Really? You still aren't convinced that Twitter is an incredible tool for business growth? As of today, Twitter sends me 31% of my traffic. 31%. That's darn near one third. Yesterday, it was 28%...it's a…
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1. Because your competitors will. The knee jerk reaction to the recession is to cut advertising. The classic example from the Great Depression is Ford and Chevrolet. Ford was outselling Chevrolet considerably at the outset…
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I live in the middle of a vast huckleberry forest. Very much like blueberries, huckleberries grow on small bushes, wildly...and last summer, like wildfire. Their fruit is a deep, almost black, purple - the berries…
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I was working with a client who I do marketing, blog and writing consulting for, and we were working on her blog writing strategy when she asked me, 'But what are the rules for blogging?'…
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What if Dell announced their amazing new laptop computers, got people highly excited, but then, when we all said, 'So let's see it!' They said, 'Okay, hold on a sec, we have to build them…
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I’m staring at a blank calendar - seriously attempting to fit my daily life as a freelance copywriter into these solid, inflexible, militant spaces. I can’t believe I’m about to do this...but, I have to.…
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My family is currently marinating in an incredibly structured schedule. It includes meals, naps, errands, cleaning, dates - the whole shebang all carefully mapped out. At first it freaked me out, whatever happened to just…
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I happen to live in an intentional community on Martha's Vineyard. Maybe you've heard of co-housing? Basically, a group of people decided to build a neighborhood with both shared and private space...and work together to…
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Yes, sports fans. That is an advertisement you see over there on the left. But it's not what you think. I've thought about putting ads on my site for a long time but have resisted…
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I'm working with a wonderful new client named Julie Biondi - we're building her blog as we speak, so I can't post a link just yet, but I will. Julie helps people get dressed...hmmm, how…
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Jumper Cables…
