Sharing Content via Creative Commons
Subtitle: Sharing is caring, or is it? I’m often asked for permission to share content from my blog on other sites. And while I appreciate that very much I remind everyone that the site is quite open to the public domain. So, I hereby resign any previous conversations and refer you to creative commons. Extraneous situations can be resolved w/ an email. AKPC_IDS += "4712,";Popularity: 1% [?] Read More
A 3-Step Guide Before You Launch a Blog
Subtitle: The 3-step checklist for creating your blog Along with my wife, I’m launching a new blog for my family and have been reminded of the initial challenges a blog faces at the outset before launch: a name, a topic and a theme. Name – By which name shall I call thee? Many people get stuck on coming up with a cool domain name for their blog before knowing what they are going to write about. It seems that they are under the impression... Read More
Steps to the new Layout and Logo Design
Subtitle: Working with true talent is a rare treat When is a good time to improve your blog design? I’ll say around the time when you open your browser, land on your page and sit uninspired. If you’re not the source of your own inspiration then you’re not having fun, and that’s nothing to say about what your readers are thinking (yes, I know “…but, content is king”) I know some people who don’t... Read More
We’re Back Up!
Subtitle: Thwarting the Bad Guys If you took note or not, Latino Rebranded suffered a hack. Thankfully, it only involved the home page and a few hidden rogue codes in some files that were easily replaced once they were identified. The bad guys also created an extra admin account which was deleted. How did they get in? …slipped in through an unpatched version of WordPress. The last time I updated WordPress a few things broke and I became reluctant... Read More
Think Now, Post Later
No posts today – I’m thinking (which is the same as writing to me anyway), and organizing. Thinking is solitary, so I’ll share later. If you have not seen, please go to the Hispanicize site and check out the beta version along with some cool articles. The bilingual posts are great! You can also check out my post on Social Media Today about the Lack of Latino Attendees at Conferences. Someone brought up a point about light-skin,... Read More
The Art of the Draft Post
At the time of this writing I have a total of 22 draft posts. This does not include what I’ve written offline. Some of these posts are half done, while some are almost complete; some capture an idea and stand only one sentence long, others sport just a title; some are disjointed pieces waiting to be merged into a larger whole, while others have a scope beyond this blog which may never appear except maybe as a pointer to the place where they... Read More
The real McCoy: Producing Original Content
Subtitle: Blogs are a journey, not a destination. Looking over my posts from 2010, maybe 75% of them echo events taking place in the Hispanic marketing industry. That only leaves 25% of original content. While one can be original in their coverage of current events, a huge part – and this can be heard many times over in board rooms, think tanks, motivational speeches – of staying ahead is to be active instead of being reactive. Constantly... Read More
Blogging is Participation
Many people think they know what a blog is; this is usually, mistakenly, irrevocably tied in to what role or function a blog plays. Here is a definition of a blog from Wikipedia: A blog (a blend of the term web log) is a type of website or part of a website. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological... Read More
Do you play ‘favorites’ with your social media?
Subtitle: What’s your favorite social media flavor? Despite being told we should spread ourselves equally on a few social media platforms, everyone has a favorite. Somewhere we develop an affinity with the small differences that makes each site unique. Maybe because of a site’s features, we feel that our personality is able to express itself more readily, or maybe we understand how one site works over another and feelings of familiarity... Read More
Your Blog is your home
Subtitle: Home is where the heart is. I’ve always said that your blog should be your focal point on the web. You can think of other portals as the bars, clubs and other social scenes of social media. But, you can’t hang out all the time. Eventually you have to go home. And that’s your blog. With a blog you can do things that you can’t do on social media silos. On Twitter your restricted to 140 characters, on Facebook... Read More
Make you Blog Posts in Advance
Subtitle: Stay ahead of the curve. Today was a testament of why you should have a post ready for the next day (or next two days). I left the house yesterday after 6 pm and did not return till after 11pm. A rough night of sleep contributed to waking up late and practically running out the house at 7:30 am. It is now 8:15 pm, and I just now had a chance to sit in front of the computer and answer some emails, but I thought of doing a quick post on... Read More
Consistency and Traffic
Subtitle: Blog more for more traffic. Since I’ve been blogging more recently, I’ve seen a spike in traffic. There’s nothing special I’ve been doing outside of what I normally do when blogging. It’s just the consistency of pushing out relevant content that really matters. AKPC_IDS += "2140,";Popularity: 10% [?] Read More
Worthwhile Endeavors for a Blogger
Subtitle: What your time worth? If you’ve been blogging for a significant amount of time, you’ll notice that your attention can get pulled in a few directions by various opportunities offered to you. With time being a precious commodity, you’ll have to figure out what to filter out and what is worth your time. Free Advertising You may receive emails from other bloggers or organizations to feature their content on your... Read More
My Blog, My Word…My World
Subtitle: My commitment to blogging. Blogs are an interesting format, for readers inadvertently discover that they at the whim (mercy?) of blog owners. Happily, sometimes sadistically readers follow their chosen blog not blindly, but faithful that great content will reward their loyalty. If unfulfilled, they dutifully leave in droves. This weekend, I was reminded that I have limitations – I hit a wall and needed a few days to recover,... Read More
Blogs are Foundation of Social Media
Subtitle: From blogs to microblogs and back again. My blog is quickly becoming my favorite social media portal. Re-wind a few months ago, and I would of had said Twitter. But, I’ve come to re-appreciate my own pulpit. There is pride to be taken in the creative process, more so in the ownership of one’s output. There are those who are insanely successfully on Twitter or Facebook, yet when it comes time to direct traffic from those... Read More
