Last week, I got flak for maligning Cleveland in my Weekly Wrap intro. As is the case when unfortunate faux pas are made, the incident caused me to do some serious introspection. I stopped thinking about myself and my own prejudices so much, and instead started thinking of others.
For instance, I became deeply curious as to why any sane person would ever defend Cleveland. And in my quieter moments, there arose a more troubling, more global question as well:
Why exactly DOES Cleveland suck so much?
I kid, I kid. Relax, Cavs fans. I actually live in the area. Which is definitely not the same as liking it.
Dodging bricks from Clevelanders, here’s what happened this week on Copyblogger:
Monday:
Internet Marketing for Smart People
Copyblogger took Memorial Day off to eat barbeque and get drunk, so they gave you a free 20-part online marketing course instead of a post. Seems fair enough to me.
Sign up here.
Tuesday:
16 Smarter Ways to Use LinkedIn to Build Your Business
LinkedIn is one of the social tools that I’ve pretty much completely neglected, but for a lot of people that aren’t as weird as I am, it’s a networking Godsend. There are right and wrong ways to most effectively use it and to build your profile, though, and that’s where this post comes in.
Read the full post here.
Wednesday:
Groupon's Secret Sauce (And How to Get Yourself Some)
I’ll have to admit that I didn’t see this one coming. When you talk about Groupon’s secret ingredient (which could actually be literal sauce, seeing as people use coupons to buy groceries), I figured it’d be super-couponers of the Extreme Couponing variety. But it’s not. It’s something that you and I are probably quite interested in and involved in, and...
