I’ve been telling my friends for some time now that blogging will soon be more popular than Myspace as a social medium on the internet. I just had a hunch.
When rapper 50 Cent gets his own blog you know something has shifted in the cultural matrix.
A recent Tech Crunch article just confirms my hunches. The numbers don’t lie.
That orange line. thats Blogger. Wordpress is another blogging platform. That’s the red line. While more common social networks like Facebook are rising, Blogger and Wordpress combined out number Facebook AND Myspace!
This might not mean much to the average socialite looking for the next hot party but to a small business this means everything! If you want to know how to reach your target audience consistently online, dump that Myspace page and build a Wordpress blog.
Trust me. You’ll thank me for it.
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The internet has been both my greatest resource as well as my greatest vice!
As a Resource, I’ve discovered several websites in Graphic Design and Web Design that have become invaluable to my business. Here’s my top ten list in no particular order:
1. FFFFound.com : truck loads of design samples. Great for breaking creative blocks.
2. Freelanceswitch: Great website offering advice on Freelance Graphic Design Industry
3. Logopond: Some very good logo designs are posted here. Some by yours truly.
4. Newseum.org: This place is definitely on my Bucket list
5. Book Design Review: Two of my favorite things: Books and Design
6. Linked-In: Great for business networking. Lets connect!
7. Just Creative Design & David Airey: Two of my favorite blogs of top designers.
8. Freak-o-nomics: Nothing to do with Design. Everything to do with marketing. READ THIS BOOK!
9. Pearsonified.com: The most talented Web Designer and Wordpress developer I’ve found on the internet.
10. Morning People Marketing: What? You thought I wasn’t going to toot my own horn?
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