Business Insider let me know this morning that it was Youtube's 8th birthday. It also happens to be my dad's birthday. No one had to tell me that, in part because it's three days before mine and only a few days after my sister's. (Yes, my mom made three separate...
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The Best Thing I’ve Found On Pinterest
Now those of you who are on Pinterest at 5:30 am know what a pinning fool I can be. As someone who reads and writes a lot in my daily life, there is something relaxing about sitting with my coffee on my pink couch and watching pretty and/or clever pictures go by on my...
How To (Not) Run A Facebook Contest
"I know I'm not doing it legally but..." I smile as my friend/small business owner confesses to not running an exactly legitimate Facebook contest. I like how I'm kind of a Facebook priest that people confess their sins to. Now she's totally right; I am willing to bet...
What Google Ads Mean To Me
A lot of clients want to use paid per click (PPC) advertising like Google ads. And I don't know if you have tried to talk people out of ideas...but it's a lot harder than talking them into stuff! I usually try to talk people out of paid ads as a main strategy for...
The Shortest Business Book Ever
I have several friends who have very recently started their own businesses. I am pretty encouraging about this sort of thing, so long as they aren't remortgaging their house or selling their children to pay for it (or something similarly crazy). Honestly, six years...
Two Kickstarter Projects: Ideas On How One Succeeded and One Did Not
Whether you are a business or non-profit, asking for money can be awkward. Non-profit organizations are used to relying on donors but for a long time, this world was not open to businesses. Since websites like Kickstarter have been in existence, businesses and...
8 Tips to Improve Your Business Writing Online and Off
This guest post is courtesy of Catherine W McKinney, who took part in the 30 Days of Blogging challenge we held in March. Catherine is a writer, always looking for a good story. She is the author of the ebook “Finn MacCool and the Woman”, tales of cats invading her...
I Cut Up My Credit Card And I’m Still Alive
About a month ago, I cut up my credit card. I stood at my kitchen counter with my glass of red wine, had a moment of silence and then snipped. My dad had cosigned on this credit card over ten years ago while I was in college so I could build some credit. And build I...
Gaming Week: Where You Should Send Your Kids This Summer
I know a non-parent giving parenting advice is going to go over about as well as a lead balloon. But hear me out. My friend Matt is not only one of the smartest people I know but also one of the kindest. Him and his awesome wife Emily have two sons and they are great...