Why is creativity so important to success? It’s not an easy question to answer. Or is it? There are countless examples of people using inventiveness and originality to shine, in and out of the blogosphere, but how do they do it day in and day out? It turns out there is no magic formula, really.…
You can’t argue with Seth Godin
How does Seth Godin’s new book, which covers the topics of weirdness and the fragmentation of culture, tie in with education, creativity and blogging? If you’ll humor me for a few minutes, I’ll try to explain. Seth states that the age of mass marketing is over. True. That people are looking to connect, not just…
An interview with Gini Dietrich
I am now a member of a very large and growing group, the Gini Dietrich fan club. Gini is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of PR firm, Arment Dietrich, Inc. She also runs a blog called Spin Sucks, the 2010 Readers Choice PR Blog of the Year, one of Social Media Examiner’s Top 10…
Why did you start blogging?
I had one reason. Speechification. I wanted to improve my speech writing. A blog would be my accountability platform. Not a soul would pay attention, and my writing and elocution would improve. Easy peasy, right? This was my desire. Be careful what you wish for. Copyblogger was a revelation. I lost hours on that site.…
What a 102-year-old can teach you about life
Dick Hendricks is now 102 years of age and never misses a meeting at Wallingford 252. He always greets you with a beaming smile, is continually ready to offer sage advice, and often has a joke up his sleeve. At 102, Mr. Hendricks has a great perspective on life, has clearly embraced discomfort for many…
A-Listers suck
Well. I don’t think so, but I have noticed quite the Anti-A-Lister vibe lately. Why? I’m a rookie in the blogosphere. A precious little fawn in a sea of grownups. I ventured into this blogging world expecting to find nothing but Zen. From about 2007 until April 2011 the only blogs I read on a…
A chubby kid with no social game
Podunksville When I was a about 9 my family moved from North Baltimore to the cornfields of Woodbine, Maryland. So I went from living in a row house in the city to Future Farmer country. Nothing against Future Farmers, but it was a bit of a shock. Not only that, I was not the skinniest…
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