January 2009

My copy of  Leo Babauta’s new book, The Power of Less, arrived Friday evening, and by late Friday I’d read it cover to cover.  Now, on Sunday, I’m starting it again.  It may be about “less”, but is contains more than my brain could take in with a single read. Leo, the owner of the [...]

Back in the day when putting bread on my table depended on my ability to write articles quickly, I developed an easy system that I use to this day. 1.  Decide on the number of words in your article.  For illustration, let’s say you want to write a 500 word article on collecting political campaign [...]

I couldn’t start 2009 without writing about Twitter. If you’ve been online more than 10 minutes, you’ve heard that Twitter is THE social networking tool of the century.  Hype?  Nope. Twitter is a bonafide tool for relationship building and marketing, built within the confines of a seemingly impossible 140 characters. If you can’t say it [...]