The Mighty Soap Box Included Archive

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Day 18 of 31 Days To Build A Better Blog encourages you to build a “sneeze page” for your blog. Essentially, you get to the point where you have a ton of posts and it’s impossible for readers to find them. So … here is our sneeze page, without the mucus. You’re welcome.

The Mighty Soap Box Included Archive

Articles written by Brandon Mendelson (Contact The Author)

02.16.2010 Our Facebook Story Thus Far (How To Use Facebook)
2.14.2010 Naked Before A Million People (Soapbox)
02.13.2010 Call The Bullshit Police, We’ve Got A Live One! (Soapbox)
02.12.2010 Julie And Julia’s Oscar Nomination Greeted With Silence (Soap Box)
02.07.2010 Negativity: Your Best Sales Tactic (Soap Box)
02.05.2010 Boys Won’t Be Boys (Soap Box)
02.03.2010 Embrace The Pay-Walls (Soap Box)
01.23.2010 I Don’t Want To Look At Your Website (How To Build A Better Business)
01.08.2010 No One Owes You Anything On The Web (Soap Box)
01.05.2010 Can Microsoft Out Apple Apple? (Soap Box)
12.26.2009 Doing My Part To Fight Cause Overload (Soap Box)
12.23.2009 Death Of A Salesman, Part 2 (How To Publish A Book)
12.17.2009 Taking The Rest Of December Off On SBI (Humor)
12.09.2009 My Five Tips For Building Lasting Online Friendships (Soap Box)
12.08.2009 A Brief Post On Brevity (How To Build A Better Blog)
11.25.2009 Holly Madison Is So Much Hotter Than I Am (Humor)
11.23.2009 Tila Tequila: Our Slutty Universe’s Port Of Call (Humor)
11.19.2009 81% Percent Of Americans Have Books Stuck Inside Them (How To Publish A Book)
11.15.2009 Mommy Bloggers: More Unethical Than Bernie Madoff? (Social Publish MBA)
11.14.2009 Mean Green Oakenform (Mean Green Oakenform)
11.13.2009 Twitter: It’s What’s For Dinner (Humor)
11.10.2009 Don’t Piss On My Leg And Say Mainstream Media Is Dying (Soap Box)
11.05.2009 The Worst Advice Ever Given: Be Remarkable! (Soap Box)
11.04.2009 Nothing Is Viral, Everything Is Contagious (Soap Box)
11.02.2009 You’re Not Famous Until You Appear On Leno (Humor)
11.02.2009 Don’t Buy Any Social Media Books (Soap Box)
11.01.2009 Twitter Lists: The Whining Begins (How To Use Twitter)
10.30.2009 Follow Friday Is Dead (How To Use Twitter)
10.28.2009 The Following Words And Phrases Piss Me Off (Soap Box)
10.26.2009 How To Get Your Own Wikipedia Page (Soap Box)
10.25.2009 Perception Still Matters (Soap Box)
10.21.2009 If You Had 15 Minutes Left, What Would You Do? (How To Use Twitter)
10.20.2009 Hey, You. Stop Apologizing! (How To Use Twitter)
10.17.2009 The Facebook Protocol (How To Use Facebook)
10.14.2009 We’ll Monetize When We’re Good And Ready (How To Build A Better Blog)
10.13.2009 Can’t Make The Twitter Celebrity Panel? Me Either (How To Use Twitter)
10.12.2009 One Million Photos And High Fives (A Million High Fives)
10.11.2009 Did You See Us In The Chronicle? (Soap Box)
10.08.2009 Halloween Fun At Soap Box Included (A Million High Fives)
10.07.2009 Less Friends, More Value: The Secret To Social Networking Success (How To Use Twitter)
10.05.2009 Life Is Full Of Cold Surprises (A Million High Fives)
10.03.2009 10 Things I Care About More Than The Olympics (Humor)
10.02.2009 Why Do I Tweet Comedy Links (And Friday’s Roundup) (Soap Box)
10.01.2009 The Next Great Media Company WILL Have A Website (Soap Box)
09.30.2009 The Why Of Advertising On SBI (A Million High Fives)
09.30.2009 Things To Be Happy About #5: Killer Boobs (Humor)
09.30.2009 Things To Be Happy About: #1 Cats And Kittens (Humor)
09.30.2009 Things To Be Happy About: #2 Being Able To Heckle The Hecklers (Humor)
09.30.2009 Things To Be Happy About #3: Ventanon And Less Angry Prison Sex (Humor)
09.30.2009 You Are Not A Ninja (Soap Box)
09.29.2009 Pardon Tonight’s RSS Dump (Soap Box)
09.29.2009 Who Are These Successful Blogs? Inside The Technorati Top 100 (How To Build A Better Blog)
09.29.2009 Do You Rock With Jesus? (Humor)
09.29.2009 River Rats, Phantoms, And Amanda, Oh My! (Humor)
09.29.2009 I Just Became The Mayor Of Your Rectum! (Humor)
09.29.2009 The Glens Falls Moose Incident (Humor) (Soap Box)
