Chris Garrett
Build your business by sharing what you know
I am a big fan of observing others success and applying what you learn to your own strategy. Andy has given us an excellent analysis of Aaron Wall’s Playbook over on his blog … it pays to observe what other successful people have done and take some pointers. You won’t be able to copy them …
Midnight Sun at Kjerringøy Norway When I heard about the midnight sun I knew this trip was going to be special. Nothing could have prepared me for how special it would actually be. Kjerringøy is in the north of Norway, actually within the arctic circle. This means around this time of year the sun doesn’t …
This Week Just a quickie this morning as I am tidying up and preparing for my trip to Kjerringøy, Norway. I will be there with a client for the week telling them how great I am and how lucky they are to have me around. Or something. Posts will be pre-populated but I hope to …
I know I advise your blog should be all about your readers but it would be remiss of me to not inform you that Darren from blogged-out has interviewed me. You lucky people.
Many people have been complaining lately about Digg. The “bury-brigade”, who bury stories just because they don’t like the subject matter, and bullying trolls who tear apart anything just for sport. Digg do not seem to want to do anything about it either, Kevin and co seem quite happy that they are pulling together an …
Bit of an autobiographical feel to this post. Don’t worry if this is not to your taste, there will be more tips tomorrow! In my post about what memes are I invited anyone to tag me with a meme in return for a link and a free copy of my forthcoming ebook. Bonnie tagged me …
As if I don’t already just give and give and give 😉 you can get more of my blog tips over at The Blog Herald in my new weekly “10 minute blog tips” series 🙂 First post is about getting more comments, let me know what you think …
Remember my squidoffer? Remember just to get it seen I had to beg you for votes? Um, can I beg you to vote for my ad again? Squidoo just reset my votes back to zero. So my ad that I have paid for to show 12 weeks is not visible anywhere. Kind of sucks, when …
Here are my top commenters for the month of April. If you were here in person I would give you all hugs, instead here are some links 😉 Mark Jack Jeff Jen Colbs Ashish Ashwin Marc Raj Chris Baskind
Brian Clark and I are in a deadly blog battle over at Daily Blog Tips, please come to my aid with your vote clicks!
Are you waiting for me to get around to another blog critique submission announcement? Well if you want a review and can’t wait for me to get around to you a new site called UBlogMe has been set up especially to help bloggers get reviewed right now and for free. While they are still finishing …
Three interviews with little me, what is the world coming to? 🙂 I have started enjoying being interviewed lately, I think I am starting to be more relaxed and not stumble over my words quite so much. If you want to interview me feel free to ask, if you have interesting questions I will most …
Cool! My database tells me that Tamar weinberg made the 1000th comment on my blog 🙂 (on the post “Get a Real Job“). Thanks to Tamar and everyone who has made a comment, I appreciate it! Full stats from my Dashboard: There are currently 116 posts and 1,004 comments. Akismet has caught 2,213 spam comments.
It seems this vacation was never going to offer a reliable internet connection. After getting to an internet connection I said I would resume blogging, but then reality happened. It seems my Mac just didn’t want to work for more than a minute or two, even over a ethernet connection. I’m back home with internet …
Best laid plans eh? I figured I had this mobile blogging thing sussed. With my trusty MacBook and PDA combo I am good for network, wifi, bluetooth, 3G/GPRS/UMTS. I didn’t count on rural Manitoba. Lesson learned, when someone tells you there will be internet access double and triple check. I couldn’t even get cell phone …
I am a sucker for memes, one day I will have to say “enough is enough” and just stop responding to them 🙂 But not today, I was tagged with Gotta Get Goals In a new post, write about the top 5 to 10 goals that you “gotta get” so that you can truly say …
Some people actually do ignore their readers. It amazes me how many blogs leave comments unanswered. But sometimes you can ignore your readers unintentionally as Brian found out. Read his post “My Contact Form Has Been Broken For Months“. A timely reminder to test your contact form and ensure any contact details you publish are …
Another week, another Killer Flagship Content ebook review roundup! Don Campbell There are no cheap tricks here, only guidelines on creating quality content that your readers want and need. Nathan Briggs the first time I’ve seen all the information in one cohesive well presented package. Definitely a useful file to have on your hard-drive “Colbs” …
I thought I would just take a moment to thank my top commenters. Thanks for all your contributions, it is very much appreciated 🙂 Bes Zain Dawud Miracle Marc Chase Andrew Ferguson John Liz Strauss George Ahmed Bilal Maki Doug Karr Krishna De John Wesley Ashish Mohta Jack HMTKSteve jhay James Colbs Anthony Baggett Tony …
Terry has added a fun feature to his blog – Blog Fight! Now you can have your own blog fight between A-List Bloglebrities and the like, using this nifty Technorati-powered tool below. Of course I am only happy because my blog won its bout 😉
Andrew Ferguson has posted up a great post on where to find Great Free Photos for Your Blog Knowing where to look is just as important as what you find. I know most people’s first instinct is “Google Images!” Ignore that instinct. Google Images is useful for some things, but not really for this. There’s …
More bloggers have been reviewing my free Killer Flagship Content eBook. Randa Clay I have a lot of respect for Chris and have really benefited from reading his blog. Chris’ writing style is particularly engaging and easy to follow. Raj Dash Chris practices what he preaches, turning his ebook Killer Flagship Content into flagship content …
More reviews are coming in for Killer Flagship Content … Dax Desai The eBook is an excellent read for any blogger. If you wish to take your blog from interesting to must-have bookmark, you need to read this eBook. Mac Dean How can you pack so much information into 14 pages, I have no idea. …
Threadwatch.org reports on a Ad Age study researching blog reader habits. It showed they are loyal, reading the same blogs regularly, and judge them based on quality of writing. A specific topic focus is also valued highly. Most interesting to me was the confirmation of how people find new blogs 67.3% of the respondents follow …
Philipp Lenssen has outdone himself this time. Check out his excellent post “How to Not Get On the Digg Homepage“. When you stop laughing read it again and memorize for next time you submit a story.
Reviews are coming in so I thought I would do a quick round-up of the first few. If you would like to grab your own copy of the ebook, subscribe or sign up now and look for the download link.
Aaron has an Exclusive Podcast with David Krug on the purchase of Performancing. Congratulations to all concerned! Update: David has more details over at Performancing.com New York,NY —” February 14th,2007 —” SplashPress Media, owner of numerous sites including The Blog Herald, one of the oldest sites on the internet covering blogging news and new media, …
It’s now 7 days since I uploaded WordPress two over my chrisg.com domain. Time for a one-week-birthday update. Since launch this blog has: Had over 20,000 visitors (according to FeedBurner, Analog reports many more but I don’t trust log analysers). Most of these visitors arrived because the blog has … Been Dugg twice. Added over …
It has become a kind of tradition that chrisg.com changes regularly. This blog though is on a mission. I am separating out topics, fluff over at chrisg.org and business here on chrisg.com. Subscribe, it should all become clear!