by Jonathan Groves | Sep 10, 2014 | Twitter, Video Tutorials
Here’s a quick walk-through of how to use Twitter. If you’re new to Twitter, be sure to install the app on your phone and trying using it on the go. It often makes more sense as a mobile medium first (especially the 140-character limitation on tweets)....
by Jonathan Groves | Feb 23, 2014 | Strategy, Twitter, Writing Tips
How to Write Short: Word Craft for Fast Times by Roy Peter Clark is true to its title: It offers a quick, joyous romp through a stack of short-writing tips, especially for online content creators. In Chapter 20 (p.124), Clark provides sage advice about weaker sentence...
by Jonathan Groves | Oct 5, 2012 | Marketing
As bloggers/marketers/service providers we want the public to talk about us. We want a conversation between us and the consumer of our information or product, and user generated content is a vital part of the conversation. Frank Strong from CopyBlogger offered this...
by Jonathan Groves | Feb 19, 2012 | Strategy
If you’ve spent any amount of time among social-media types, authenticity is tossed around as a key to success. It seems a straightforward concept: In the online realm, be honest, transparent, and open. Be yourself. And the audience will follow. The danger with...
by Jonathan Groves | Jan 22, 2012 | Wordpress
As I mentioned in my previous post, WordPress.com can be used as a simple content-management system. You should also think of it as a social network. But, wait — isn’t WordPress.com just for blogs? Yes, WordPress.com does make it easy to fire up a blog in just a...