It’s no accident that the “Rockstar” metaphor is one of the most cliche and ubiquitous metaphors in social media marketing, music writing and life in general. But sometimes the rockstar metaphor works, and as a result, the myth of the rockstar can teach you a lot about stage presence and how to rock the main [...]
Book Review: How Problogger’s Tips Can Help Improve Your Music Blog
December 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Continuing our series on on blogging how to’s and tips, here’s a review I wrote for Website Magazine of ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income
Weekly Wrap-up: Running A Hot Chocolate 5K Is Like Writing A Concert Review
November 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Yesterday, Colleen and I ran in the Hot Chocolate 5k in downtown Chicago with 30,000 other crazy people in 30 degree weather. Like most 5k races, it was a mixture of pleasure, competition, and self-determination. Even better, it was just like writing a concert review or a blog post. Read on to see how you, [...]
Blogger Round Table: Are Mentors Just A Myth?
March 2, 2010 By 2 Comments
You might be reading this post and wondering ‘what the heck is going on here? I thought this was a Live Music blog?’ It is and will always be. But on this Live Fix post were going to take a very important detour. And our very important detour begins when, a couple weeks ago, I [...]
Do You Know How To Pitch To Bloggers?
January 10, 2010 By 17 Comments
Chris Brogan’s post this week about “how to reach out to bloggers” was so right on that I have to share it with you. Much of what Brogan said is universal for all bloggers and it’s comprehensive. But I’d like to add to his thoughts and continue the conversation by providing a helpful more specific [...]
Wingin’ It at Blog World Expo 2009
October 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
