Come Tell Me About Yourself | De-Lurk Day 2014

What I love most about writing this blog is that I happen to have the best blog readers on the entire planet. If the Internet is a big city, full of glittering attractions alongside boring perfunctory necessities and weird subcultures, then I like to think of this blog as that favorite little bookstore-cafe. You know,…

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How To Get A Stubborn Client Who Disagrees To Listen To You

You can see the train wreck coming from a mile away: “No, I really want the lime green with fuschia and brown dots.” “Nah, I don’t need business insurance.  Nothing bad has happened to me so far.” “I’d rather just let my kids dress themselves for the photoshoot” (when you know it won’t turn out…

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The Nine Words That Should Not Appear On Your Blog. Anywhere.

Meet Angry Jenika: (Why yes, that is me wearing a shower cap covered in shaving cream.  I have no explanation other than:  Such things happen when you hang out with Kristen Kalp.) Not many people ever meet Angry Jenika – but you know what the quickest way to meet her is? To blog (or facebook,…

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How To Craft the Perfect Tagline for Your Business

I’ve watched people wait to launch entire businesses, websites, and blogs until they “get the tagline right.” And writing a tagline can be a peculiar kind of torment…trying to distill your entire life’s work, your months of planning, your sleepless hours of dedication into six measly words?  Have fun! Yes, a good tagline can be a magic…

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