After a long hiatus caused by nothing more than laziness and too much staring at the TV (and a few actual life stresses), going to give SoCS another go this year. After all, these are fun to "write" -- your mileage on reading may vary. As you may have guessed, "in the corner" was today's…
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Of Caves and Cavemen: Stream of Consciousness Saturday #SoCS
"CAPTAIN, CAAAAAAVVVVVVVEEEEMAAAAANNNNNNNNN!" Today's prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday from Linda G. Hill is "cave." Use it as a subject, verb, or whatever. I have vague memories of watching Captain Caveman as a kid. Always liked how he rummaged around in his beard/hair and would come out with whatever was needed. There was always something…
Valiant Valium – Stream of Consciousness Saturday #SoCS
Valiant. It's hard these days, but all of us need to be valiant in the face of the corruption and outright evil emanating from the Oval Office now and for the past three years. And in the face of the incredible stupidity and ignorance (that's always been a part of the American tradition) of a…
N Is for Names – The Cheeky A-Z Guide for Content Marketing
If your marketing doesn’t bring new people to your business or keep existing customers coming back, you’re failing. As much as I write about (and believe) that marketing needs to be helpful; that’s not the objective. The objective is to move a person - and we should never lose sight that we’re talking about people…
The Great S Hunt and the Lie of Practice Makes Perfect #SOCS
When I first saw the prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday, I immediately thought of the days of my life I spent switching “s” out for “z” (and vice versa) editing the European version of e-doc. What a huge PITA (not the tasty platform for hummus). Today’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday (on a Sunday) post…
What’s Up With This Joint? #SoCS
Pass the Kutshie by the left hand side. The first thing I thought of when I saw today's prompt was the obvious thing: memories -- sometimes hazy -- of various adventures with weed. Though most "adventures" involved sitting on the couch, while eating Cheetos and/or any candy I could shovel into my mouth. I also…
M Is for Mistakes: The Cheeky A-Z Guide for Content Marketing
I hate to make mistakes. Even more than that, I hate to be wrong. I’ll sometimes freeze at making a decision because I don’t want to make the wrong one. I bet many of you reading this get stuck the same way (if not, please share how you decide to . . . decide). As…
16 Things I’ve Learned During 20 Years of Working From Home
Working from home can be full of distractions. It can also be fulfilling and hugely productive. Here's what I've learned over 2 decades of doing it.
L Is for Listen: The Cheeky A-Z Guide for Content Marketing
Listen to your customers or be ignored by your customers. Listening is also the only way to create the content that will move people to becoming or remaining your customers.
K Is for Keywords: The Cheeky A-Z Guide for Content Marketing
Use the right keywords and Google will direct people to your business. Use the wrong ones and you are basically invisible.