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Links: 2008-09-05
September 5th, 2008 |What Should I Read Next? Enter books you liked and get recommendations. 7 tips for covering your ass in business [Link: John] Your favorite writing blogs? Michael Stelzner wants to know. Me too, then I’ll add the missing ones to this post. [...]
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PC Game Review: Bob the Builder: Can-Do Zoo
September 4th, 2008 |When my now nine-year-old son took an interest in Bob the Builder, I couldn’t help but find myself hearing the show’s theme song in my head every time I saw a Bob the Builder character or someone says, “We can do it!” Just these four lines repeat and torture my imaginary hearing: Bob the Builder Can we [...]
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40+ Easy Marketing Activities for Freelancers
September 3rd, 2008 |Writers don’t just write. They also must market unless they’re John Grisham or Mary Higgins Clark. However, Grisham had to market early in his career. So how do writers market themselves? Try any of these activities that would benefit writers, book authors, freelancers, and small businesses. Grow your portfolio. If you’re just [...]
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Sticking with Newsletters — No Quitting Allowed
September 2nd, 2008 |When you or a kid signs up to play a sport for a season or to take music lessons during the school year, do you quit after a couple of lessons because you’re not good enough? Of course not! Most of us know it takes months (even years) of practice to get better at something. My [...]
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Links: 2008-08-29
August 29th, 2008 |100 Most Common English Words: How many can you get in five minutes? I only got 55. Pooh. [Link: Dawn] How to Feed the Innovation Pipeline. Digital Image Resources on the Deep Web: Hard to find digital images… The Secrets of Storytelling [...]
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Six Easy Ways to Keep Your Clients Happy
August 26th, 2008 |You’ve probably read or heard many experts say that keeping your clients costs less than obtaining new ones. A Bain and Company study reports that boosting customer loyalty by 5 percent improves your profits by 25 percent at the very least and can go up to 95 percent. You can’t ask for better numbers than [...]
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New Beginnings in 2008
August 25th, 2008 |One hour ago, I walked my youngest of three and his older brother to the school bus. They headed for their first day in kindergarten and fourth grade. While one kid went off to his first day of elementary school, the oldest headed to high school for volleyball practice and starting her first day of [...]
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Links: 2008-08-22
August 22nd, 2008 |42 HTML email design resources: Trying to get a newsletter to look the same in all email clients is a lost cause (more in this post) — but you can at least make them appear decent. Community Mottos and Nicknames. Sure, most of us know Philly is the [...]
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Dealing with Freelancer’s Stress
August 18th, 2008 |I mentioned that my son’s medical program would interfere with my business because it required a big time investment on my part along with other things. Add to that managing the usual stuff like the other kids, work (or lack thereof), household responsibilities, on and on. After two weeks of the program, I reached a breaking [...]
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Links: 2008-08-15
August 15th, 2008 |Is Updated Technology Important to Productive Work? Unless you’re a designer using resource demanding software, a software reviewer (then I recommend installing and using them on a secondary computer instead of your main one), or using a 10-year-old computer — then this sounds like another excuse from a procrastinator. [...]
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