This week, I’m making guest appearances on others’ blogs:

• The Everett Herald (the daily newspaper of Everett, Washington):
  What makes a good company blog?

Q & A with Amy Rolph, reporter for The Storefront, The Herald’s Small Business blog

• Wannabe Published (author Mary DeMuth’s blog for people pursuing publication):
  How to spinoff one good idea into a dozen blog posts

Four handy (and free) online tools to boost your creativity. Great for planning your 2010 editorial calendar.

• Daily Blog Tips Group Writing Project: 90 Reviews of 2009

10 popular marketing phrases of 2009 you must immediately delete from your vocabulary (my contribution)
Make sure you check out Daniel’s links — you’ll find some amazing blog posts!

• Snohomish County Business Journal - Beginning in January 2010, I’ll be contributing a monthly relationship marketing column. The SCBJ is mailed monthly to 15,000 area business owners and managers.

*For those of you who are scratching your head, wondering how to pronounce Snohomish, it’s snowHOMEish. Snohomish County is the third largest in Washington, with over 696,000 residents. We love Native American names in Washington state.