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2012 | Feb | Jan 25 18 16 12 LinkedIn: You Can Do Better “This is a brilliant guest post from my friend David. It's the email he wish ...” 26 comments 10 4 Books I Read in December 14 comments 09 The Great New Zealand Road Trip 12 comments | ||||||||||
2011 | Dec 30 29 You Just Won’t Be Happy Until Some Chinese Kid Breaks Your Shit, Will You? “If you blog, read this. P.S. Jones has rocked it again in this latest guest ...” 20 comments 26 A Very Kiwi Christmas: 2011 Edition 4 comments 12 The One Where I Become Yoga-Obsessed 7 comments 07 An Open Letter to "Writers" on the Internet 44 comments 06 More Twitter bios to inspire you... 8 comments | Nov 30 Books I Read In November 19 comments 29 25 24 Happy Thanksgiving! 2 comments 23 What it Means to be an Expat 23 comments 22 Improve Your Design Appeal in 7 Steps 11 comments 21 How I Use HootSuite: An Organizational Tutorial “A few months ago I made a video tutorial for the subscribers of my newsletter. ...” 27 comments 16 Tips From Bloggers Who Don't Blog About Blogging “I’ve made it pretty clear that one of the best things you can do for ...” 15 comments 15 09 08 How Couchsurfing Changed My Life 10 comments 07 02 Is Your Blog Skimable? 6 Easy Fixes to Help Readers Actually Read “Raise your hand if you've ever come across a blog with such incredible content but ...” 37 comments | Oct 31 27 Australia & NZ: The Highlights Reel 7 comments 26 24 BACK OFF! Or, "Mama Needs a New Catchphrase" “Can I vent here for a minute?
Last July I was walking home from the grocery ...” 31 comments 23 You Gotta Hand it to the All Blacks! 8 comments 18 17 32 Ways to Tweak Your Blog This Afternoon “Back when I was doing five blog critiques per week, I started noticing a few ...” 102 comments 05 Blog Post Ideas: 12 Ways to Bust the Block 25 comments | Sep 12 Reason #493 Why I Love Twitter “I think I actually need to put together an epic list of reasons why I ...” 13 comments 02 7 Things Travel Is Teaching Me 26 comments | Aug 30 So I Write Like I Talk. Sue Me. 48 comments 24 7 Ways to Pay it Forward Online 50 comments 22 Melbourne in Pictures 3 comments 18 Won't You Pretty Please Be My Friend? 37 comments 16 10 Four Years Can Change A Lot 25 comments 08 Spread Your Damn Wings 13 comments 04 On the Road Again... 46 comments 03 The 7 Top Posts of July “I'm usually not into Link Love posts because they get repetitive after awhile, but I ...” 5 comments 01 Take It Offline 11 comments | Jul 25 19 The 7 Firefox Plugins Keeping Me Sane 32 comments 18 Do You Write 750 Words Per Day? 47 comments 07 What Happened When I Disabled AdBlock 22 comments 06 | Jun | May 24 23 How Often Should You *Really* Blog? 40 comments 10 25 Things in 25 Years 35 comments 02 Why People Steal 44 comments | Apr 26 2 Books You Need to Buy Right Now 11 comments 13 11 A Lesson In Being Proactive 34 comments 06 7 Overused Blog Habits That Look Amateurish 73 comments 04 | Mar 30 24 5 Ways to Shorten Your Twitter Bio 108 comments 23 17 WordPress Plugins That Rock My World 74 comments 16 14 How NOT to Self-Publish 42 comments 08 Great Facebook Pages and What They Teach Us 23 comments 07 Is Your Contact Page Holding You Back? 25 comments 03 01 | Feb 23 6 Website "Tricks" Readers Hate 86 comments 21 16 15 How I Use Facebook 38 comments 14 10 09 07 02 Why I Started a Second Blog 29 comments 01 How (Not) To Leave An Amazon Review 20 comments | Jan 26 The Personal Trainer's Guide to Social Media 13 comments A New Site, Big Branding and Lots of Thank Yous “Hello and welcome to the new marianlibrarian.com! Notice the snazzy header? Pretty sidebar? New tagline? ...” 16 comments 24 20 Why do YOU blog? 67 comments 17 How Twitter Saved My Blog 44 comments 13 11 10 06 03 What to Expect in 2011 18 comments |
