lorelle vanfossen is speaking on defining our online business and we are supposed to do it in 10 words or less… um… i’ll come back to this.

lunch… yum.  

1:19- Chris Garrett / Find topics from your business process

• content: what do you want to make happen?
• even if you reference something else, make your comment.  don’t get in the way; ask something.
• ideas: the hardest part; write them down when they come to you!
• a really good question can be better than a really good statement
• mind map: get thoughts out of head and off the paper
• make content of how you do what you do 
• use an editorial calendar for your blog
• invent ideas wherever you are
• be efficient: have 4 or 5 posts that are completed but still in draft
• you’re only as good as  your last post
• sometimes you have to do the 5 minute blog post; start w the end in mind
• impact: who for? what? so what?
• don’t be perfect… then there’s no reason for anyone to comment
• rubber ducking: get a rubber duck and talk to the duck… i want to write a post about “this” and what do you think about that?
• focus your time (ex: 5 hours: 2 for blogging / 1 for commenting / 2 for promotion)
• multiple blogs?  use scribefire
• skitch: good for screenshots
• blogbridge: lots of feeds
• skype: podcasts as content