I want you to read my blog. Heck, I want everyone to read my blog. Isn’t that the name of the game here? There isn’t really much point in writing blog posts if no one is reading them, right? It makes me think of the old question: If a tree falls in the forest and…
Good writing is critical to a successful business. Whether you are writing a letter to a prospective client, updating your website or blog, or posting to Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, your writing presents your business image to the world. Have you thought about what your writing says about you lately? Does it tell new visitors…
Road trips are my favorite way to travel. I love to see new things and visit new places and I always learn something from every adventure. My recent road trip to Florida was no exception. Besides seeing a whole lot of new country and getting to spend some quality time with my son, I learned…
Want to be a Twitter superstar? Want more followers, more tweets shared and more engagement? Here are seven ways to boost your Twitter presence and be more active without spending your entire day tweeting. Follow Wisely While much is made of the number of twitter followers you have, the quality of those followers is as…
LinkedIn is one of the best and most effect ways to build a business network online today. Many people do not use LinkedIn, however, because they don’t understand how it works or what it is. I frequently receive comments like “it’s only for job hunters,” “I don’t want people selling me things” “I’m already on…
I do a lot of research on the internet. Sometimes I am looking for information about places, sometimes about things, sometimes about people. Some of the things I researched this week were rare medical conditions, copyright violations, back-to-school shopping, microwave parts and weather reports. I searched a lot more than that, but those are off…
Twitter seems to be the place to be these days. And it’s great to be on Twitter–most of the time. There do seem to be a few people who just aren’t catching on to the rules of Twitiquette. So, feel free to share or tweet this post with those who need it most. I’m sure you…
We are connecting with people all over the internet these days. It seems like every day, my inbox has more and more requests from Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and my blogs and websites. I love making new connections with people. I am a “people” person. I like to know who you are and what you do…
You’ve decided to start a business and you’ve been out surfing the web, learning everything you need to know to strike out on your own and strike it rich. You’ve learned that you need a website. You’ve learned that your primary purpose for being in business is to make money. Really. You’d be amazed at…
What is it about asking for things that is so hard for most of us? People aren’t mind readers. If we don’t ask, it’s very hard for someone else to know what we want. It is rare that someone simply shows up with what we need or want at any given time. But yet we…
