Social Media Archives - Rob Cottingham

Ep. 25. Build a platform

by Rob Cottingham | Apr 25, 2019 | LCWRC, Podcast, Speaking, Speechwriting

The applause from your speech may have faded, but the connection you make with your audience doesn’t have to. Engaging online can help you deepen and broaden your audience relationship, while building a growing network that may become one of your most valuable assets: your platform.

In which I barf up a ton of advice on getting real value from your blog

by Rob Cottingham | Apr 3, 2015 | Social Media

I’ve been updating my series from a while ago about getting tangible value from your blog. You can follow it on LinkedIn; I’d love to know what you think! Introduction 1: Making your organization human 2: An alternative to the news media 3: Fighting fires...

On murdering one’s darlings, dahling

by Rob Cottingham | Aug 28, 2013 | Social Media

Having reviewed my posts over the last several years, I’ve realized that they’re almost entirely made up of darlings. In fact, if you check the source code, you’ll see I make liberal use of the little-known <darling> tag. (By the way, a lot of...

If you see something…

by Rob Cottingham | Sep 19, 2011 | Everything Else

But, you know, attribute it.

Vegas, bébé

by Rob Cottingham | Oct 13, 2010 | Everything Else

In a few short hours, I’ll touch down in Las Vegas, New Mexico, armed only with my iPad, stylus, two sketchbooks, pencil, five Pigma Micron markers, a Cintiq, a digital SLR and a MacBook Pro. I travel light, my friend. The destination: BlogWorld, the...