About Chris Garrett - Blogging Consultant and UK Internet Marketing and New Media Industry Expert
About This Blog
Chrisg.com is where Chris posts daily (or thereabouts) thoughts and advice on the business of new media, blogging and online marketing. The aim is to teach you ways you can create compelling resources, provide your audience more value, build trust and loyalty, and generate more rewards for yourself.
About Chris Garrett
Chris Garrett is a professional blogger, Internet Marketing Consultant, new media industry commentator, writer, coach, speaker, trainer and web geek. He was also a founding member of Performancing. You might know him from his past writing for such sites as ASPToday, ASPAlliance, Threadwatch, or more recently, ProBlogger, The Blog Herald, FreelanceSwitch, Cogniview, AdSavvy and CopyBlogger.
Chris also writes for several company blogs on a freelance basis.
You can hire Chris to help grow your company by connecting with your customers through the internet, just use the contact form to discuss.
In 1994 Chris first became addicted to the Internet. Since then he has helped thousands of individuals, non-profits, small businesses and blue chips make the most of the web. In 2005 Chris founded a company to help businesses achieve more with Online Media called OMIQ.
Chris consults, trains and speaks about internet marketing, blogging and new media. Most recently Chris gave a talk at the Successful Outstanding Bloggers conference (SOBCon08) in Chicago.
Chris does “Other Stuff” …
He has a personal blog for lighter topics and anything that doesn’t fit here. While enjoying snow sports, such as snowboarding and ice skating, he is not very good at them and spends a lot of time hurting his … pride. As a keen amateur photographer he loves Flickr so much it is possibly unhealthy.
Chris also writes books …
You can now buy Chris’ new book on Amazon, written with the famous Darren Rowse of ProBlogger and suitably titled …
ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income
As the name suggests, it’s mainly about making money with blogs, but anyone who wants to create a compelling blog for any reason would get a lot out of it I am sure.
The geeks and techies amongst you might have seen one of Chris’ earlier works, on topics with mainstream appeal such as GDI+ programming. If you are really curious you can still find Chris’ older books on eBay, Amazon used, in junk shops and second hand markets.
That’s Eric not Chris pictured on the Wrox one. Chris also contributed to the ASP.NET cookbook, a collaboration between all of the ASPAlliance authors.
Finally …
Chris was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1974. He lives in the UK with his wife, daughter and two overweight, treat-addicted cats. Having lived in Yorkshire, England for 25+ years you can’t tell he is Canadian from his accent. Sometime soon they are moving back to Canada for good. Chris only writes in the third person when he wants to gain a better Google ranking for his own name. He hopes people will forgive him this once.
