It takes seven years to digest swallowed gum (Not! That’s just one of those lingering misconceptions one hears.) According to Mental Floss Magazine, “Despite what you heard on the playground, the gum you swallow doesn’t exactly linger in your gut.” In fact, Mental Floss goes on to explain, your gum shoots through your system towards […]
Career Rookie Magazine advises students to take their cover letter "to the next level". (I get this magazine because I serve as executive career mentor to students at Butler College of Business.) In this month’s issue of the magazine, I found an article that can be useful for bloggers as well as for college students. First […]
Visiting Columbus, Ohio to give a talk about blogging for business (what else?), I picked up an official visitors’ map for the city. Unfolded, the piece had a street map on one side, with information about the city on the other: Accommodations Attractions Food and Drink Shopping Visitor Information With some time to spare […]
Earlier this week, I shared an article from Career Rookie magazine about taking a resume to the next level, showing how that advice for job-seekers might apply to blogs. Today I want to quote an expert who takes speakers to the next level. In his book, the Complete Idiot’s Guide to Success as a Professional […]
Shakespeare’s Juliet questioned the importance of titles when she said, "What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." When it comes to blogging, however, a name can take on quite a bit of importance. "Father of advertising" David Ogilby often talked about the important of […]
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