For this week’s ‘Friday Links’ post, I’ve got some really awesome resources for you. Just to put them into perspective my week entailed wondering how how be a better blogger and whether I should pursue a couple of new projects in a recession.
It’s been a tough week and a bit of inspiration was needed. Here’s what I came up with:
- Collis Ta’eed re-published 3 old articles on his new Netsetter blog. You really should subscribe to his blog (it’s that good). First up was “Starting Up in an economic downturn“. This article takes a hard look at starting a new venture when the economy is going down the crapper and makes an important point about frugality. The best part about Collis’ articles is that he always speaks from experience.
- Second up is Collis Ta’eed’s “Strategy games and how they can help your business“. He shows how his company, Envato, took a new blog (PSDTuts) from nothing to one of the biggest on the Web in a very short period of time. Re-investment is the key people!
- The third ‘I’m a fan of Collis’ post you should read on The Netsetter is “Guerilla marketing for startups“, written in 2006. If you’ve got zero marketing budget and a business to promote this ought to help.
- If it’s blogging inspiration you want, look no further than Wendy Piersall’s “Watching the whole social Web become greater than it’s parts“. Wendy is a successful blogger with a growing audience, and this post is worth it just for the last sentence.
- Finally, if you’re getting started with Twitter, as I am, and you’re still trying to find your voice, read this: “4 annoying Twitter myths about how to use Twitter” by Scott Fox. This post makes you realize you’re not the only person on the Internet who believes Twitter has a set of rules everyone has to follow in order to succeed, when in actual fact, there are no rules at all.
That’s it. Oh wait, there’s one more: Remarkablogger’s “Ten ways to crank out killer posts in 10 minutes“. Yes, I know quality is better than quantity but sometimes short blog posts are OK too. Have a good weekend.