In the creative world, there’s often a stigma against paying for help to build your dream. The art loses authenticity, some feel, or you’re simply less of an artist if you need to hire out to get a job done. Writers, for example, ...READ»
Today Squidoo founder Seth Godin announced that his company would begin launching websites for major companies that collect social buzz--good and bad--from around the Web. In his blog, Godin says that these "conversations" are already ...READ»
Writing a book is commitment. It’s like being a parent. First there’s the commitment required to develop an idea into a story. As the story grows into a manuscript, there’s the commitment to allowing that story to change if it ...READ»
When readers go to their favorite bookstore (or, you know, Amazon) and lose themselves in the quiet pleasure of choosing a book, they’re probably not thinking, “I want to find a book that doesn’t change me through reading it.” ...READ»
This week I was interviewed for a press release that is going out about our agency and while I was being interviewed I thought of the fundamental difference between successful use of a new media PR strategy using social media and ...READ»
Chances are, you—or certainly your kids—have a Facebook profile. Perhaps you’re one of millions of Twitter users, following or being followed by others on this fast-growing micro-blogging site. Once the provenance of college ...READ»
Could it be accountability? One of the pitfalls of the typical creative process is that it’s a mostly solitary endeavor. You set your own goals and deadlines and are accountable to yourself alone if you miss them. Awesome, right? I ...READ»
The East Coast Greenway, a 3,000-mile, uninterrupted bicycle path that runs from Maine to Florida, is a dream in progress for former executive director of the East Coast Greenway Alliance Karen Votava and her successor, Dennis ...READ»
