A Reprimand of Self: Don’t Be a Common Blogger
I found myself enjoying (for lack of a better term) an existential crisis in terms of my CultureFeast identity. For so long, I focused on the Google Analytics, and constantly looked for blog topics...
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An Interview With Penelope Trunk
Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to interview Penelope Trunk, author of Brazen Careerist: The New Rules For Success, and columnist for Yahoo Finance and the Boston Globe. Her blog, Brazen...
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Professional Blog Advice May Not Work for Artists
I'm going to use a lot of generalizations here, so if that is your only comment at the end, save it. After a profoundly enjoyable evening with a local writer's group, I walked away with a newfound...
View ArticleBloggers Beware: You CAN Spread Yourself Too Thin
I've found through personal experience that you definitely CAN spread yourself too thin. You know all those professional bloggers who make five figures a month? They don't own as many blogs as I do....
View ArticleHow Do I Write for a Non-MySpace Blog?
While a lot of people are MySpace savvy, many MySpacers still don't understand the difference between a MySpace blog and a professional, public blog. MySpace is typically the place for random...
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Dallas WordCamp is Coming Soon!
Mark your calendars. If you are a WordPress junkie and you live anywhere near the Dallas/Fort Worth area, you better be in Frisco on March 29th and 30th for our very own WordCamp. "The largest...
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Blogging From Dallas WordCamp
Well, it's finally here! Several hundred bloggers from Texas and surrounding areas are here to network and learn from some of the biggest WordPress gurus. Everyone will be following @wcdallas to keep...
View ArticleDallas WordCamp Day 2
We're live at Day Two of Dallas WordCamp.The WordPress Podcast is recording live from Frisco Town Hall. On the panel is Jonathan Bailey, Charles Stricklin, Mark Jaquith, Lorelle VanFossen and Mark...
View ArticleAaron Brazell Speaks on WordPress Q&A
Aaron Brazell from B5 Media and Technosailor.com: Categories and Tags can coexist. Aaron exclusively uses tags to help new visitors find valuable older content. Can you have too many tags? Many tags...
View ArticleChris Smith Speaks on SEO for Bloggers
Christ Smith has just taken the stage. We will begin coverage immediately. Please refresh this page to see more coverage as it unfolds. Chris Smith specializes in local optimization. He contributes to...
View ArticleDallas WordCamp 2008 Panel Discussion
Today's panel is led by John Pozadzides. Panel members include Matt Mullenweg, Liz Strauss, Aaron Brazell, and Mark Ghosh. Note: the following are summarizations, not direct and/or complete quotes....
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Blogging and Social Media Reshaped My Work
If you were to have told me, about a year ago, that I would be using social media on a regular basis, I would have thought you were insane. To me, social media was nothing more than Facebook and...
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Why I Don’t Blog Much Anymore
While random people arriving here after a Google search don’t know me from Adam, I have a few friends and family members who note that they stopped reading CultureFeast.com because I no longer...
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Freelance Writing Struggles
Sometimes it feels like finding freelance writing gigs is a full time job on its own. I have these grand dreams of having enough gigs to make this writing my full time occupation. I know it will be a...
View ArticleBlogging is More Than Formulas
I’ve spent years reading, studying, and writing blogs to fit formulas in search of the golden ticket. And I’ve recently had my cathartic moment of truth when I realized my bloglife had to change. Money...
View ArticleComment Spammers: 2nd Time’s the Charm
There’s a new level of blog comment spam out there that’s as wonderfully clever as it is evil. Here’s how it looks: Imagine you wrote a blog post about kola nuts. A few days later, you see this comment...
View ArticleShould You Hire A Ghostwriter to Write for Your Blog?
Someone I know recently asked a private group of bloggers the question: When, if ever, is it appropriate to pay a ghostwriter to write for your blog? There’s a really thought provoking article on...
View ArticleSelf-Named Domains Are Hit Or Miss
I’ve owned DanielDessinger.com for many years now. At first it was going to be a supplemental personal blog. Then it was going to be a professional show-off-my-skills blog. Then it became a simple...
View ArticleWhy I Switched to Medium After 11 Years of Self-Hosted WordPress
I began my WordPress odyssey one year after Heather and I married on an island beach in the Caribbean. So when I say that I’m leaving WordPress for another CMS, a lot of emotions are involved. It’s an...
View ArticleI Switched Over To Medium Then Fear Paralyzed Me
Every time I get halfway through a post, this heavy weighing my chest and I can’t think clearly enough to complete another sentence. A few weeks ago, I published an article announcing my switch from...
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