A few weeks back I signed up as a "source" on Help A Report Out (HARO) and since then I've been getting emails that are really quite fascinating... The whole idea behind HARO is that there are journalists out there looking for anything from an expert physicist to your average Joe. ...

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Okay, kinda open for business. As I've mentioned before...I get a lot of business ideas. Some good, some great...some that are better off staying in the recesses of my brain. But the whole work-at-home thing is very near and dear to my heart. I did it when my son was a ...

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Yay! 72HourBrainstorm is now live! Because I am a business and marketing junkie and talk about it during "normal" everyday conversation with family and friends, it hit me upside the head that we were always coming up with cool ideas. Tag lines, business names, you name it. Over the next couple of ...

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In the spirit of the whole networking thing, I've joined a few sites in order to rub cyber elbows with fellow entrepreneurs, writers, business owners...you name it! Want to join me? Send me an invite or add me as a friend...I promise I won't bite! Here are the links were you can ...

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I've been thinking about deadlines a lot. As a writer, I typically have a lot of deadlines. And I always meet them. I've never disappointed a client (or myself) by being late. In fact, I'm pretty conservative with my turnaround time because I want to make sure I have a ...

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I don't know about you but there are times when I think the idea factory is all dried up. Creativity has flown the coop. The imagination is on a train ride to nowheresville. And then something cool hits you square in the face and it's like: Hell yeah!! Bring it, baby! I've ...

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Did you know July is National Anti-Boredom Month? Uh, yeah...I just stumbled across that shocking and most exciting bit of news myself. I haven't been bored for quite some time. I have too much on my plate to have a moment to get bored! But I've noticed my 4 year old just picked ...

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Every so often, you hear about a wacky marketing ploy in the news. The latest? A woman selling her house and her heart. Some people will think she's insane, others - genius. I don't know if she's either, but she sounds like a woman with imagination. Of course, my imagination just runs ...

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One of my favorite freelance sites, FreelanceSwitch, has an interesting article. It discusses the pros and cons of being a generalist versus a specialist in regards to your freelance business. I've been thinking about this very subject a lot lately. Over the years, I've written on a variety of subjects and ...

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My mom had an ant problem this week. She was headed out to the store to pick up some ant spray and I told her about some sort of bait gel that ants will track through and take back to the colony to kill off all the other ants. As ...

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