Fear hit me. “I have a research paper due tomorrow morning,” I said aloud, startling everyone else in the movie theater who was watching Kevin Costner hit a golf ball. How could I have forgotten? It was 8:00 on a Sunday evening and I had an 8-page paper due in twelve hours. When I arrived […]
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Occam’s Razor
Occam’s Razor tells us the simplest explanation is usually the right one. If our blogs are failing, there’s probably a simple explanation. Read More.
What a 4-Hour Meeting Can Teach Us About Blogging
What can a meeting teach us about blogging? Believe it or not, quite a few things.
Zigging When Other Bloggers are Zagging
How can you be a standout blogger when every blogger seems to follow the same advice for standing out? What can you do? Read More.
Your Best Blogging Year Ever Starts Now
A new year is upon us, and with it is our annual tradition of making resolutions we abandon before Punxsutawney Phil has emerged from Gobbler’s Knob. “Get out of debt” gives way to a 20% sale on shoes. “Get organized” is defeated as soon as you walk into your child’s bedroom. “Lose weight” is undone […]
New Christmas Tradition: Update And Republish Old Blog Posts
According to data I made up just now for the purpose of this blog post, only 3.6 people read your blog during the holidays. Why? Well, people are busy this time of the year. There are trees to decorate. Year-end projects to complete. Shoppers to wrestle at Wal-Mart.
Do You Make These 7 Blogging Mistakes?
Mistakes. I’ve made a few. As a teenager, I failed my driving exam because I didn’t tell the instructor to buckle his seat belt. In college, I once stayed awake 48 straight hours so I could study for finals. This was back before I discovered the magic elixir known as coffee. As an adult, I […]
Google Authorship is dead: What you should do now
The rise and fall of Google Authorship has been discussed ad nausea. Practically everyone has talked about it. Everyone except me, that is. I like to chime in on a topic after the hype has died down. (Speaking of which, can you believe “Shakespeare in Love” beat “Saving Private Ryan” for Best Picture?in 1998? That’s […]