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By: thestudiosource.com » How to find the right audience online

thestudiosource.com » How to find the right audience online — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:51:02 +0000

[...] got an email in response to my call for your burning questions: how do you get the right people (curators, dealers, buyers) to find you on the [...]

By: Stacey Cornelius

Stacey Cornelius — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:46:06 +0000

Here are my suggestions about focus: jot things down as you go so you don’t forget. You would not believe how many great post ideas I lose because I tell myself I’ll remember them. And of course I don’t.

The other thing is to stop before you wear yourself out. You probably know when you’re becoming tired, so quit while you’re ahead. If you write down (or draw, if you’re more right-brained) your ideas, you make the most of your brainstorming time. That should also help with the frustration.

Sound good?

By: Lisa Byrne

Lisa Byrne — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:19:28 +0000

Stacy. I love to brainstorm and play around with process and ideas. But what drives me crazy every single day is my inability to focus these ideas, prioritize goals, and follow them thru in order to produce a final product . I start out of the gate OK, but quickly loose momentum and then get confused. I do live with a chronic illness and injury. Symptoms include daily fatigue and pain. This has actually taught me how to be disciplined, and take good care of myself, but I continue to struggle with with focus. Any ideas?
Thanks.

By: Stacey Cornelius

Stacey Cornelius — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:00:21 +0000

Kathleen, I’m also a solitary type, but it’s not an impossible task. Check out this post:
http://www.thestudiosource.com/accidental-networking-on-twitter to see my take on the 140 character social candy store.

My advice: give yourself time, and focus on quality connections rather than big numbers for their own sake.

By: Kathleen K. O'Connor

Kathleen K. O'Connor — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:52:40 +0000

I just feel overwhelmed. I am a solitary person in real life, but I can’t be solitary online if I want to spread the word about what I do. What is your advice for using social media? That is the toughest part for me. It seems so noisy in that space, and you have to be very, very persistent to make yourself heard.

By: Stacey Cornelius

Stacey Cornelius — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:00:14 +0000

I think a lot of people are baffled about what to do with their websites. Design plus good writing makes the difference between a bland site and a truly engaging one.

I wonder who on the planet actually enjoys bookkeeping. And a lot of it has to do with the truly awful software that is so utterly unintuitive and clunky.

Um. You actually balance your chequebook? Sherice, you’re my hero.

By: Sherice Jacob

Sherice Jacob — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:45:54 +0000

My biggest frustration is getting out the message to people to help them understand what I do. It’s not JUST web design or copywriting. It’s combining both of them into something that moves your site (and your business) forward by leaps and bounds.

As far as running a business — I’d say everything else that doesn’t directly involve designing, writing or helping others in some way. You know.. like accounting and anything to do with numbers. Bleh! The right side of my brain (or is that the left?) goes on strike whenever I even entertain the thought of doing something like taxes or balancing my checkbook

By: thestudiosource.com » How to write your bio and About page without driving yourself crazy

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:13:14 +0000

[...] were a couple of responses to my call for your most burning questions that point to an important part of marketing and personal branding: [...]

By: Stacey Cornelius

Stacey Cornelius — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:25:06 +0000

As usual. there’s not one answer. It will depend on the site and the intention of the bio/About page. Okay, working on that one, Kathy.

By: Kathy G

Kathy G — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:19:16 +0000

Both.