Man Vs Blog turned a year old this week! I cannot believe it has been a whole year since I started this blog back on Blogger. I have learned so much about blogging and have tried to share as much of that with everyone who reads this blog. In addition to meeting a lot of [...]

When I started my first band, I was a greenhorn when it came to promotion. I just assumed we would write awesome songs, and fans would be sure to follow. Sound familiar? That could be you when it comes to your blog. Making the assumption that quality writing will automatically bring you readers is naive [...]

At Problogger, Darren posted a pretty good article relating to how he uses social media sites to help build his business. [ read post ]. Without getting too heavy in to the article, it basically describes how he uses social media to drive traffic back towards his blog, and a beneficial byproduct of this have [...]

For the long time followers of ManVsBlog, I have mentioned my past in the music industry and how I am still an active musician and songwriter. I have been recording a record over the past month, and I thought long and hard how I was going to release the music. For 8 years, I have [...]

The value of music is a complicated issue. Different music has a different personal value to people, and even then, different values at different points in a persons life. The personal value of a song varies. To a songwriter, a song’s value is not exclusively a paycheck. To perform in front of an audience, to have your song felt and understood, is often something less tangible than money.

It has been over a month since I last updated the blog and I felt that it was the right time to just come out and state the reason for this. I was suffering from blog burnout. I am sure many bloggers suffer this from time to time. In addtion to this blog, I have been [...]

Today, as always, I picked up a copy of the Chicago Sun-Times. I am one of those people who still likes to read the morning paper. I also open up to page 11 to read Richard Roeper’s column. He had an interesting piece today in which he spoke about writers and how they are perceived. [...]

Funny thing happened to me on the way to the Twitter client today. I tried to follow my friends band, Treaty of Paris, and I got a nice message from Twitter. I follow too many people. I need to follow less before I can add more. This makes NO sense to me what-so-ever. Who cares how many [...]

It is easy when you are blogging to lose yourself a little creatively. It is natural to lose focus from time to time. Some bloggers are even writing outside their comfort zone in an attempt to make a little money. Wow, that sounds exactly like a lot of musicians I have met over the years. When I [...]

Over the past few months, many people have commented on my Twitter promotional strategy. Most of the comments have been positive so I am taking the time today to write my Ultimate Twitter Resource guide. It will talk about all things Twitter, from what it is, to the many ways to use it, and other [...]