2010 “More social media fun with a little personal thrown in.” | Dec 30 What My Kindle Taught Me About Social Media 20 comments 28 A Very Kiwi Christmas 8 comments 15 14 How 5 Stores Can Creatively Use Social Media 16 comments 09 6 Lessons From Bloggers Who've Inspired Me 48 comments 06 Kia Ora From New Zealand! 25 comments 02 | Nov 30 25 Way to Be Thankful 20 comments 17 Using Twitter Search to Help People 49 comments 10 08 Are You a Troll? 46 comments 04 02 01 The #1 Reason Every Blogger Should Use Disqus 118 comments | Oct 28 A Little Ranty Rant from Marian Librarian 51 comments 25 Please (for the love of GOD) stop using the retweet button! “About once per week I send out a tweet that looks something like this: "Please, ...” 211 comments 22 Let's Do the Time Warp: My 7 Link Challenge 21 comments 20 5 Monetization Mistakes That Make You Look Slimy 69 comments 18 The Edward Cullen Guide to Metaphor Posts 58 comments 14 13 11 07 I made a commercial and it's awesome “Happy Thursday everyone! Just wanted to do a quick update today and show you the ...” 23 comments 06 05 Lucy, Meet Blog. Blog, Meet Lucy. 31 comments | Sep 30 Why I Hate Information Products 52 comments 27 23 Walking the Walk vs. Talking the Talk 79 comments 20 16 12 Social Media Buzzwords Redefined 85 comments 14 The Ultimate Blog Checklist 132 comments 13 There's No Rush to Get Your Dream Job 50 comments 10 Some Lessons I Will Never Learn 63 comments 08 My Photos Are Back! Help me choose? 72 comments 07 Twitter: Not Just a Water Cooler 23 comments 02 Are You Falling Into the Social Media Trap? 54 comments | Aug 31 Getting to London 7 comments 27 Get Over Your Issues With Outbound Links 81 comments 24 Cyberbullying Sucks 120 comments 23 Why I Need a Mac: A Call to Arms 76 comments 19 6 Steps to a Prettier Blog (sans designer) 104 comments 17 12 More Music For You! Anna Ternheim & "No, I Don't Remember" “Alright, so maybe my musical posts on this blog aren't my most popular (the last ...” 7 comments 10 09 05 04 03 What Your Twitter Numbers Say About You, part 1 122 comments | Jul 28 25 23 "Critique My Profile" Episode 5: Make the most out of linking “This week’s episode of Critique My Profile features Desirai Labrada (@Desirai), a Digital Media Designer, ...” 10 comments 19 I Love You, Commenters 44 comments 15 HELL NO I Won't Censor My Blog 78 comments 13 That Time I Kind Of Went To Prison, part 2 29 comments 11 That Time I Kind Of Went To Prison 55 comments 07 06 05 Make Your Mark With Shatterbox 11 comments 02 "Critique My Profile" Episode 3: Join the chats “This week’s episode of Critique My Profile features Heather Rae (@insearchofsquid), a blogger and author ...” 12 comments | Jun 30 28 25 Musical Selection of the Week: Josh Pyke is gonna make you swoon “For the life of me I can't remember how Josh Pyke came under my radar. ...” 5 comments 23 "Critique My Profile" Episode 2: Are you on the right lists? “This week's episode of Critique My Profile features Jeffrey Pia (@JeffreyPia), a star web designer ...” 21 comments 21 Facebook Has Changed the Way We Grieve 36 comments 17 15 "Critique My Profile" Episode 1: Using jewelry to create a more engaging Twitter presence “Welcome to the first video of the Critique My Profile series! Today I checked out ...” 26 comments 12 11 Get a job in your pajamas 12 comments 09 I like music and you should, too “Because last week's musical selection was such a success (not) I'm doing it again! I ...” 9 comments 07 03 PJH Launch & Contest Announcement! 