The Home of the Creative Mind

Welcome to PooBahSpiel, the online voice and home of the creative mind of Mark Monlux, Illustrator Extraordinaire. Prepare yourself for an endless regaling of art directly from the hand of this stellar artist. And brace yourself against his mighty wind of pontification. Updates are kinda weekly and show daily sketches, current projects, and other really nifty stuff.
Showing posts with label tips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tips. Show all posts

Friday, November 22, 2013

Twitter Tips #1 & #2


Twitter Tip #1
Twitter is a microblog portal just like Facebook, only you have a limited character space. Why use twitter? You can set up Facebook, LinkedIn, your Blog, and other internet portals to accept and post you Twitter missives. That means that you can update multiple portals - each with their own audience - with one message.

Have a message longer than 144 characters? Then do a post on your blog, use that URL in your twitter message, and send it out that way. The link will show up in your other portals. This cross linking and traffic to your blog improves your standing in search engines.

Look for another tip tomorrow from your social media butterfly.


Twitter Tip #2
Follow those who follow you.
You can follow anybody, but people – or businesses – choose to follow you. The correct etiquette when somebody follows you is to return the favor and follow them back. There are some very solid reasons for this. Twitter will limit the number of people you follow unless you have a high ratio of people following you back.

Before you follow somebody back you should check them out be clicking on their name. Quickly look for five things:
1.     The content of their tweets.
2.     How often they tweet.
3.     The number of people they follow.
4.     The number of people following them.
5.     The number of tweets they make

If you find the content of their twitted offensive, don’t follow them. In fact you can block them. People will look at the people following you to get a feel for you because whom you have following you says a lot. The reasons for the other four will become obvious as I reveal more tips.

Thursday, September 5, 2013

The Return of Stickman #1502





I was just thinking the other day that too many people waste too much time on Facebook. Me included.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

The Return of Stickman #972


It was my brother Randy who gave me, nearly word for word, this strip. He of course has been married for many years. But, having been in the Navy, knew many a single fellow.

The Return of Stickman is a product of Monlux Illustration, “Home of the Creative Mind!”™

Monday, March 9, 2009

The Return of Stickman #948


The bane of many a single man's existence: bachelor food. My own past favorite was mac and cheese with sliced up hot dogs. Second by a nice can of chili over split hot dogs with mustard, spread over toast and topped with sour cream. Hmm, I think I just wrote a future strip.

The Return of Stickman is a product of Monlux Illustration, “Home of the Creative

Friday, February 27, 2009

The Return of Stickman #942


I'm not saying that if your a single guy a parrot isn't a good pet. Wait, no, that is exactly what I'm saying.

The Return of Stickman is a product of Monlux Illustration, “Home of the Creative Mind!”™

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

The Return of Stickman #939


Every time I think back on my single life, I get the heebie jeebies.

The Return of Stickman is a product of Monlux Illustration, “Home of the Creative Mind!”™