How to Deliver ROI to Your Blog While Enhancing It’s Value to Readers!

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Recently I have been doing a lot of research, and thinking, regarding how to add an income stream to my blogging effort. Realistically, I need to see some revenue generated to justify the time and expense of maintaining this blog. However, I adamantly refuse to compromise on my original blogging promise, which is, first and foremost, to help other people. That is not going to change!

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Five Blogging Mistakes that are Conversation Killers!

Saturday, October 2, 2010

It’s important for all blog authors to remember one thing … their readers are the oxygen that brings life to their work. By fueling reader energy, through a thoughtful blog design, and flexible, yet positive interactions, bloggers have set the stage for a healthy readership, and repeat traffic.

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Hitting a Virtual Bullseye: Strategic Best Practices 4 Hybrid Events?

Thursday, September 30, 2010

There seems to be a lot of conversation lately about the best approach for producing Hybrid Events.  Many event professionals want to know what the magic formula is for budgeting them.  Truth is there is no one specific answer.  There are just too many variables. Organizations hold meetings and conferences for different reasons.  Some choose [...]

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Taking the Radical Leap: Turning Fear Into Leadership Opportunity!

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Most all of us, at some level, have the innate ability to become a leader, and many of us are leaders, sometimes without even knowing it. Getting fully in tune with who you are, and then following your heart, will go a long way towards helping you discover who you might become.

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Raising the Bar for Hybrid Events: Perfecting the Attendee Experience?

Saturday, September 25, 2010

In the future it will not be sufficient to just offer hybrid components at meetings and conferences, as many organizations are already doing that. Event organizers must refine the quality of their hybrid events.

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Hybrid Events: Is A Global Online Chat Application Needed?

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

On Monday I participated in a conversation regarding Hybrid Events and the future of the  back-channel conversation realm.  Subsequently, the question running through my head is, moving forward,  how will all the different social channels meld together into one big conversation, in the context of a hybrid event, so that all participants can truly connect [...]

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GMC PCMA Offers “Extreme Leadership” Live Webcast to Events Industry

Monday, September 20, 2010

GMC PCMA is offering the events community a free live video webcast access to the September Education Event. Steve Farber is the featured presenter.

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4 Reasons Why EventCamp Twin Cities Hit a Hybrid Events HomeRun!

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Have you heard about “EventCamp”?  If you are an event professional, and you aren’t familiar with this series of conferences,  you need to check them out.  In short, EventCamp is a “BarCamp style” conference. It’s premise is to bring together like-minded event professionals, with an interest in social technology and innovative conferences, to share best [...]

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ROI Measurement — It’s Importance to the Future of Meetings & Events?

Friday, August 27, 2010

For Event Professionals, setting goals and developing a strategy for the business outcome of their company’s events is certainly very important. Equally vital is to successfully measure and report the meeting’s value (ROI) back to executive leadership.

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Is ASAE’s 2010 Virtual Conference Pass a Value or a Virtual Rip-off?

Saturday, August 21, 2010

The continued financial pressure has made it difficult for many event professionals to attend events, particularly “big-ticket” conferences such as ASAE. Given financial sensitivity, how does a hefty Virtual access pass fee accommodate the greater ASAE membership’s needs?

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Do Your Choices Lead to Failure or Success? It’s Your Decision!

Friday, August 20, 2010

Looking back on rock n roll history, I have noticed a similar thread to most of the stories shared, through this music. That common denominator is a significant event, either positive, or negative, in the artist’s life, that drives their artistic moment.

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