http://writingroads.com/blog A writer's blog about strategic marketing with powerful words Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:18:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So...I've been a bit political lately (just a weeeeeee bit). And it's brought me mad traffic and some nice commenting to boot. It's fairly phenomenal that people who have spent days, months, years talking about other things are now talking, debating, writing, shouting about our political system, oh, and our ... http://writingroads.com/blog/and-thats-what-its-all-about-blogs-comments-tweets-and-conversations/214 Spread this around (oh, and I LOVE you John Stewart, always have): http://writingroads.com/blog/because-i-want-everyone-in-the-country-to-see-this-hypocrisy/213 As you're developing your writing strategy for your blog, you may want to break it down like this (I'm going to use a popcorn blog as an example because I'm hungry, I adore popcorn and last time I checked, popcorn wasn't political): The Basics. Cover all the facts about popcorn - ... http://writingroads.com/blog/what-would-i-write-about-thinking-up-good-blog-content/211 I wasn't planning on sending you something tonight. But if you saw what I saw from the Republican convention, you know that it demands a response. I saw John McCain's attack squad of negative, cynical politicians. They lied about Barack Obama and Joe Biden, and they attacked you for being a ... http://writingroads.com/blog/what-you-just-saw-the-obama-response-to-last-nights-rnc/212 No, I have not lost my mind or closed my business to become a political pundit. But the political goings on are so infuriating at the moment...and being a working mom is part of who I am on this blog...and, I fall into this description of current events so perfectly: "It’s ... http://writingroads.com/blog/working-mothers-in-light-of-sarah-palin/210 I'm still in a bit of shock, but it's true, I took Labor Day Weekend (most of Friday and all of Saturday, Sunday and Monday) off. From work. Though my cell phone is a Blackberry and I couldn't keep myself from checking my email every once in a while, it ... http://writingroads.com/blog/vacation-digging-in-digging-out/209 I went to bed last night full of hope, and I woke up even fuller...full to burst. Obama is Good. He had an intelligent rebuttal to every challenge and cheap shot the Republicans have thrown at him and he delivered with grace, with reality. He laid out his plan and talked about ... http://writingroads.com/blog/obama-for-president/208 I heard about this from the incredible blogging woman, Bridget Wright, at Biz Chicks Rule. And since my clients and readers are brilliant people with stunning ideas, I couldn't help but spread the word. ideablog is having a monthly contest that awards $10,000 to the best business ideas. They also enlist ... http://writingroads.com/blog/have-a-good-idea-heres-10k/207 As you all know, I enjoy me some online social networking. I like my Facebook, my Twitter, my LinkedIn in particular. But, lately, I'm noticing this clash of the generations (or sensibilities, perhaps?). Basically, people are using these networks for one of three reasons: 1.  business activities 2. personal activities 3. a mixture of ... http://writingroads.com/blog/bridging-the-web-20-gap-when-social-networking-means-different-things-to-different-people/186 I'm in love. Yes, with an application. Ghost Action is everything I've been looking for in a personal organizer: easy to use. I don't think it gets much easier. I create Projects, for me these are typically client names I create Actions, ie. write blog post, edit site or interview Erin I give each ... http://writingroads.com/blog/ghost-action-the-ultimate-to-do-list-and-project-organizer/205