Posts Tagged With: ideas
· March 28, 2008 at 5:57 am · Writing Advice
Tags: blogging, characters, content writing, help, ideas, mix, stories
For those of you who may not know the best way to lead into a post, but you think you might have something to say one tool or trick of the trade (depending on how you want to look at it) would be to use a story to add some meat and potatoes to you thoughts and ideas.
Give me some content, then tell me some of the story. Then give me more content, then give me more of the story. This is a great way to both entertain and inform the visitors at large. This is also extremely handy when your writing about a subject that might be a little vanilla and dull for the mass public.
Need some help? With your next post mix in a story about Ryu from Street Fighter fame and his trouble with buying a new pair of shoes. (Does he even wear shoes?)
So there is your homework for the weekend. With the next thing you write up, tech opinion, help or how-to; try to bring a story into the mix. It doesn’t have to be a true story, it could be a fictional character from the back of your brain. Flesh out the weak points with him (or her) and you’ll keep your readers a ‘bit more interested in what you are trying to tell them.
What would Ryu do?
· February 27, 2008 at 6:55 am · Online Tools
Tags: ideas, marketing, share, tips, twitter, write
I have friends that come to me and say…
"Ok Mitch, I got a Twitter account, now what?"
Many people look at Twitter and either don’t understand it or use it to give me a summary of what they had for breakfast (just in case you were wondering, I had toast). Here are five ways of twittering your way to success:
- Share with me one of your bookmarks, or an article on a site you found interesting today
- Grab a photo from your Flickr (or any other photo sharing service) site and link me to it
- Plug your own blog, projects and work so I can check it out
- Use a service like Twitter Feed to bring your other RSS feed content into your Twitter account
- Invite your interesting friends, that you think should be twittering
If your looking for your first friend on Twitter feel free to use me:
http://twitter.com/mitchkeeler
I once was one of those people who thought that Twitter was nothing more than a waste of time. I am happy to say though I am a full fledged Kool-aid drinker now. Honestly I see no reason why any person or company shouldn’t be doing this. From a marketing stand point alone it is another great way to get yourself out there.
· December 7, 2007 at 5:06 am · Personal
Tags: back story, blog, history, ideas, Mitchelaneous
This web site has been around for a while - but as you haven’t noticed I have always kept things very basic here. What does that mean?
No about page. Contrary to the name, I didn’t want this blog to be totally about me. So for those who are new - or for those of you who have always wondered this is why you are reading this.
Mitch, Mitch who? I don’t know you!
Mitchelaneous started being hosted over at Lockergnome’s now defunked blogging service through Blogware. I mainly wanted to try my hand at running a blog - and being a writer for Lockergnome helped me in more ways than one. It was a good way to get some more traffic to me and to get some people talking about me. I was one of those guys who was lucky do get 5 people a day - now I was dealing with hundreds. Read the rest of this entry »
· September 12, 2007 at 6:47 am · Web Development
Tags: development, hosting, ideas, manage, marketing, spinoff, web
Always willing to try a new thing, if you have not noticed lately we have had a number of great guest postings here on Mitchelaneous. From copywriting to Ubuntu - I think it has been nice to see a few new posts from another opinion here on the web site. Apparently so do you - because the number of page views over the past few weeks has gone up.
Want to get a few guest writers on your own web site? Here is something to keep in mind.
Make sure you go after your friends first. If anybody will be willing to help you out, it will be the people that know you best. After that - recruitment might move into the realm of blogs you like to read or people who like to read your blog. All I did was post the offer or deal out there, and I have been more than happy with the result. Read the rest of this entry »
· August 1, 2007 at 7:04 am · Hot Web Topics, Web Development
Tags: advice, blogs, business, corporate, ideas, suggestions, tips, writing
Every so often I get an e-mail from a web host who is running a blog and they tell me they have run out of “blog-like” things to say. “Hogwash!” I yell back at them. Ok, so I have never actually used that word exactly - but you get my point. If all else fails, promote yourself.
Yes, corporate blogs and bloggers should be more egotistical and talk more about themselves when there is nothing else left to say.
Here are a few suggestions to get you started:
1. Tell the story of how you came to be. Have you told your rags to riches story yet? Let people how the company started up and how it has grown since then.
2. Pitch one of your products and let me know how real people can make use of it. Don’t pitch it to me as a salesman, give it to me as a person to person conversation and win me over on why it might be for me or somebody that I might know.
3. Who are you? You might also do a type of “profile” post where you tell people more about the folks behind the scene. Let me know who worker number 1,356 is and why he is so important to the day to day business. (and if he’s not, time to give him the pink slip!)
As you can see, when talking about one’s self you could really go on and on. Have any other suggestions as far as ideas go for more corporate writing spot on the Web?
· July 7, 2007 at 5:00 am · Web Development
Tags: 2-columns, design, free, ideas, layouts, twitter, WordPress
Like the look and feel of Twitter?
Go get your own twitterfied layout for WordPress and impress your twittering friends. Then again, do you really want to be watching your friends twitter?
I think I might have said too much. 
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