by Sue Horner | Jul 2, 2015 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Have you ever noticed this? You’re digging around the web, collecting advice or thoughts on a particular topic. You find interesting content, but when you try to check how current it is, you can’t find the date it was published. Sometimes, you only find a...
by Sue Horner | Feb 12, 2015 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Wait for it: 230 million LinkedIn users around the world will soon be piling on the publishing bandwagon. LinkedIn says it is “always looking for new ways for members to contribute professional insights.” That means it is allowing members – as well as the...
by Sue Horner | Feb 2, 2015 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Don’t ask digital marketer Kathryn Lagden what number you should look at in Google analytics. When it comes to your website, it’s all about what YOU want people to do. “Figure out your goal and then you can find out how to measure it,” she told the audience at...
by Sue Horner | Aug 14, 2014 | Most popular posts, The Red Jacket Diaries blog
The last time this happened, in 2012, a Google search pulled up a piddling 31,000 hits. This time, “lost my blogging mojo” brought up more than 700,000 results. I think I am in good company. There are lots of reasons why I seem to have lost my blogging mojo, including...
by Sue Horner | Mar 19, 2014 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
I’ve been doing what I think of as “spelunking” (isn’t that a great word?) — digging around in the caves of this blog. With the wisdom of my seven years of blogging, I can look back and clearly see ways I could have done a better blogging...
by Sue Horner | Mar 5, 2014 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Sorry for what may be a misleading headline. This post is not the most epic, amazing, etc. one ever; but do you notice how so many people are casually attaching those words to any blog post? A search for “epic blog posts” or “kick-ass blog...
by Sue Horner | Jan 29, 2014 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Can we talk about guest posts? Plenty of bloggers are because of a piece by Google’s Matt Cutts talking about guest blogging as a link-building strategy. The issue is not so much a guest blogger offering to write a post, which is a legitimate way for an expert...
by Sue Horner | Jan 24, 2014 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Has it really been seven years since I started this blog? Hard to believe, for someone who had a hard time updating a journal more than once every couple of months, as I shared in my very first blog post! Since then, I’ve managed to fairly consistently blog once...
by Sue Horner | Feb 21, 2013 | Most popular posts, The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Are you blogging? Technorati’s 2013 Digital Influence Report (the report formerly known as the State of the Blogosphere) suggests you should be. (Sorry, the link is no longer live.) “Blogs are still one of the most influential mediums, ranking high with...
by Sue Horner | Jan 24, 2013 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Six years and 578 posts. Considering my awful track record of journaling (often months between posts!), I guess that’s not too bad. Since starting this blog in 2007, I’ve tried to share things I’ve learned or observed, including experiences with...
