• The Story
  • The Blog
  • Contact Me

jimraffel.com


  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter

Story Teller | CEO | Traveler

You are here: Home / Archives for Jim Raffel

What to write so people read your blog

December 26, 2011 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

This post easily could have been entitled "The top 5 posts of 2011." The problem is that some posts were skipped over depending upon your trust of WordPress Stats or Google Analytics for accurate rankings. Instead, I looked at the types of topics that were most viewed (read) out of the 254 posts … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Writing Tagged With: blog, google, google search, headlines writing, read, techniques, topic, write

iPhone 4S turn-by-turn GPS navigation review

December 23, 2011 By Jim Raffel 1 Comment

When I switched from the htc EVO 4G Android to the iPhone 4S, one of the features I missed almost immediately was turn-by-turn GPS navigation. Out of the box, the Android device had a clear advantage because the version of Google Maps for Android includes access to the beta version of Google's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: iPhone 4S, Stuff I Like Tagged With: 4s, android, apps, google map, gps, gps navigation, gps navigation review, iphone, mapquest, navigation, smartphones, telenav

Am I a writer or a blogger? – Jim Says

December 21, 2011 By Jim Raffel 8 Comments

This week, our She Said, He Said blog posts focus on the differences (if any) between writing and blogging. Make sure you stop by tomorrow for Shelby’s point of view and chime in on Twitter at 8 p.m. CST tomorrow using the hashtag #shehechat to tell us what you think. If I've never been paid to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, she said he said, Writing

The stories are in what doesn't work

December 20, 2011 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

Most of us have a pretty good idea where we are going. That's normally not the difficult part. It's the journey between where we currently are and where we want to be that turns out to be tricky. Challenges, like roadblocks and detours seem to constantly confront us in our daily journeys to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: audi, audi a4, dinged, overcoming, setback, stories, story, success

The editorial calendar

December 19, 2011 By Jim Raffel 11 Comments

Editorial planning is one factor that has helped double the traffic on this site over the last year. At it's core, an editorial calendar is simply the plan for what you will write and when you will write it. There is nothing new about editorial calendars; Traditional print publishers have used … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Writing

The blank page

December 16, 2011 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

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 to share what's most … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing

I need some social media etiquette – Jim Says

December 15, 2011 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

Before getting into today’s post we wanted to let you know what this week’s topic will be for our 8 p.m. CST #shehechat on Twitter tonight. Are you ready? Wait for it...."social media etiquette" is the topic this week. Yesterday, Shelby wrote about a few recent "run-ins" she's had in social media … [Read more...]

Filed Under: she said he said, social media

Reverse Your Thinking

December 13, 2011 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

The last 5 percent of the research and development project can make you or break you. You'll get to that point where the technology is almost working. You could just about commercialize it; but not quite. This is the point when you need to change your thinking. Incremental and linear progress is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: monitors, personal development

Automate it or stop doing it

December 12, 2011 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

If you're performing a task manually and can't justify automating the task, is it really worth doing in the first place? For several years I managed sign-ups and renewals for one of our web-based solutions manually. We convinced ourselves that there were always too many features to be added to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: customer service 101, Small Business 101 Tagged With: automate, automation, manually, renewal, self service

Urgency

December 9, 2011 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

As another year comes to a close... Stop to ponder where you are compared to where you wanted to be. You've accomplished a great deal, right? Yet, it doesn't feel like enough. You had bigger plans for this year. Now what? It's simple really. The year is not over ... not yet. Face what's left … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation, personal development Tagged With: january, strong, theme song, urgency

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • …
  • 81
  • Next Page »

Get 30 years of business experience delivered to your inbox

Email Newsletter Signup

Each blog post will be delivered directly to your inbox, as well as unique content only for newsletter subscribers.

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

About Me

Story Teller | CEO | Traveler
Click here to learn more

Search My Site

Copyright © 2025 James J. Raffel · jimraffel.com runs on the Genesis Framework