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Idea Germination – Birth of SheHe Media

January 13, 2012 By Jim Raffel 1 Comment

What's an idea really worth? Honestly, it's worth two cents or less; unless you are willing to incubate the idea and give it a chance to germinate. Then if the idea still has your interest and, more importantly, the interest of others, the idea might be worth a few bucks. Now are you ready to work … [Read more...]

Filed Under: she said he said Tagged With: blog, ColorMetrix, germination, idea, ideas, projects, social media, Twitter

Twitter Tennis – Jim and Shelby Volley

September 28, 2011 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

This is another in our series of She Said, He Said posts. The term "Twitter Tennis" is being borrowed from Michael Josefowicz during #printchat, which we participate in regularly. We love Twitter chats because they tend to focus the conversation in on a particular topic and it's fun to watch ideas … [Read more...]

Filed Under: she said he said, social media, Twitter Tagged With: blog, chat, ideas, social media, tennis, Twitter

Capturing Ideas

July 8, 2011 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

For me it's via writing. When I don't find a quiet place to plug in my ear buds and write, I start to get irritable and edgy. Perhaps, it started as an outlet for all the ideas flying around in my head but now it's the time when I convert thoughts and ideas into actionable plans. Plans that can be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: personal development Tagged With: bank accounts, capturing, ideas, life, money, professional life, savings accounts

7 ideas for the next step after a product launch

June 17, 2011 By Jim Raffel 4 Comments

Have you ever reached the end of a project and then realized you aren't actually quite there? Me too. There are a couple of options when you reach this point: Quit or dig in and figure out how to fix or finish the project. You aren't a quitter or you wouldn't be reading this. So what do you say we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Marketer, sales Tagged With: Chris Brogan, grow, ideas, improve, joe sorge, kitchen tables, launch, product launch, projects, result, the next step

Where do blog ideas come from?

April 18, 2011 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Writing Tagged With: blog, blog ideas, communication, ideas, publish, topic

An idea for staying motivated

February 22, 2011 By Jim Raffel 10 Comments

Take a day off and do whatever you want. I can think of no better way to remain motivated than enjoying the freedom that your work arrangement has afforded you. If you aren't self-employed, schedule a vacation or personal day as soon as possible. If you are self-employed, tomorrow would be a good … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation Tagged With: business, idea, ideas, motivate, personal life, relax, self employed, simple ideas, stay motivated, time management, tomorrow, unwind

Ideas have no schedule

February 1, 2011 By Jim Raffel 3 Comments

Sometimes I have a shortage of ideas and struggle to decide what to write about, like this morning. More often, I have more than enough ideas and it's just a matter of getting in the writing flow and cranking out the posts. Those are the times when I double and triple up on writing and get a few … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: captured, cognition, creativity, environment, idea, ideas, ideation, philosophy, schedule, scheduling, thought

The value of a good sandbox

January 4, 2011 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

By sandbox I mean a place to test your ideas, where you can also share openly and freely. Think back to your early years when you played in the backyard sandbox. The cardinal rule (at least in ours) was play nicely together. Most of our regular day-to-day work does not get shared with our more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Marketer Tagged With: ideas, new ideas, sandbox, testing

Why I write and publish

December 12, 2010 By Jim Raffel 4 Comments

I write to make ideas tangible. I write to test the validity of ideas. I write because it's the doing part of thinking. and here's the big one... I write to fill the time I used to fill with behaviors and habits that could have destroyed my life. Sometime between June and July 2009 I pulled my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: ideas, publish, why, why i write, write

Thanksgiving

November 25, 2010 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

Yesterday I wrote about what I am Thankful for. Today I am going to address the "giving" part of Thanksgiving. As I've thought about writing this post in my head it occurred to me that giving is every bit as tabu a topic as religion, politics and how much we make. Regardless, here's my personal take … [Read more...]

Filed Under: personal development Tagged With: causes, ideas, tabu, thankful, thanksgiving

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