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10 Quick and Easy Content Ideas

March 28, 2012

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Even the most creative among us get writer’s block sometimes. Effective marketing is all about creating valuable and interesting content. Here are some quick ideas to jump start your content marketing. 1. First and foremost, mix things up! If you usually write something, do a video instead. If the thought of filming a video leaves […]

5 Tips How to Make Your Website Successful

March 1, 2012

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As you probably know, fitness and outdoor activites are my passion. I was very excited to find a website called Sparkpeople.com. Sparkpeople has all the elements of a successful website and community. I would now be able to easily track my exercise and nutrition.   My 5 tips on making your website successful: 1. Create […]

Lessons learned from playing Sudoku

February 2, 2012

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Playing Sudoku is one of my favorite ways to relax. For those of you unfamiliar with Sudoku, it’s: A puzzle in which players insert the numbers one to nine into a grid consisting of nine squares subdivided into a further nine smaller squares in such a way that every number appears once in each horizontal […]

3 Fatal Social Media Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

January 19, 2012

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  We’re all into social media now – even the baby boomers like myself. I must be getting crankier in my old age because social media is really starting to annoy me. Or should I say certain actions in social media are very annoying. My top 3 annoyances in social media: 1. Asking your network […]

My 2011 Blog year in review

January 12, 2012

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The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 4,700 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 4 trips to carry that many people. The most used […]

Coming full circle

December 21, 2011

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This is the time of year when I pause and give thanks for all my blessings. I’m grateful for my family and friends and for my good health. I try to give back all year long. I do it because it feels good and not because I expect anything in return. But, good things are […]

Beware of guest bloggers

December 8, 2011

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Having a guest blogger for your blog can be a wonderful thing. You get new ideas, new perspective and even a new audience. However, there is a scam going on in the blogospshere that you should know about. These supposed guest bloggers are nothing more than scam artists who want to use your blog to […]

How Lady Gaga helped me to be more creative

August 4, 2011

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I don’t really know much about Lady Gaga since my tastes run more to Bach, Mozart, and Vivaldi.  As I sat down to write this week’s blog post, I was thinking.  Okay, I was procrastinating and perusing fitness websites.  My mind started to wander, as it often does, and I started looking for 10 minute […]

Three new things I learned at Wordcamp Boston 2011

July 27, 2011

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WordCamp Boston 2011 was held this past weekend at Boston University. It was a blast! I learned so much and I can’t wait to put into practice what I’ve learned. The three biggest things I learned from WordCamp Boston are listed below. 1. It is possible to get inexpensive and GOOD web hosting. BlueHost, HostGator, […]

My favorite summer things

July 21, 2011

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I’ll admit this has nothing to do with technology or marketing. It is related to my life, so it still fits in with my blog strategy. Plus, it fulfills my committment for doing a weekly blog post. 🙂 This is a light-hearted look at my favorite summer things. 1. Chipmunks. I adore these cute little […]