Writing

The blank page

December 16, 2011
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I write. A lot. I don’t write everyday like I did a year ago, but I still write a lot. Some days – actually many days – I stare at a blank page on my screen for several minutes before I start writing. It’s not because of a lack of topics; it’s actually a desire [...]

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Writing every day makes you a better business person

August 29, 2011
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Recently, I had to prepare three letters for the bank. As a small business owner, my personal finances are judged right alongside those of the business. As we worked to refinance our home, the bank wanted to know many of the details about my business. It required writing three separate letters to answer all their [...]

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10 tips to find more time to write

August 23, 2011
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I’m often asked how I find the time to write four or five blog posts each week. Here’s how: 1. Turn off the TV. I do watch TV, but when I do it’s typically live sports or shows we’ve recorded on the DVR and watch as a family (skipping over the commercials to compress time). [...]

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Promise Marketing is a Better Mousetrap

July 1, 2011
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Awhile back, I was introduced to the concept of “Promise Marketing.” Unfortunately, I can’t remember her name but the woman who presented the concept owns an agency that works with doctors, lawyers and accountants. These are professions that by and large don’t have tangible deliverables they can share with prospective clients. The work they’ve done [...]

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Stop giving content away for free

April 20, 2011
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There are a whole lot of people writing for free these days. My question is why? Why would you give away your time? Yes, I believe there are plenty of situations that warrant donating your time to a cause. Open source software projects like WordPress are just one such example. Even contributing blog posts to [...]

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Where do blog ideas come from?

April 18, 2011
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I’m frequently asked where all the ideas come from to write five days a week. What follows is a sampling of where the inspiration and ideas come from. Be controversial; preferably not with every post but sometimes. I wrote “Social Media Favors Chicks Over Dicks” for a couple of reasons. First, I really think it [...]

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Swearing, vocabulary and the pregnant pause

March 25, 2011

When I wrote “Replace “ums” with Pregnant Pauses when Speaking,” I never expected to circle back to the post as a way to swear less on social media – and in real life, for that matter. It is, however, that simple. When you feel like letting an f-bomb (or some equally offensive language) fly – [...]

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Why fear should not keep you from publishing

March 22, 2011

Every blog you write does not need to be perfect. Want to know why? Because every blog I read is not perfect or in some cases even finished. That’s the nature of blogging. The point is to get the idea out there while it’s still fresh and perhaps even a little bit raw. It is [...]

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It’s always about the compelling story

March 15, 2011

To be compelling, a story needs to be authentic and share a real outcome with results. By definiton, that means that sometimes you will be sharing stories with happy endings and other times not-so-happy endings. That’s life and people want the good, the bad and the ugly. Telling an authentic story with real outcomes and [...]

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She said, he said posts

March 2, 2011

Starting tomorrow, Shelby and I are going to introduce a new series of posts here. We’ll be calling them “she said, he said” (ladies first of course). Well, actually, I’m going first tomorrow with a post entitled “Strategy to work with others.” The post explores how Shelby and I work together from my perspective. At [...]

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