09.28.2009 An End To Blog Comments (How To Build A Better Blog)
09.27.2009 #AMHF Weekend Update #1 (A Million High Fives)
09.26.2009 Swearing Is For Lazy Writers (How To Use Snap Copy)
09.25.2009 Into The Mind Of An Idiot? The Author Of “Tucker Max Is A Douchebag” (Soap Box)
09.23.2009 Oh NOES, You’re Outrage (Soap Box)
09.22.2009 A Million High Fives Video Production Update #2 (A Million High Fives)
09.21.2009 A Million High Fives Video Production Update #1 (A Million High Fives)
09.29.2009 Can’t We All Just Get Along? (Reader Mail)
09.19.2009 How To Make Money Off Stupid People (How To Build A Better Blog)
09.19.2009 Dudemeister Gets An A (Humor)
09.18.2009 How Not To Reply To A HARO Query (Soap Box)
09.16.2009 101 Bottles Of Wine In 30 Days (Soap Box)
09.15.2009 Twelp Is On The Way! (Soap Box)
09.12.2009 From Concept To Cash in 365 Days (A Million High Fives)
09.09.2009 How To Stop Twitter Spam In 3 Easy Steps (How To Use Twitter)
09.08.2009 Brandon’s New Book (And Other Notes)
09.06.2009 Want To Make $450? (Soap Box)
09.06.2009 On Not Doing The Mass Re-Follow (Soap Box)
09.02.2009 How To Spot (And Become) An Internet Sensation (A Million High Fives)
09.01.2009 The Top Five Things TO Do When Gmail Goes Down (A Million High Fives)
09.01.2009 Looking For Something Other Than My Marbles (Suggestions Are Welcome) (Soap Box)
08.31.2009 Ten Things Marvel’s Punisher Would Do At Disney World (Humor)
08.30.2009 How Not To Make Friends On Twitter (How To Use Twitter)
08.29.2009 Saying Thanks For A Strange Day (A Million High Fives)
08.28.2009 So, HOW Did You Get On The Suggested User List? (A Million High Fives) (Soap Box)
08.25.2009 Sometimes Life Gives You Mountain Lions (How To Publish A Book) (Humor)
08.25.2009 Scoble Experiment (Introduction Note) (Soap Box)
08.24.2009 The Big Un-Follow, Re-Follow (A Million High Fives)
08.19.2009 Brandon’s Twitter Hot Air Balloon Ride (Soap Box)
08.18.2009 Changing How I Use Twitter (Soap Box)
08.17.2009 Social Publishers Must Be Fair And Balanced (Soap Box)
08.15.2009 Mock The Trolls! Fun With Online Comments (Soap Box)
08.14.2009 Trolls, Goblins, and Ogres: How To Stop Online Stalkers (How To Build A Better Blog)
08.13.2009 Saving Rwandan Mountain Gorillas. Here’s How You Can Help (Soap Box)
08.12.2009 Keep Your Promise (Soap Box)
08.11.2009 What Does The Back Of Your Book Say? (How To Publish A Book)
08.10.2009 So Much For My Friendfeed Book! (How To Publish A Book)
08.09.2009 Why @Kim Is My Hero: Goodbye 140 Fun! (How To Use Twitter)
08.07.2009 About @BJMendelson (Soap Box)
08.06.2009 10 Tips For Working With Digital Volunteers (Soap Box)
08.06.2009 A Story Telling Case Study (Soap Box)
08.05.2009 Teens Do Use Twitter (How To Use Twitter) (Soap Box)
08.04.2009 Just Don’t Click (On Sponsored Tweets) (How To Use Twitter)
08.04.2009 10 Reasons You Didn’t Get Into College (Humor)
08.01.2009 It Came From The Braddon Lounge! (Humor)
07.26.2009 What Would Hulk Do? (Humor)
07.25.2009 The Universal Break-Up Card (Humor)
07.24.2009 Just A Word On Our Posting Schedule (Soap Box)
07.24.2009 Well, We Sure Dodged A Bullet (Part 1) (Soap Box)
07.23.2009 Adapting Seth Godin’s Tribes Idea (Soap Box)
07.22.2009 The Twitter Laptop Collection (A Million High Fives)
07.22.2009 Great Wall Of Twitter Update: The Importance Of Disclosure (A Million High Fives)
07.22.2009 I’m New To Twitter, Who Do I Follow? (How To Use Twitter)
07.21.2009 How To Write A Check List Post (How To Use SEO)
07.20.2009 9 Tips For Conducting Better Interviews (How To Build A Better Blog)
07.19.2009 That’s Right, This Message Is Not Automated (A Million High Fives)
07.17.2009 Respect. Reward. Remembrance (How To Use Snap Copy)
07.16.2009 How Do You Start A Business With $20? (Soap Box)
07.15.2009 5 Easy Steps For Writing SEO Friendly Headlines (How To Use SEO)
07.14.2009 Getting To Know You (On Twitter) Part 1 (A Million High Fives)
07.14.2009 Did Twitter Kill Bruno? (Soap Box)
07.14.2009 The Problem With Numbers: You Need To Actually Use Them (Soap Box)
07.13.2009 Why Do You Have A Facebook Page? (How To Use Facebook)
