TheBackpackr.com » personal http://thebackpackr.com Online adventures of an entrepreneur Wed, 04 Aug 2010 05:57:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Glamourous headshots http://thebackpackr.com/glamourou-headshots/ http://thebackpackr.com/glamourou-headshots/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:57:45 +0000 TheBackpackr http://thebackpackr.com/glamour-headshots/ I’ll be speaking at the Asia Business Forum in April next year and was given the choice to speak on “Branding using Twitter” or “Adapting business practices to harness interactive technology and stay ahead of changing markets”.

I chose to go with the latter, especially in light of the impending recession. I felt I would be able to address the audience on how to best utilize technology to overcome reductions in marketing budgets.

I was requested to send in some portrait pictures, and I sure didn’t want to send in passport mugshots, or anything that would remotely associate me with being a jailbird. So here’s a result of my creative wife’s skill.

So, what do you think? Top option or bottom one? :) Yeah, guys are entitled to be a little egotistical and full of themselves at times!

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Share/Bookmark]]> http://thebackpackr.com/glamourou-headshots/feed/ 8 [Chicken Feed] Part 1: Blog installed, now what? http://thebackpackr.com/blog-installed-now-what/ http://thebackpackr.com/blog-installed-now-what/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:05:55 +0000 TheBackpackr http://thebackpackr.com/?p=27 Alright, you’ve done your research and you’ve decided to start a blog – either for corporate use, or personal. Both ways, you want to drive traffic (aka visitors, for the uninitiated) to your site. Watch this short 3 min clip that explains one of the first things you must do to get going.

Ruhani Rabin, Senior Developer at Integricity and Alex Lam, The Backpackr having a chat

Summary:

  • Generate content – related to your purpose
  • Socialize with other bloggers (virtual socializing is fine)
  • Leave pertinent comments on blogs that are similar to your own
  • Ask questions to garner a response
I am starting a series on blogging and how to take your blog to higher heights – it entails all aspects from building it, right up to driving it to popularity. All posts are prefixed by the level of expertise needed to understand and implement the recommendations.

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