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My California friend Mitch has given me some plugs in his Paper.Li newspaper and this is because of a LinkedIn group. One of the LinkedWorking St. Louis members connected with me in February. We found synergy and are now working on a project together. He connected me with three fabulous South Florida women and we [...]
I just received an email from a magazine to which I do receive its e-newsletter — and it does provide many great nuggets that I frequently share with my online peeps.
The purpose of this email was to solicit me to advertise in the print magazine. Here was the selling pitch:
Reasons you should advertise [...]
Here is my friend Francisco delivering a Toastmasters’ speech to his local chapter, but also sharing it worldwide.
Why is this significant? Viewing this video will open the door to many possibilities. We can create and participate in virtual events without having to leave the confines of our homes.
Francisco and I only met in [...]
Somewhere along the way, this key point has been completely forgotten.
This doesn’t seem to be taught in schools anymore — journalism school, public relations classes, or marketing.
A friend of mine told me this recently:
It is unbelievable. at my school, they taught us that LinkedIn was the one and only way to [...]
I loved the show when I first discovered it years ago, and I still love the re-runs today.
La Femme Nikita ran for a little over four seasons from 1997 to 2001 — and ended months before the 9-11 attacks. That is significant because some of the story lines have come true.
The show is [...]
How have your habits changed over the years?
Assuming you no longer use a typewriter for crafting manuscripts and letters?
I have to admit, that way back when, I held onto that typewriter as long as I could before I finally succumbed to the computer. As a writer who was filing stories for both of [...]
A fascinating report on Al Jazeera’s Listening Post reported that street art is a clue to how a population is feeling.
Long before the Arab Spring erupted, before there were physical actions in Bahrain and Libya, graffiti waged its own quiet revolution to spread its media directly to the people on the street. When Internet [...]
I received an interesting email tonight from a passing acquaintance who wants me to like her Facebook page.
While Facebook allows you to send out requests to your followers to follow your page (or blog) — and I admit I have used that in the past — is it me or does it seem rather [...]
One of the more inspirational stories transpired in the NHL in 2001. Montreal center, Saku Koivu announced early September, that he was diagnosed with cancer. It was at the time of the Team Canada evaluation camp where Mario Lemieux, who was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease several years prior, held a press conference, along with one [...]
What does success mean?
What is art?
What is good music?
What is entertainment?
What is a great car?
What is the best restaurant in the city?
What is the best TV show?
What is the most important issue?
What is perfection?
Ask these questions to 20 different people and you will get 20 different [...]
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