Some years ago, I read about an experiment having to do with people’s attention and the way in which that attention is engaged. The subjects of the study were people (several hundred of them) who drove the same route every day to work and back, passing a giant billboard advertising new cars. When questioned, almost […]
High-end residential complexes offer their services, as do all the best hotels. Concierges help with everything from setting salon appointments, arranging luggage pickup from hotel rooms, booking tours, and offering sightseeing tips. Personal concierges are the fastest-growing subset of the breed, running errands for people with little spare time (or for those who prefer to […]
One good rule of thumb about business blogging is to narrow down the target audience. To be an effective marketing tool for your business, your blog must to be the result of a well-planned strategy aimed at a specific segment of the market. I advise picking one area of focus, rather than trying to tell […]
A week or so ago, on National Public Radio, I caught a broadcast about the smallest national park in the nation, the Kosciuszko National Memorial Park. This park is so small, it’s actually inside a house in Philadelphia; you can see the entire place in ten minutes. For those who need a memory jog, Thaddeus […]
The award-winning ballad “You’re Beautiful”, sung by James Blunt, topped the 2005 charts in Britain, the U.S., and Canada, becoming the first song by a British artist ever to top the Latin American Top 40 list. When word leaked that the song had been composed by a ghostwriter (coincidentally but oh-so-aptly named Amanda Ghost), Blunt […]
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