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Mastering the Art of Listening: A Blogger’s Guide to Success

ProBlogger

The people we tend to be drawn to in real life are people who pause in conversation to let you have a say, people who ask questions about you, people who have a genuine interest in what you’ve got to say. I have a folder in my feed reader for each of my main topics which contains a number of key blogs and news sites in that niche.

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Define What Success Means Before Starting a New Project

Justin Levy

Prior to starting any project I always ask a very simple question: What defines success? This may seem like an obvious question but not necessarily. If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the feed to receive future articles delivered to your feed reader.

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Why Work Doesn’t Happen at Work

Justin Levy

It leads me to question how we actually break this cycle so we can get back to doing work at work and spending more time disconnected, recharging and spending time with our friends and family. If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the feed to receive future articles delivered to your feed reader.

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8 Tips to Get More Out of LinkedIn

Justin Levy

Search Answers for questions relevant to your industry and your areas of expertise. If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the feed to receive future articles delivered to your feed reader. Find relevant Groups to join and begin participating in them. Photo Credit: mariosundar.

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Turning off the ViperChill RSS Feed: What You HAVE to Tell Your Blog Readers

Viper Chill

Not only for yourself (if you use the services) but also one to recommend to your readers. The other readers are definitely out there, and some of them are making big money thanks to Google’s closure of Reader. They are now though working on a Pro version, which should stop them ending up with the same fate as Reader.

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Using Impressions as a Success Metric

Justin Levy

When I’ve brought this question up to colleagues and friends, they all agree that these may not be the best metrics but it’s better than nothing so we standardize our reporting to determine success on the number of impressions that we may receive. Are media impressions a useless metric? Photo Credit: m.eckelberg.

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Meetings Are Broken

Justin Levy

But, lately, I have become increasingly restrictive of how easy I’ll agree to a meeting without questioning the need to meet and the length of time required. If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the feed to receive future articles delivered to your feed reader.

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