My husband's best shot of the hawk

Focus your blog post or lose your readers

“I’m trying to frame the hawk,” said my husband pointing our camera at a spot high above the Cape Cod Rail Trail. He didn’t want a teeny-tiny bird image to get lost in a big landscape. His comment made me think about how bloggers need to do something similar. A photo in which a hawk […]

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3 posts that can improve your blogging in 2013

Looking over my 2012 posts about blogging, I see three tips that could change the way you blog in 2013. 1. Stay on the right side of the law! The experts who write about compliance have overlooked a vulnerable spot for bloggers. That’s fair use of other people’s copyrighted words. You can do the right […]

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How to succeed with your New Year’s resolution to blog more

Blogging more frequently is high on my friends’ lists of writing-related New Year’s resolutions. This spurred me to wonder how you can use a great free class, “3 Tiny Habits,” to form new habits that will boost your blogging throughout the year. I am a recent fan of this class offered by BJ Fogg of […]

Get a break now, do the work in 2013

I have a solution if you Face a “use it or lose it” dilemma with your 2011 training budget Wish to boost your 2011 tax deductions for business or educational expenses Would enjoy buying a present now to unwrap in 2012–a present that will jump-start progress on 2012 New Year’s resolutions Sign up now for […]

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Poll: How should advisors use ready-to-use content?

Limited time and budgets mean that some financial advisors buy ready-to-use content for their websites or blogs. Sure, it’s not ideal, but obtaining articles and other content from the providers I’ve listed in “Ready-to-use content for financial advisors” may be right for you. If the provider allows it, you can get more mileage out of […]