How to Claim your Blog on Google Sidewiki

I never want to be too far behind Jeremiah Owyang, so last Saturday I installed Google’s Sidewiki. Piece of cake! but I couldn’t for the life of me figure out how to claim my blog.
Everyone needs to stake their claim online for a number of reasons. In this case it allows you to post a [...]

Blog SEO 101 – How to make your blog easy for Google to see

Last week in San Francisco I visited the offices of a company that had proudly launched their blog the previous day. They asked for feedback and as a Community Manager my first impulse is: ‘How can I help you?’. Here is my advice for them & all of you bravely venturing into this world.
First, I [...]

Of Tweetbacks and Tweeted Most & Lately

The title I started with was ‘Does your web designer know you?’, but people will find it easier with the reference to Tweetbacks.
If you’re like me then you know how it is to depend on someone else for the maintenance & improvements on your website. There are many web designers out there. My suggestion is [...]

Social Media Today Blogger of the Week

Communities have various ways of encouraging participation. At the DeFrag conference there was much discussion about leader boards for internal communities. Personally I prefer featuring those that are adding value to the community rather than just those that are the most vocal. This allows you to highlight contributors for a variety of reasons rather than [...]

What should you know about Intellectual Property

This post needs to start with a disclaimer. When I was at the library we had slips to give the customers saying that we are not responsible for providing legal or medical advice. That goes for this post as well.
This purpose of this is to start discussion & get you thinking about intellectual property [...]