hey man, spare some change?”
Rain or shine, the professional panhandler works a busy corner every day in my neighborhood. He sets up shop right by the ATM, on the theory that people who have just withdrawn a hundred bucks are more likely to give him a dollar or two.
The location is good, but prospecting is tough. Day in, day out, he sits on a stoop, asking people for a couple of bucks. He sees it as a numbers game – 98% of the people who pass by will say no or just ignore him, but if he asks enough people, a few will pony up.
Is panhandling effective?
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The big news yesterday?
Blogging is finally being taken seriously.
The Federal Trade Commission announced that they will begin going after bloggers – as well as the companies that compensate them – for any false claims or failure to disclose compensation, free gifts, and other conflicts of interest.
This isn’t really a surprise.