9 comments 02 I don't really have a catchy name for this, so how about I just recommend some ridiculously awesome music and call it a day, oki doki? “Part of being multi-passionate is, well, having lots of passions. I realized the other day ...” 12 comments | May 28 8 Reasons No One's Following You On Twitter 447 comments 26 Finding "My London" 26 comments 24 LinkedIn Mondays: Top 3 Career Superpowers 19 comments 20 Clarifying My Feature In Real Simple 27 comments 18 14 Where Have All the Ladies Gone? 38 comments 12 09 07 The Internet Is Stressing Me Out 29 comments 05 03 | Apr 28 Being "Multi-Passionate" Does Not Mean Flaky 31 comments 26 Introducing LinkedIn Mondays! 12 comments 22 Why are people mean? “Part of having such a public online persona is dealing with assholes, but because I'm ...” 41 comments 20 5 Ways to Turn Off Ebook Readers 14 comments 19 Officially Announcing the Coolest Class in the History of Ever. LAUNCH: The Pajama Job Hunt “I have some seriously exciting news my dear friends! As you can tell from the ...” 25 comments 16 14 12 09 How Horrible Is Your About Page? (Or, 5 things I really wish you'd stop doing) “A friend recently started a blog and spent THREE DAYS working on her About page. ...” 56 comments 06 02 01 | Mar 31 So tell me. How can I help YOU? “I think I'm a little bit of a narcissist. Maybe everyone with a blog is. ...” 8 comments 29 What People REALLY Notice About Your Blog 57 comments 23 19 Contest! Help Me Pick a Tagline “I just spent 2 hours staring at my computer trying to think of a clever ...” 36 comments 17 Learning How To Be Professional 20 comments 15 12 07 04 How important is my blog's design? “About a month ago I considered paying someone to do my blog redesign because I ...” 23 comments 02 My name is Marian and I am a Comment Whore “The other night I was checking my email while a friend was over. I saw ...” 47 comments | Feb 22 3 Annoying Comments Other Bloggers Made 18 comments 19 18 On New Blogs: Questions to ask yourself “A Twitter friend of mine, Paul Snyder, sent me an email yesterday wondering how to ...” 7 comments 12 The New Farm System: Scouting Blogs and (Not) Sharing Secrets “By most accounts, the 2010 Digital Book World Conference delivered on its promise of “practicality, ...” 3 comments 11 Twitter Rules I Wish More People Would Start Following (get it? "following"? teehee) “Experience comes with time, and the longer on Twitter the better I understand it and ...” 12 comments 09 8 Things I've Learned from Working Retail 18 comments 03 What I've Learned About Writing For Other People “The past month or so has been interesting for my writing career. I've stopped just ...” 8 comments 01 A follow-up to my DBW post and the unavoidable/subsequent backlash “A few days ago I wrote a post for the DBW blog, "A Gen Y ...” 6 comments | Jan 29 Digital Book World Conference – Day 2 (being anti-social while using social media) “Usually, I can’t stand when people hunch over their computers and phones in the middle ...” 13 comments 27 First DBW post - "Don't Be a Publishing Stereotype" “Up now is my first post as the new Contributing Editor for Digital Book World. ...” 3 comments 26 Digital Book World Conference - Day 1 “Today I found out that I am a wimp. And that I would most definitely ...” 27 comments 25 Some Long Overdue Publishing Info “A few pieces of business:
I recently met with a blog buddy and fellow publishing nerd ...” 3 comments 23 12 things I hate about being a grown up “I'm developing a Peter Pan complex. When the hell did I become an adult? So ...” 22 comments 22 How useful is Twitter? 16 comments 21 Do people understand the "social" part of "social media"? “I got this email yesterday:
Hey my name is Harry.
