Making the Call: Go Big or Go Indie?
David Beheads Goliath, 1650  by Guillaume Courtois [ Public domain via Wikimedia Commons ] When you’re nearing the finish line with...
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Jann Alexander
Jun 16, 20152 min read
Top 5 Things a Writer Learns at a Publishing Conference
Ah, elixir of life: I Need Coffee by Jann Alexander ©2014 1. Bring your own coffee. There may be none. Even if there is, there will...
Jann Alexander
Aug 5, 20142 min read
Death Becomes Us . . . on Social Media
When it’s time to play my great deathbed scene on social media, it might just go something like this. Scene: hushed hospital room, sole...
Jann Alexander
May 27, 20145 min read
The Best 2014 Buzz Words in a Fable of Our Times
I challenged myself this morning to write off-topic, using a set of strictly-2014 fifty-cent and five-dollar words. Inspired by Katie...
Jann Alexander
Apr 1, 20143 min read
Attention Small Brands, You Can’t Waste Time on Facebook Anymore
Fans: 1,022. Reach: 1. Creative types have relied upon Facebook ‘s free brand pages to spread their word for a long time. Remember how...
Jann Alexander
Mar 25, 20143 min read
Are We Enslaved By Our Tech Tools?
Too Long at My Mac by Jann Alexander © 2011 Keeping up with the marvels of tech life crowds out the space we have for creative thought....
Jann Alexander
Mar 14, 20142 min read
Why It’s Called Social Sharing
Branch Out After You Plant Your Roots by Jann Alexander © 201 How I finally learned to be as sociable online as I am off If you’re an...
Jann Alexander
Feb 14, 20145 min read
How I Became An Unintentional Publisher
Publishing is the easy part. Managing it all is quite another. My career in publishing was unintentional, and its potential for success ...
Jann Alexander
Sep 5, 20131 min read
Raise a Glass to Pressgram: An App That Plays Nicely With Cava and Creative Control
Cava! by Jann Alexander © 2013 Thanks to a new iPhone app by John Saddington called Pressgram , creatives are able to publish their own...
Jann Alexander
Aug 8, 20133 min read
Dumping Facebook, Dating Twitter, Avoiding LinkedIn and Flirting with Google+
Flirting with Google+ (Since Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook Are All So Demanding) Dear Diary, Just between you and me, I’m feeling a bit...
Jann Alexander
Aug 1, 20113 min read
Your Image Is Your Brand
(And Your Brand Is Your Image.) If you’re a visual artist or photographer, your image is your brand. Literally. You’re known for what you...
Jann Alexander
Jul 1, 20112 min read
Twitter, We Have to Talk
Twitter We Have to Talk – @AustinDetails Twitter, I am madly, deeply, head over heels with you. Please let’s just keep this our little...
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