Last week, I had a conversation with Dana Sipper about a friend of hers who was looking for someone to talk to about starting a business. Dana explained her friend was someone like me, loves to write, and trying to find her way in the world…and wants advice from me. Of course I said that yes, I would be happy to chat with her. And then the...
We are getting close to the end of the 7 sins. If you’re just tuning in, make sure to check out lust, gluttony, greed, sloth and wrath. Now, let’s turn our attention to envy. The difference between envy and greed is rather difficult to explain, so I will let wikipedia do it for me: “Like greed, Envy (Latin, invidia) may be characterized by an...
I have (and always will be) a car girl, but after seeing some of the recent advertisements, I am less and less impressed. Just 3 years ago, Ford had me drooling with their new Mustang, and their stellar commercial. It gave me chills!This year, I was a LOT less impressed:The Mustang is about classic, raw power. It’s about the connection you feel when you get in,...
Last month, I tested your creativity. David MacGregor stepped up to the challenge with fervor, and created a fabulous idea. Because of the response, I wanted to create another challenge for the month of May. Your image for May:(image courtesy of D Sharon Pruitt) And here are the questions you have to answer:What product would you use this image for What would the tagline be for the product Where...
Today’s challenge from problogger is to write a ‘review’ post. He includes some great suggestions for what to review and how to make the reviews relevant to your readers. At the end of the day, the point of a review is to share something with your readers that can help them. Don’t review a product that only a limited group could ever own (like a...
Today’s blog challenge for the 31DBBB by problogger is a little difficult today. The requirement is to find someone who has never read/visited your blog and ask them to visit it. He recommends not talking while they go through it, but watch where they go, what they click on, avoid, look at, etc. Then, have them answers a few questions:What were their first impressions? What...
Pardon the interruption of the flow of the Problogger Challenge, but I was enjoying the last 4 days in Vegas with my girls. Now, I am trying to get caught up. Luckily, some of the posts weren’t really about writing a post but doing something to improve your blog outside of your blog. ‡ For example, day #12, Friday, was about developing an editorial calendar. Problogger suggests...
How many times have you just felt like today is just a little too serious? Today, I was reading through some of my favorite blogs, a strong mix of business and humor, and ran across an image that I couldn’t help but share:Although I know that creativity and math smarts are not always ‘have one or the other’, but for me, they were. I was...
Creativity is not to be taken for granted, it is not something you ‘have’ it is something that you must work at, and practice, to keep strong. I practice my creativity daily, by writing, twittering, designing and researching. I am always trying to find new, unique ways to practice my creativity. One of my favorite ways is to pick a photo from flickr, and create...
11. …wait til someone writes a list of 10 ways to crank out a killer post, and then write about it! There are hundreds of great lists, but what about your 2¢? Add in your ideas on top of an already strong post and presto…all new post! Although this is a bit of a tease to Remarkablogger, adding to a list is another great way to...
