Julie Roads's (writingroads) Blog

Have you ever written something on a blog about grape jelly only to come back an hour later, read your comments and realize you were wrong - that you actually wrote the post about peanut butter? It doesn't happen to me often, but it happens. Blog comments offer us an incredible view of what we sa...

Blogging is about the conversation, right? That said, there are certain ‘big’ blogs that I read where I can tell the writer is talking to thousands of people - I feel it, I feel like I’m just one of the many. There are other ‘big’ blogs that always leave me feeling like I’m the only one in the ro...

Hello to my new AR community! - the past few days with you has been wild...and I have noticed a tiny trend in the Twitter department...so here's a follow up Twitter post (cross posted on the Writing Roads blog) that will hopefully empower the Twitter newbies, reinforce the Twitter-lovers and conv...

Why blog? BECAUSE: Static websites (that do not continually upload content, but act as an online brochure) do not rate in site rankings. To compete in your industry and to be found by the world, you must add valuable, pertinent information to your website on a regular basis - a blog is the perfec...

“I get most of this stuff, but I still don’t understand this Twitter thing.” Seriously, if I hear that one more time today! There is also the concern that not much can be accomplished in 140 characters…hah! Here’s how I recommend that you make Twitter work for you and your business: Understand th...