One thing that was interesting is that I'm finally starting to run into folks in Los Angeles who run in technology circles and who have blogs. So some of the newly found blogs: Joel Ordesky Cliff Allen Marty Poulin and some others I've found recently: Fabian Schonholz Shuki Lehavi However, if I'm missing others that are technology and Los Angeles related, please let me kno I was on a panel yesterday at StartupLA . The event was a good event and I ran into a few folks that I hadn't seen in a while and meet a few new people.

Blogs and radio He discovered that the two most effective tools were blogs and radio–and radio was losing its influence. Blogging celebrities like Robert Scoble have mobs of people around them at events. ( When Tim tapped into his blogging connections to promote his book, he didn’t pitch the book directly. I’m sick of the usual interviews with Tim Ferriss , which waste time arguing over whether it’s possible to work four hours a week. What I want to know is how Tim got so many people to talk about him and his book, The Four Hour Work Week

Ben Huh came to Mixergy to talk about how he raised money to buy a blog about LOL cats, called "I Can Has Cheezburger," and how he turned it into a growing publishing company that own over 20 sites, including Fail Blog and This is Photo Bomb. Ben Huh is the CEO of Cheezburger Network , which owns a diversified portfolio of large user-generated communities, including I Can Has Cheezburger , I Has A Hot Dog , Fail Blog , Pundit Kitchen , and This Is Photobomb . If you like this interview, vote for it on news.ycombinator.com --Andrew His network has over 11 million

Thanks to his blog’s readers, his new book, “ I Will Teach You To Be Rich ,” hit the New York Times and Wall street Journal best-seller lists . In this edited excerpt from his Mixergy interview, he talks about how he marketed his blog. But, if you happen to be planning a wedding, I bet you’re reading a bunch of wedding blogs. A few years ago, Ramit Sethi was a personal finance blogger whose site nobody knew. After building up a loyal following on his site, IWillTeachYouToBeRich.com, he got a book deal.

Holidays are a time to reassess and reconnect with friends and community. Wherever you are, with friends or family, we wish you and yours a wonderful holiday season and a fine new year. Merry Christmas , and remember to Drink Eggnog Responsibly! ___________________________________________________ Please note that Christmas is

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs.  After my company was acquired by Salesforce.com I was asked to stop blogging and they took over my blog as an asset in the sale of the company.  My blog was wiped out.  I am very grateful to my friend Zoli Erdos for finding this retro posting for me at web.archive.org. I

recently wrote a piece for Mashable on how to create a company blog .  Since Since it’s already written (and since I promised not to republish on my blog other than a summary) if you’re interested please have a read over there.  I Should you blog? I guess let’s file this under sales & marketing advice . I

This is that post. Value of Blogging I started the presentation talking about the value of blogging. But rather than believing me, listen to Tom Peters and Seth Godin: . Seth Godin Doesn't matter if anyone reads it. What matters is the metacognition of thinking about what you are going to say. How do you force yourself to describe in three paragraphs why you did something. You are doing it for yourself to become part of the conversation even if it's very small. Tom Peters No single thing in the last 15 years professionally

Josh is the co-founder and Director of Marketing of Unique Blog Designs . How to build a profitable blog. One of the biggest challenges for online businesses is getting users to pull out their credit cards and actually pay for something. When I heard that Josh Mullineaux launched a digital product that brought in over $90,000 its first month, I asked him to teach how he did it so you can copy his methods.

Find shared Groups - engage them in conversation in the Discussions, News, or Jobs tabs Enable the “Blog Link” Application - engage them on their Blog/Twitter posts In the Events – engage with them in person at a shared event Good luck with your LinkedIn Connections! On my Twitter On my Blog How to initially populate your LinkedIn Contacts? I was recently asked how I reached “500+” connections. Interesting question, since I'm not an "open" networker (LION = LinkedIn Open Networker).