2.5k 49 Comments June 16, 2014 There but for the grace of pageviews go I: where blogging and my business are going Last week, I sent an email to all the Offbeat Empire staffers with the subject line: Required reading. The email contained a link to this post: State of the blog union: how the blogging world has changed. This post was written six months ago, but whatever: it's a big fucking deal. It spawned this enormous post. Read More 2.4k 32 Comments April 7, 2014 Does reading via RSS "rob" pageviews from a publisher? I'm a religious follower via Feedly, but only click through if I want to comment. How does something like Feedly count in the Offbeat Empire's pageviews, etc.? Am I essentially robbing you of a pageview by reading the full article in my reader? Read More 1.0k 16 Comments February 11, 2014 Things I wish I had known when starting out: finances & taxes A reader said: "Would you consider doing an article about the financial and/or tax aspect of being self employed? Or maybe a 'Things I wish I had known when starting out' type article?" Here's my advice… Read More 3.5k 63 Comments December 6, 2012 Clicks don't lie: people gravitate toward drama (and who am I to deny them?) I wrote yesterday about the process of realizing that a community management tool I'd established in 2008 for the Offbeat Bride Tribe was no longer relevant to my community's current needs. In a nutshell: my current community doesn't need high-drama posts filtered. But more importantly, they don't WANT them filtered out. You know why? Because on a certain level, we all gravitate toward difficult emotions. As one Offbeat Bride Tribe member said… Read More August 27, 2012 People-managing: not just about getting people to do stuff for you Last week a colleague noted "When you start working with other people, you spend a lot more time thinking about their paychecks than your own." AMEN TO THIS. Things were tight over at the Empire this month, and at a certain point I made the decision to pay my staff instead of myself this pay period. Oddly, it was WAY easier to do that than to even consider delaying everyone else's checks. Read More 12 Copyright © 2003 - 2020 Offbeat Empire. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited. Contact us Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Monetized by SkimLinks
2.4k 32 Comments April 7, 2014 Does reading via RSS "rob" pageviews from a publisher? I'm a religious follower via Feedly, but only click through if I want to comment. How does something like Feedly count in the Offbeat Empire's pageviews, etc.? Am I essentially robbing you of a pageview by reading the full article in my reader? Read More 1.0k 16 Comments February 11, 2014 Things I wish I had known when starting out: finances & taxes A reader said: "Would you consider doing an article about the financial and/or tax aspect of being self employed? Or maybe a 'Things I wish I had known when starting out' type article?" Here's my advice… Read More 3.5k 63 Comments December 6, 2012 Clicks don't lie: people gravitate toward drama (and who am I to deny them?) I wrote yesterday about the process of realizing that a community management tool I'd established in 2008 for the Offbeat Bride Tribe was no longer relevant to my community's current needs. In a nutshell: my current community doesn't need high-drama posts filtered. But more importantly, they don't WANT them filtered out. You know why? Because on a certain level, we all gravitate toward difficult emotions. As one Offbeat Bride Tribe member said… Read More August 27, 2012 People-managing: not just about getting people to do stuff for you Last week a colleague noted "When you start working with other people, you spend a lot more time thinking about their paychecks than your own." AMEN TO THIS. Things were tight over at the Empire this month, and at a certain point I made the decision to pay my staff instead of myself this pay period. Oddly, it was WAY easier to do that than to even consider delaying everyone else's checks. Read More 12 Copyright © 2003 - 2020 Offbeat Empire. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited. Contact us Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Monetized by SkimLinks
1.0k 16 Comments February 11, 2014 Things I wish I had known when starting out: finances & taxes A reader said: "Would you consider doing an article about the financial and/or tax aspect of being self employed? Or maybe a 'Things I wish I had known when starting out' type article?" Here's my advice… Read More 3.5k 63 Comments December 6, 2012 Clicks don't lie: people gravitate toward drama (and who am I to deny them?) I wrote yesterday about the process of realizing that a community management tool I'd established in 2008 for the Offbeat Bride Tribe was no longer relevant to my community's current needs. In a nutshell: my current community doesn't need high-drama posts filtered. But more importantly, they don't WANT them filtered out. You know why? Because on a certain level, we all gravitate toward difficult emotions. As one Offbeat Bride Tribe member said… Read More August 27, 2012 People-managing: not just about getting people to do stuff for you Last week a colleague noted "When you start working with other people, you spend a lot more time thinking about their paychecks than your own." AMEN TO THIS. Things were tight over at the Empire this month, and at a certain point I made the decision to pay my staff instead of myself this pay period. Oddly, it was WAY easier to do that than to even consider delaying everyone else's checks. Read More 12 Copyright © 2003 - 2020 Offbeat Empire. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited. Contact us Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Monetized by SkimLinks
3.5k 63 Comments December 6, 2012 Clicks don't lie: people gravitate toward drama (and who am I to deny them?) I wrote yesterday about the process of realizing that a community management tool I'd established in 2008 for the Offbeat Bride Tribe was no longer relevant to my community's current needs. In a nutshell: my current community doesn't need high-drama posts filtered. But more importantly, they don't WANT them filtered out. You know why? Because on a certain level, we all gravitate toward difficult emotions. As one Offbeat Bride Tribe member said… Read More August 27, 2012 People-managing: not just about getting people to do stuff for you Last week a colleague noted "When you start working with other people, you spend a lot more time thinking about their paychecks than your own." AMEN TO THIS. Things were tight over at the Empire this month, and at a certain point I made the decision to pay my staff instead of myself this pay period. Oddly, it was WAY easier to do that than to even consider delaying everyone else's checks. Read More 12
August 27, 2012 People-managing: not just about getting people to do stuff for you Last week a colleague noted "When you start working with other people, you spend a lot more time thinking about their paychecks than your own." AMEN TO THIS. Things were tight over at the Empire this month, and at a certain point I made the decision to pay my staff instead of myself this pay period. Oddly, it was WAY easier to do that than to even consider delaying everyone else's checks. Read More 12