It’s Not “Bad” Twitter as a tool is finally starting to come into it’s own. People access Twitter for many reasons, whether it be for news, for gossip, sharing useful tips, or sharing what they have for breakfast. The truth is that Twitter is used for countless reasons, and in countless ways. It’s hard to find two users that use [...]
I’m starting a new tradition for Fridays. I’m doing this for two reasons: First of all, I’ve been preaching for several months now about how important it is to network with other bloggers and to get to know people who blog, but I’ve been feeling that I haven’t been practicing what I preach. Well, that’s going to change because I [...]
Strategy For 2010 I’ve been doing a lot of thinking for the direction that I’m going to take the blog in 2010 and I would like to get some feedback from my readers. Obviously, the “strategy” that I had for 2009 was less than stellar, because I didn’t even come close to breaking even, so business needs to be tweaked [...]
Simply put: If you’re not following Swollen Thumb Entertainment on Twitter, then you’re missing out! For those of you who don’t know, I have hourly updates for Twitter on the weekdays. (Every other hour on the weekend) These updates consist of any number of things including: Jokes Inspirational Jokes Entertaining or Useful Links And just because I don’t want to [...]
The Bloggers Of Tomorrow There’s a major change happening in the blogosphere. I’ve been talking about this for a few weeks now, on this blog as well as in the comments of other blogs. Regarding the change, I’d say I could feel it in the air, but it’s not in the air, it’s in cyberspace, and like most things that [...]
As most of you know, I’ve been working on Swollen Thumb Entertainment for over a year now. Over time, my dedication to this venture has gone up and down, and right now, it’s about as high as ever. However, I’m not focusing as much energy on writing articles on the website as I used to. My energy is going other [...]
I’m going to be extremely blunt with you right now. If you are, in any way, in the process of making money for yourself in which you don’t answer to a boss, then you are running a business, and you need to have a business plan. Without a business plan, you are doing yourself and your business a great disservice [...]
I think that most people who have read my writing would consider me to be a fairly nice guy. The truth is that I AM pretty nice. I don’t want to be mean to anybody. However, I feel like being brutally honest for a minute. After being around the blogosphere for about nine months now, I’ve met a great many [...]
It’s Time For Halloween! Fall is now upon us an the Halloween season is upon us! I figured that I’d have a little fun with this site and do a quick redesign to celebrate the Halloween season. Let’s face it, Halloween is fun, and all throughout October, I’ve got several treats for you, including Halloween and horror themed articles planned, [...]
Jump On The Bandwagon! There are so many ways to use social media to promote whatever it is that you are doing, that it is beyond the scope of a single article to explain them all. In reality, it would take the likes of an entire book to properly explain the relationship between social media and blogging. However, I will [...]
Yes, I’m a Twittley Fan! Last week, I installed a plugin called Twittley at the suggestion of my blogging colleague, Sire. He’s one of my blogging friends who keeps me on my toes and gives me good, honest, feedback, and is just a good honest person who doesn’t BS around when it comes to what he does. I know that [...]
