In the last few weeks, I have gotten some amazing two word responses to my two words on Tuesday. However, that was not my original plan for these words. Originally, I hoped that people would take my two words and either create a longer blog post with them, then link back, or to add a comment that does something with them…adds to them. But now, I...
Photo by Ori Bengal Yesterday, I talked about the fact that I need to get into a more set routine. Today, I’m telling you to shake things up. Maybe I should make up my mind. Nah, I’d rather share some ways that I shake things up and get my creativity flowing:Blast music and dance around my living room. yes, I actually do this. My hubby has come home...
We’re almost halfway through 2009. Unbelievable, right? While I have never been good at sticking to a New Years Resolution, I always try to set goals for myself each January 1st. But, by this time every year, I seem to have either completed all the goals or have forgotten where I put the list of them. So I have decided to create a new list...
Last week I wrote a guest post on The Everyday Web Expert about writing tips for designers. These were basic writing tips for people whose focus is the graphics, not the words. Today, I am tackling the other side of the coin – design tips for writers. Just because your writing is fantastic doesn’t mean your design skills have to be sub-par. Here are 4 simple...
Last month, I stayed on top of my blog calendar. I had it mapped out, easy to change and maneuver, something that was going to make sure that May was done right and it was. I only missed one weekday post all month. I was thrilled, proud and motivated. And apparently, I motivated others. Unfortunately, as I stare at my blog calendar for the month...
Have you ever reached your creative breaking point and wondered where to turn for help? The usual coffee/glass of wine/rock music/running/etc just isn’t cutting it? Try breaking out your favorite tools from when you were 6 (okay, my favorite tools still!): A coloring book and crayons.I am serious! I even talked about how my 10 year old niece reminded me of how powerful coloring can...
With only 2 days left of the Problogger challenge, it is time to analyze the traffic to my blog. If you have never looked at analysis statistics and want to know what to look for, he gives you 17 different metrics to look at. Analysis of my stats is one of the reasons I love wordpress – there are great plugins that make it so much...
Hello to all the readers of Wright Creativity! I would like to introduce you to Kyle Reddoch, the new weekly web/code guru. He will be writing weekly post to help my readers on the more technical side. He is not only a great resource, but a good friend who I rely on for all my coding work. Enjoy (and check out his bio at the...
We all know what a squeeze page is – those irritating one page sales letters that start out ‘dear friend’ and end with something like ‘it will change your life’. But problogger’s challenge today teaches us about sneeze pages. He explains it is a term that he created in the 2007 31DBBB challenge. The way that a blog works is simple – the newest articles are...
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...
