Labels, and labels. Two days ago I complained here about self-proclaimed “experts” and “gurus.” And today I realize that I do the same thing myself, calling myself an entrepreneur. I ran into this interesting thought:
I must admit that when I hear the word (which inundates conversation and — more interestingly– the personal summaries of seemingly [...]
I’m very happy to pass on the news that the state of New York has fined a plastic surgery franchise $300,000 for flooding the Internet with false reviews. This explanation is posted on the New York Attorney General’s official website:
Lifestyle Lift employees published positive reviews and comments about the company to trick Web-browsing consumers into [...]
I like serendipity. Not just because the word sounds like a refreshing drink in the shade on a hot day, but because when serendipity happens, it’s always good. Here’s the Wikipedia definition:
Serendipity is the effect by which one accidentally discovers something fortunate, especially while looking for something else entirely. …
So I had a great Friday: [...]
True confession: I love writing. I love short sentences, strong words, making myself understood.
I think most, if not all, good bloggers like writing. Video people do vlogs and YouTube, poets go to Twitter (say, what?), but bloggers are writers. Almost all of my favorite blogs — I’ve got the blogroll on this blog, rightmost column, [...]
A nice person almost apologized to me for not having her business on Facebook. I said: “but why?”
Blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and all the rest of that “social media stuff” may or may not be good business. But not just for its own sake. It has to be part of a strategy.
Otherwise, it may or may [...]
Benjamin Floyd of Read Click Done asked me after yesterday’s post: “how do you do it?” Two books, 1400 or so posts, 1300 or so tweets in the last two years. “Where do you find the time.”
Fair question. Reminds me of Bob Sutton’s Really, I Write it Myself. So do I. Bob thanks his editors, [...]