After watching such shows such as Californication ...” 17 comments 20 19 Meeting Blog Friends “My dear friend Kelsey came over to our apartment the other night, talking about a ...” 8 comments 18 Teaching at Barnard: How to get a job using social media “On the 2nd of February I will be teaching my very first workshop in Barnard's ...” 9 comments 14 13 Why Freelancers Should Take a Part-Time Gig “As many of you know, I quit my "real" job to be a pastry chef ...” 7 comments 12 The Worst Job Search Advice 26 comments 11 09 Why I hate reading other people's blogs 21 comments 06 9 Tips for Promoting Blog Creativity 35 comments 04 |
2009 “Starting this blog and finding my groove.” | Dec 31 Internship Series part 2: The Cool Factor “Just the other day I ran into a guy I went to high school with, ...” 7 comments 30 28 26 21 The James Chartrand Pseudonym Drama “Read this. Right now. Do it.
Alright Lazy, here's the first bit:
You know me as ...” 5 comments 20 My Thoughts On "Ghost Tweeting" “Ghost Tweet: v. To tweet for someone else anonymously (usually a celebrity with no time ...” 9 comments 16 Should We Lay Off By Seniority? 17 comments 15 Why I'm a Stickler for Honesty 5 comments 12 Goodreads Review: Crush It! 7 comments 11 | Nov 14 Flashback 2 comments 13 She Writes Call to Action “I wanted to write a quick response to Kamy from She Writes and the PW ...” 5 comments 12 How to Meet Cool People “We all pretty much know by now that people hire people, not resumes. Networking is ...” 9 comments 10 A rant on choosing only one career 23 comments 03 No, really... 4 comments 01 Books are cheaper now, get over it... 14 comments | Oct 26 Get Found on Google 7 comments 23 22 National Reading Group Month Kicks Off! 6 comments 20 How Much Info Should You Post Online? 8 comments 09 04 Poll results: People Hate the Unknown 3 comments 03 02 Vote! What's the worst part of looking for work??? “
<br /> <a href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/2068575/" mce_href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/2068575/">What's the worst part about the job hunt?</a><br/><br /> ...” 6 comments | Sep 25 Why I'm In Love With Chris Brogan 7 comments How Not To Be Cocky “
I was talking to some people today about finding work, when the subject of interview ...” 3 comments 24 Freelance Jobs in Publishing: taking advantage of publisher outsourcing “When I first started my job hunt, I never once considered freelancing. When I think ...” 6 comments 21 The Bestseller vs. The Recommendation 3 comments 08 Goodreads review: Catching Fire 2 comments 04 Officially and Gainfully Employed “Success! Today I was officially hired by a lovely book PR firm as their new ...” 8 comments | Aug 31 A Lesson in Respectful Hiring Practices “By Elizabeth Perovich
A good friend of mine, Margaret Thatcher, recently experienced the labors of Lady ...” 6 comments 28 27 I am sick and tired of your negativity “Seriously. I am so bored with people telling me that publishers are laying off rather ...” 11 comments 24 Goodreads review: The Impostor's Daughter “The Impostor's Daughter: A True Memoir by Laurie Sandell
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Despite my ...” 4 comments Goodreads review: The Hunger Games “The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
What a wonderful, thought-provoking, intense, ...” 21 10 Reasons Why You Should Hire Me 10 comments Movie 'Post Grad' Is Secretly About Me. Shhh. “
Sorry, but this is too funny. Haven't heard anything about this movie, so not sure ...” 3 comments 18 Staying Well Informed - The Book Publicity Blog “Just came across a great site and had to share: The Book Publicity Blog is ...” 2 comments For Book Lovers Only 3 comments 17 16 15 14 The Very Funny Kindle Smackdown “
No publishing blog would be complete without some mention of the Kindle. I think I ...” 13 Revamp Your Resume “Here's a link to a great resource from FOXNews.com: Rebecca Alimena, Human Resources Manager at ...” 2 comments Goodreads review: Handle with Care 4 comments Business Cards for the Unemployed 3 comments The Beauty of Facebook Advertisements 22 comments |