Over the years as a freelance writer and SEO service provider I have run into numerous clients who have had their websites held hostage for one reason or another. Some of the time the problem is relatively easy to resolve, other times it can become a full blown hostage crises. It all starts with NOT […]
Everything You Need To Know About COLD TURKEY
Everything you need to know about cold turkey. The idiom, the writer’s app, the song, the movie. What does Cold Turkey mean? “Cold turkey” is a term describing the actions of a person who gives up his habit or addiction at a single moment, rather than through gradually easing the process through tapering off […]
Happier Than A Pig In Shit
Personally, I prefer a shower … Happier than a pig in shit Happy as a pig in shit Happy as a pig in mud A few days ago I was having dinner with a few friends. We were discussing some of our ongoing projects and how they were proceeding. When updating us on a […]
Does “Gird Your Loins” Mean What You THINK It Means?
When I was ten my mother had to sign documents at the library allowing me to check out adult books. I read voraciously … still do. I started reading romances when I was eleven. I used to babysit for a lawyer a few houses down. He had the entire collection of Ian Flemming’s 007 series. […]
How To Do It FAST: Create And Resize Images For Your Blog Posts
Image Posting Productivity In one of my articles I talked about how I am getting traffic to my blog sites by creating links from an article on Medium, to the same article on my blog site. The process is to create the article on my blog FIRST and then replicate the article on Medium. At […]
How To Get More Traffic To Your Blog With Medium
My traffic from Medium has now reached “significant.” When I first joined Medium almost a year ago, I was excited … not because of the earning power (I had NO idea) but because I saw an opportunity of sending traffic to my blog sites. It was THAT potential that got me started. I have […]
Is YOUR Blog A Minefield That Chases Away Potential Customers?
Would I actually stick around, if this wasn’t my website? You spend huge amounts of time, effort and money getting people TO your website … are making sure they never come back? The other day, I was doing something I had promised myself NOT to do. Internet Surfing! Akkkkk I followed a few links and […]
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You Never Know When You Will Meet Your Next Client
Maybe it will be the gal standing next to you at the car wash, or a friend of your Auntie! I am a firm believer in synchronicity and in the idea that the universe (or whatever God you happen to subscribe to) is constantly giving me helpful nudges … and all I have to do […]
He Changed My Entire Life With ONE Sentence!
That’s all it took to know what I wanted and needed to do for the rest of my life. His name was Dr. Edward Norbeck ( 1915- 1991) I was in my first year of university and because my Mom had just finished getting her Masters degree I knew a little secret that most university […]