07.13.2009 Everything You Need To Know About Social Media (Soap Box)
07.11.2009 How To Setup A Facebook Page (How To Use Facebook) (How To Use Twitter)
07.11.2009 How To Update Facebook From Twitter, The Right Way (How To Use Facebook)
07.10.2009 How To Manage And Eliminate Your Student Debt (Soap Box)
07.10.2009 My First Night Homeless (Soap Box)
07.10.2009 Don’t Get Sued! Use Google To Find Free Photos (Soap Box)
07.09.2009 How To Self Publish (And Then Publish) A Book (How To Publish A Book)
07.09.2009 Twitter Impersonators: The Tale Of Two Sarah Palins (How To Use Twitter)
07.09.2009 Twitter’s Real-time Spam Problem (How To Use Twitter)
07.08.2009 The Bar Stool Exercise (How To Use Snap Copy)
07.08.2009 Snap Copy Debuts (How To Use Snap Copy)
07.08.2009 Read What You Tweet Or The Terrorists Win (How To Use Twitter)
07.08.2009 And That’s Why We Can’t Go Back To Youtube (Soap Box)
07.07.2009 KFC: Today’s Michael Jackson Jackpot Winner? (Soap Box)
07.07.2009 Music Video Shot, Edited, Uploaded On An iPhone 3GS (Social Publishing MBA)
07.07.2009 I Guess “Free” Really Is Free (Social Publishing MBA)
07.06.2009 What To Do When Twitter Suspends Your Account (How To Use Twitter)
07.06.2009 Where Should You Start Blogging? (Reader Mail)
07.06.2009 How To Get People To Listen To Your Music (Soap Box)
07.06.2009 I Want YOUR Book Suggestions: CSS (Social Publishing MBA)
07.05.2009 A National Story Of Minor Significance (Part 1) (Soap Box)
07.05.2009 The Experts MBA Book Suggestions (Social Publishing MBA)
07.04.2009 Brandon’s 10 Tips For Life (Soap Box)
07.03.2009 If My Body Shop Used Twitter (Reader Mail)
07.02.2009 The Harry Potter Movie Fundraiser (How To Build A Better Blog)
07.01.2009 To The Gallows (Or Really Tall Buildings) (A Million High Fives)
06.30.2009 Is Someone Lying To You On Twitter? (How To Use Twitter)
06.29.2009 Blog Commenting Blueprint (How To Build A Better Blog)
06.29.2009 Unfortunately Based On True Events #1 (Soap Box)
06.28.2009 The Importance Of Packaging (Soap Box)
06.27.2009 Stop Me If You’ve Heard This (How To Build A Better Blog) (How To Use Twitter)
06.27.2009 Book Review: Life On The Tenure Track (Soap Box)
06.26.2009 How To Read A Business Book (How To Build A Better Blog)
06.26.2009 How Long Should You Stick It Out? (Reader Mail)
06.26.2009 You Are The Future Of News (Soap Box)
06.25.2009 Your Farking (Fark.com) Strategy (Reader Mail)
06.24.2009 #ThisIsBroken (Soap Box)
06.23.2009 Is It Time To Dump Facebook? (How To Build A Better Blog) (Soap Box)
06.23.2009 Case Study: The Adirondack Phantoms (Soap Box)
06.22.2009 Tweaking: No Exuse For Mediocrity On The Web (How To Build A Better Blog)
06.22.2009 A Note: Regarding My Times Union Blog (Soap Box)
06.22.2009 An Open Letter To Perez Hilton (Soap Box)
06.20.2009 How To Come Up With Ideas And Share Them (How To Build A Better Blog)
06.19.2009 How To Monitor And Manage Your Brand’s Mentions Online (How To Build A Better Blog)
06.18.2009 How To Use Digg To Find Blog Content (How To Build A Better Blog)
06.17.2009 A Missing Task From 31 Days That You Must Do (How To Build A Better Blog)
06.16.2009 Students, Twitter, and the SUL (How To Use Twitter)
06.15.2009 How To Write A Link Post (How To Build A Better Blog)
06.10.2009 Send Us Your Feedback! (How To Build A Better Blog)
06.09.2009 Analyze A Top Blog In Your Niche (How To Build A Better Blog)
06.08.2009 How To Build A Better Blog: How To Promote Your Blog Post (How To Build A Better Blog)
06.07.2009 How To Build A Better Blog: The Importance Of List Posts (How To Build A Better Blog)
06.06.2009 How To Build A Better Blog: Introductions And Elevator Pitches (How To Build A Better Blog)
06.05.2009 MBA Book Recommendations By My Twitter Followers (Social Publishing MBA)
06.03.2009 No Risk, No Reward At Hoover Dam (Astonishing Tales Of Mediocrity)
05.22.2009 Time To Vote For The A Million High Fives Logo! (A Million High Fives)
05.14.2009 How To Rock #Follow Friday Like A Twitter Pro (How To Use Twitter)
05.12.2009 Frequently Asked Twitter Questions, Answered (How To Use Twitter)
05.05.2009 Where Is The Social Web Going? (Soap Box)