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HOW TO CRAFT THE WRONG BOOMER MESSAGE

The Right Way: Paint A Picture And Put Yourself In It. Good bloggers, like good business people and good artists, always look for the edge. You never know if you’re about to fall off until you know where the edge is, so seeking it out is part of the deal. Bloggers look for trending topics. […]

LAST WEEK ON BOOMERPDX . . .

Every blogger knows the golden rule: ignore your blog and it will die. No one like a dead blog, an abandoned blog that leaves you wondering what went wrong. Show life, blog life, in each post, each line. Listen to the words you choose and find the music. It’s okay to change your tune if […]

TO RETIRED TEACHERS, BOOMERS AND ABOVE

Talk to a retired teacher long enough and one thing becomes apparent: they’ve got the best stories. Listening to the stories is one thing, convincing them to write them down so others can enjoy them is quite another. The argument for them to write goes like this: You’ve heard people speak from the heart. Nothing […]

GUEST BLOGGING ON BOOMERPDX

Good Idea Or A Passing Fad? None other than the great Jon Morrow says guest posting is still the best blogger game going.He knows this stuff. His blog grows by leaps and more leaps with each post. Today a blogger guest posted for him. He said all the right things, but the one that hit hardest was the […]

PORTLAND OREGON’S FACEBOOK NUMBERS REVEALED

If you’ve ever had a special Facebook page for your business, your blog, or your cause, then you know how it feels when others find you and like you. Feels good. Does it feel good for others, like sports teams and cultural institutions in Portland? That’s the question boomerpdx aims to answer. Start with major […]

THE USEFUL PORTLAND BOOMER BLOGGER

The Common Question. What is it you ask when you meet someone new? Networking people want to know, “What do you do?” So do most others, but they won’t admit it. They don’t want to seem pushy. Portland business is polite business. When you meet others in a regularly planned gathering it’s not a question of what […]

Pushing The Brand, Pushing The Baby Boomer, And The N-word

Once you decide your business direction, and the name you want to carry, how do you move forward? Experts say to engage with your audience, your clients. Do that and risk getting tagged with the N-word. You’re a narcissist is you make it all about you. But it is all about you, right? It’s your […]

How To Create A Stunning Blog Like Boomerpdx

Most bloggers get spam messages. Most bloggers delete them. Ugg boots and ‘cheap’ NFL jersey’s? You know if you need them. Every now and then you get a request that rings true. It’s straight forward and feels like it’s coming from on honest place, not a machine spewing spam notices on every url on the […]

Dear Facebook, Huffington Post Wants Your Action

From news.discovery.com: “Now that Facebook has gone public and is struggling to get a steady valuation, the company is looking to find new ways to make its money and prove its worth to investors. One option Facebook is exploring is enhancing ad sales by more effective targeting of increasingly specific demographic groups, using location data […]

Baby Boomer Blogs On The Podium

You’ve seen Top 20 lists. Things get tighter with a Top 10. We’re conditioned by the Olympics to only care about the Top 3, the Gold, Silver, and Bronze medalists. Once you get this far, it’s an easy bump to say #1, The First Place Finisher, is all that matters. Even if it’s a 1/100th of […]