Blogs have been categorized as: Pointless Ego-capsules Not read by anyone Overdone Underpaid Time wasters Not real marketing tools Should I go on? That's great. Go ahead with your bad self and believe that hooey.…
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How do you know when something is no longer working? Could be a client relationship, a blog post, some marketing copy, your novel, a relationship, your life...take your pick. You know because: You no longer…
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You know that I love my work. But some days, well, I love it an extra lot. I got a rush assignment on Friday to write the opening speech for an annual company meeting. Does…
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One of the best things about walking out from behind your computer screen and going to conferences is meeting people that heretofore you only knew as an avatar. Let me fill you in on something.…
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Do you know that moment? The one where you're sitting there all perfectly content and everything, and then someone says, "I could really go for a grilled cheese." And then you're thinking about the grilled…
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On Tuesday, my baby girl, the fruit of my loins, is having surgery. I've been effectively not thinking about this for weeks. But now it's right here, days away. It's a supposedly easy, out-patient thing,…
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First, watch this video (or at least the first 30 seconds)... My dear friend and tech writer extraordinaire, Ron Miller, posted this video on his blog and sent me over to see it. And I…
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Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another - Madonna And here we are, eh? The freelancing community has a knack for getting tied up in knots, literally, in our dependency…
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Ham versus SPAM (the 'food', not the unwanted emails). Cheddar versus Velveeta. Labradors versus Dachshunds. Mac versus Dell. (sorry, that one just slipped out) Do you see where I'm going with this? I just got…
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Last week, I went for one of the best runs I've ever, well, run. I was in Manhattan - and I just flew around the place. It was a mini-exploration that began when it was…
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