Weekly Roundup: From eBay to Heresy
Today is July 31. You know what that means, right?
We are more than halfway through 2011. Where did it go? How much progress have you made towards your annual goals? Or are you already looking ahead?
While you start thinking about that, here are some posts that made me think, laugh and happy. And they run the gamut from web changes to sound bite addiction to, yes, social media “heresy.”
1. 5 conversion-making website changes you can make right now, by Shakirah Dawud.
Why: Shakirah is one of the best writers I’ve come across in a long time (which is why I love that she’s part of the WUL blogging team). Her take on a recent webinar is great reading and easy to understand.
2. Speechwriting and the perils of the sound bite addiction, by Jill Foster.
Filed under Resources, Shonali Burke, Weekly Roundup | Tags: conversion, roi, small business, social heresy, social media strategy | Comments (9)Bootcamp, Here I Come
Earlier this week I came across a post by Lisa Byrne on how signing up for a bootcamp has significantly changed her health … and her outlook on life.
I was fascinated by Lisa’s story of how she got started on her new path, and how she kept going. And it made me re-evaluate the goals I’d set for myself at the start of the year, and ask myself whether or not I’d made any progress towards them.
Looking back, they were:
1. Give Waxing UnLyrical wings: yes, I think this is progressing as planned. I see more comments, traffic and greater engagement (certainly thanks in no small part to the Livefyre comment system but also to the consistency and range of content on the blog, much of which comes from killer guest bloggers, so this is not me patting myself on my back).
Filed under Personal, Shonali Burke | Tags: bootcamp, change, getting fit, Grant Hill, Lisa Byrne, motivation, MyBootcamp | Comments (61)Why Post Planner White Label Has Me Enchanted
Color me enchanted
I wrote a while back about why I like Post Planner so much as a way to schedule posts to Facebook (have you tried it yet?).
Let me tell you right now that if you haven’t, you should, and that there is a special offer waaay down the post for you.
Yesterday, Josh Parkinson of Go West Social, one of the people behind Post Planner, did something absolutely wonderful for me; so wonderful, that I’m still reeling from his generosity.
They created a white label version of it for me. Free. Forever!
Filed under Business, Marketing, Resources, Shonali Burke, Social Media | Tags: branding, post planner, scheduling to facebook, Social Media, time management | Comments (36)
