Marketing Douchebags

Aug
25

Twitter Spam Alert: All These Hot Chicks Probably Don’t Really Love Their iPhones

Justin on August 25th, 2011

Normally, I don’t care when I get followed by Twitter spam accounts, because Twitter is the one social media platform where users are still basically in control of their own attention.  As long as I don’t follow a spammer back, I run very little risk of ever having to see their pointless b.s. in my [...]

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My Social Media POV, Twitter 8 Comments »
Aug
8

The Two Ways to Stop Hating Your Job

Justin on August 8th, 2011

“So, what do you do?” Man, do I hate that question. Granted, I ask it all the time, but that’s because I’m genuinely interested in what other people do for a living.  But when someone else asks me that same question, I have to fight the urge to change the subject immediately in order to [...]

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Freelance Tips 14 Comments »
Jul
28

How My Broken Blog Led to Me Getting Interviewed on the CBC

Justin on July 28th, 2011

A few weeks ago, my blog imploded.  For whatever reason, my backups weren’t actually backing up, and one day I awoke to a tweet from a reader informing me that none of my posts existed anymore. That’s never good. So I contacted my tech guy, Shawn Smith, who’s been saving my digital ass since 2003 [...]

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Blogging, My Social Media POV 8 Comments »
Jul
5

Hey You: Stop Wasting Good Blog Titles

Justin on July 5th, 2011

How many times have you clicked on what seemed like the perfect blog headline, only to land on a blog post or news article that wasn’t worth the time it took to depress your mouse button?  As a blog reader, it’s enough to make you wary of any too-good-to-be-true blog headline, and with good reason. [...]

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Blogging, Storytelling 4 Comments »
Jun
21

10 Ways to Never Not Be Marketing

Justin on June 21st, 2011

I dig Chris Brogan’s post on what to do when you don’t want to market. Personally, I hardly ever want to be marketing.  I’d rather be creating something awesome than trying to convince people how awesome it is. But if I never marketed, I’d just be making awesome stuff in a room all by myself, [...]

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My Social Media POV 4 Comments »