I write this post as a high-functioning game addict. In the show House of Cards, when Kevin Spacey isn’t trying to take over the White House, he’s gaming. Video games have always had a bad rap. From Season 1 of House of Cards, the main character’s wife and another congressman…

Amir Rajan got over a million downloads for ADR. How? — You might have heard of A Dark Room (ADR)for the iOS. For a game that’s just text, it managed to get over a million downloads and without major visibility on the gaming radar. What caught my attention was the developer, Amir Rajan, and his incredibly transparent journey. Amir is a…

Just Keep Grinding. This statement is stupid to me. Grind at what? Getting on stage? Being funny? Passing out your business cards and praying an agent magically discovers you? So many questions from novice comedians — all shooting from the hip, not knowing what to do or how to get…

The title is a lie. There is no Day 5 of New Media Expo. The official end date was yesterday. But this day 5 post is more for me. If this is your first post of mine that you’re reading (or you’ve been following me on my journey), I’ve been…

(Melanie Nelson, the speaker of the NMX ‘Self-Editing Basics’ event, offered to read my work and provide feedback. Seeing as this is a fantastic opportunity for growth, I decided to keep both posts so you can see the ‘before’ and ‘after’. The original version is located here.) I’m sharing why…

Best Practices for Blog List building with Heather Solos Key takeaways: There are 3 subscriber types, with different ways segment them. Water tester: who signed up after digesting your content for a while. Bribe taker: who signed up for the freebie you provided. …

I spent my morning editing these NMX blog posts. In the future, I plan to create a template. Starting over from scratch every time has been a huge time waster. I’m sad that today is the last day. But I’m glad, because it’s important to spend time meditating on everything…

How To Get Your First 100,000 Podcast Downloads with Grant Baldwin The biggest takeaway was to really take advantage of contests to get as MUCH reviews as possible. Reviews/downloads are the metric for staying visible on iTunes. Grant gave us a worksheet to fill in the blanks. I like that…

It’s Wednesday and today is packed! Every time slot has something cool in want to attend. The way I’m feeling: Many people are attending this event with dreams of creating amazing work, but not thinking about how to market it. Maybe this is my marketing background kicking in. Gary Arndt (Who was the session…