The Social Freelancer: Media, Music, TV & Film

The Creative Quandry is just a fact of life for most who have a bent for creative endeavors. It’s the struggle of keeping bread on the table while making music, writing, painting, acting or any form of “art”.

I’ve been deep in this one lately due to a number of client projects booking my schedule tight (a problem I am happy to have). You may have noticed a reprint of some previous articles on this blog in the past couple of weeks, it’s just my effort to keep content moving, while providing good service to my paying clients. But certainly I would rather have the time needed to produce fresh articles multiple times every week, but that’s not my current REALITY.

What to do? Keep Going. Read more…

Kill is a strong word. It implies a senseless violence . I used it in the headline because I am offended by Google’s recent decision to “snuff out” the popular RSS viewer “Reader” from the Google toolbox. Senseless.

Puzzling….
Why a company like Google with a major stronghold on Internet Search would kill Reader is a mystery to me. Reader works fine and is obviously not a  drain on the company’s enormous resources. I use Reader frequently to keep up with blogs and sites of interest to me, and my Twitter followers. Reader is handy for finding good content to share. So what’s wrong with this picture?

Bloated corporate nonsense, I say. Read more…

A thought this morning: “Content is King” is a myth.
From my earliest foray into social media and blogging, I have heard the “Content is king” line and believed it. It makes sense that if you don’t have anything interesting or informative to say, few will pay attention. Now I see that having great content is important, but it’s just one of the keys to the puzzle. I wish that merely posting inspired writing, photographs, quotes and other popular content were the keys to attracting millions of eyeballs to this blog, but alas, this is not so.

Great content is nothing without REACH. Read more…

“It’s all about the moments.” is a phrase I like to use frequently. It reminds me to settle in to the moment, appreciate good times when they happen, and stop worrying about the things that didn’t work out as I had planned (that list is endless!).
A couple of weeks ago, I had a moment to remember, the result of seemingly random actions online and in real life.

I don’t really “know” Mark Schaefer, but I have been a reader and fan of his excellent work at BusinessesGrow.com for a few years now. He has also kindly shared some of my posts from this blog on Twitter. For Christmas, my wife gave me a copy of Mark’s book on influence marketing “ROI – Return on Influence” which I read and enjoyed immensely.

Social media is all about sharing things that you find interesting with others, and giving support to people whose work you appreciate, so I did that a few times. I posted links to Mark’s book and commented on the content. I did this because I liked the book, not because I wanted to meet the author, but that’s what happened.
A tune for this post! Listen in, turn it up> “I Live the Life I Love”
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Guilty! Every Monday I check Google Analytics to see which articles on this blog are receiving the most attention on the Net. You could call it an obsession, but this activity does serve a writing purpose. It’s a clue as to what articles are resonating most with readers, and isn’t that what writing is all about?
Today, February 4, 2013, these are the top five. I’ll be updating this post one year from now. It will be interesting to see what topics remain in high volume, and what new topics have emerged by then.

1. Three Reasons to “Like” Twitter over Facebook

2. Why You Should Schedule Tweets AND Engage. Yes. It Matters.

3. Is Social Media Killing the Email Reply?

4. The Beauty of Blogging and Twitter

5. Meet George Jetson! About the Future: What will you do?

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