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Having to travel for a business meeting is often a huge pain, especially in this day and age when a lot of it can all be done online instead.
Using Your Personal Brand To Beef Up Your Business
If you have been taking the time to build a personal brand, one that is separate from your business, then you can experience a lot of benefits in your own professional life. It can help you network, keep opportunities open, and develop a reputation beyond your own business. However, your personal brand can also greatly help you improve your business. Here, we’re going to look at how to use it to the best effect.
3 Great Ways To Grow Your Law Firm Sustainably
Opening a law firm is often a tricky and time-consuming process, but it’s something you’ll get through relatively easily. What’s often more difficult is trying to grow your law firm. Bringing in more clients, hiring more people to manage caseloads, and multiple other factors all affect this.
Is It Possible to Make Your PDFs SEO-Friendly?
PDF documents serve as valuable resources for sharing information, but their SEO optimization is often overlooked.
Clearer Views, Healthier Hearts: Paving the Way for Better Cardiac Health Post-50
Come along for an empowering adventure towards maintaining a healthy heart even after crossing the half-century mark.
The Simplicity and Complexity of SEO: Unveiling the Essentials
SEO is both simpler and harder than SEO specialists might lead you to believe. Google is more puritanical than you might assume, and they certainly reward hard work and diligence.
4 Ways To Make Your New Food Business Successful
Starting a food business is one of the most common types of new businesses or side hustles in the US.
My Slow Plan for Slow Fitness and Slow Health
I have been working really hard at putting all of the pieces together in a nice sustainable string of sustainable behaviors in order to get back in the saddle and back onto the wagon.
Being Pretty Isn’t Enough For Social Media Marketing
I always tell clients that it is no longer enough to be beautiful when it comes to marketing online. The Internet has become more like an Oscar after-party than it is like the airport Ramada. Online, you’re never the lone beauty in the hotel lounge. Online, you’re surrounded by equal or greater beauties. What’s more, the most successful online social media barflies are aggressive in addition to gorgeous. Too many companies that have invested vast resources in social have Pretty Boy/Girl Syndrome. A symptom of this disease is an expectation that others will go out of their way to pursue you.
I did it! Today! I went from walking to slow jogging everywhere I go!
I technically should be considered an expert on Slow Jogging, the type of bopping along at the rate of someone using a walker, since I launched the Redding subreddit called /r/slowjogging/ and have written endless articles about Prof. Hiroaki Tanaka's slow jogging since Dec 20, 2017—but no! I haven't slow jogged for years. But, today, everything changed!
Creating An Intentional Marketing Campaign: What You Need To Know
Marketers today have more tools and information at their disposal than ever before. But just because that information is readily available, it doesn't mean that everyone knows how to access it, interpret it, or put it to good use.
Is It Better to Make Secondary Pages Non-Indexable or Let Google Decide?
Mastering the art of page indexability can transform your website's SEO. This comprehensive guide takes you through every detail, ensuring you make informed decisions.
Should You Make Secondary Pages Non-Indexable? A Comprehensive Guide
Learn the benefits and drawbacks of making secondary pages non-indexable, and how to decide what's best for your website.
The Importance of Time Management in Modern Business
Time management is a key part of life and business. Without effective use of time, there is no clear communication, downtime, and prioritization for getting to the things that need to be done.
President Biden, Mastermind - SNL (this is what I think is going on, honestly, actually)
President Reagan (Phil Hartman) acts hopeless and clueless in public, but in private he's an evil mastermind who knows every detail about everything happening in his administration. [Season 12, 1986]
ChatGPT: who is Chris Abraham?
Chris Abraham is a digital marketing and public relations professional known for his expertise in online influencer outreach, social media engagement, search engine optimization (SEO), and online reputation management.
Four days into the 2023 Concept2 Fall Team Challenge
Rowing 5,000 meters-a-day with a goal of 10,000-meters-a-day. I am still getting over something akin to RSV or COVID or Flu or Cold or Grippe or something. But I am still proud of my progress.
Reflecting on 9/11: A Personal Narrative 22 Years On
As we mark the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 attacks, it's worth pausing to remember that fateful day and reflect on how it transformed America and the world at large. My own experiences living in Washington, DC during the events provide a small but important window into the shared trauma and subsequent resilience that became defining aspects of the era.
Memories of Zack's from the Mid 2000s
A lot had changes in DC over the last 30 years but I found a great bit of memories from the mid-2000s that I wrote around 2005 when I was going to Zack's Bar to play pool, drink, and hang out with my friends a lot. I also riff on life living in the city of Capitol Hill, Washington, DC.
Being a Young Cadet
More discovered autobiographical writing that I didn't fictionalize at all back in 2005 when I was writing Hill Mole. All about being a JROTC Ranger in Ranger Club at Saint Louis School in Honolulu, Hawaii, where I grew up. This is all true.
I Was Merely a Dupe and a Fool
I wrote this short story on and around May 13, 2005. It's part of a larger, fictional, work called Hill Mole, but this is, rather, true and actual and taken from my own personal, Washington, DC, life experience.
If I Were The Devil by Paul Harvey
I have never heard this before and I am a huge fan of classic radio and voices like Paul Harvey's and I wasn't aware of this. It's either amazingly prescient or this entire moral panic thing is cyclical and happens in almost exactly the same way every single time throughout the history of civilization. Amen.
Trump Mug Shot for Posterity
The mug shot of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States, was taken at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia, on August 24, 2023.
Overcoming Obstacles in My Fitness Journey: One Day at a Time
Getting into shape has been the hardest thing I have ever done—and I have done it a number of times in my life. Unlike most men, losing weight and becoming both strong and healthy has never been motivated by women.
How To Make The Next School Year Easier As A Teacher
For the teachers among us, you have come to the right place. Although you are trained and well-educated to help you create successful lesson plans for the benefit of your children, you might struggle for inspiration as the years go on. Or, you might find it challenging to create new exam papers that are different from last year. Or, you might simply need some help juggling 30 children that pose various challenges and test your patience.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Checklist for Google Search and Bing Search
Here's a checklist to help you optimize a new website for both Google and Bing. Please note that both search engines have a lot of overlap in terms of what they consider important for SEO, but there are some platform-specific tips as well.
Online Community Standards from Howard Rheingold
Back in the 90s, I was a Howard Rheingold Associate and spent many years on ArtsWire, The Meta Network, The Well, and Brainstorms. Here's Howard's 1998 art of hosting good online conversations list of good advice.
Some Amazing Words by Kurt Vonnegut from the Beginning for Palm Sunday
I am listening to the audio book of Palm Sunday by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., and the beginning and introduction is so painfully good that I really want to share it with you! Hi ho.
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