Monthly Archives: October 2008

Want Some Free Articles?

Yes, yes...the title is a bit of a tease. Because I don't work for free. I can't afford to work for free. I've got two crazy puppies to feed (not to mention an adult dog and an adult hubby). [caption id="attachment_156" align="alignleft" ...

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Would you Let your Child Wear a Presidential Candidate’s Pin?

I was walking through IKEA today. Not a common occurrence. Honestly, I think most of the furniture is cheap. Not cheaply priced, mind you. Cheap as in college dorm, throw-away furniture. Except some of it actually comes with a hefty price-tag. But they do have a few knick-knacks that are nifty and relatively inexpensive. So ...

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Have you checked your credit card bills lately?

One of my favorite clients is Patrick Ritchie. I edited his book The Credit Road Map and we're working on his second book - The Credit Road Map for the Self Employed and let me tell you...Patrick's got it chock full o' good stuff. Patrick has taught me plenty on credit and editing his first ...

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Make Your Perfectionism Work For Your Business

While I wrote about the curse of perfectionism, which at times is just a euphemistic word for controlling, A-type, anal-retentive behavior...I will admit there areĀ benefits to being affilicted with such a characteristic. Yes, I have clients who desire perfection. And while they understand that perfection isn't attainable, they still keep plugging away, unable to help ...

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The Curse of Perfectionism

I think my son is pretty darn near perfect. If perfect means being utterly kissable when you first wake up in the morning and have dragon breath. And you wake up grumpy after a nap and whine about every single little thing. And you cry when the puppy scratches you even though you were the one ...

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I am surrounded by lazy people…

Listen up, people! I've had it up to here (hand motioning at neck, in a "chop off your head" sort of way) with lazy freakin' people. My issue of the day? Shopping carts. And the fools that can't seem to grasp the concept...wait, this is a really difficult concept to grasp, so brace yourself...the concept that you are ...

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Whipping up a little controversy with The WAHM Agent

So...some of the best press releases whip up a bit of controversy as opposed to just blatantly promoting a new product or service (or some other "average" reason for a press release in the first place). So when I was writing up ...

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Twitter Link Love

There's a first time for everything, right? And this will be my first post with links to various posts out there that I've come across this week...all via Twitter, my new online addiction. First up - a great post at Marketing FitĀ on the fastest way to lose your followers on Twitter. As a newcomer to ...

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Donate and get goodies in return!

It feels good to donate to a good cause. But it feels even better to donate and get a little somethin-somethin' in return. And Dan Reinhold has got that covered! Dan is the father of a child with autism. And he's raising money for the Greater Boston, MA Walk for Autism Research. When you donate $25 ...

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My 4 year old claims zombies exist…and I believe him

Last night, before heading off to bed, my son told me about a dream he had. He was at church with me and my parents and outside were zombies. Now, I don't know if this were some deeper semblance of his feelings about church (sometimes he wants to go and sometimes he doesn't), or what. But ...

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