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100 Things that Delighted Me in 2021

100 Things that Delighted Me in 2021

Austin Kleon’s list of 100 things that made his year in 2020. And in 2021.New painting for the living room Bilongo I. Art is becoming a small obsession for me. My very own book project. Here is the seed of the idea. I’m planning to play with the big ideas in blog...

2021: A Year in Books

2021: A Year in Books

Since I started my business, I’ve done a variety of posts to mark the end of one year and the beginning of the next. I’ve created some fun infographics with meaningful stats, talked about my word of the year, among other rituals. To mark the end of the beast of a year...

Breathe New Life Into Your Business by Nailing Your Content Marketing

Breathe New Life Into Your Business by Nailing Your Content Marketing

Does this sound familiar? You know your audience is on LinkedIn or Instagram, but you can’t seem to gain any traction. You may be posting a few times every week, but you feel like you’re shouting your brilliant content into the wilderness.  Or maybe the “tossing...

What Does it Mean to Be an Expert?

What Does it Mean to Be an Expert?

I’ve been working with experts on their books and content marketing, interviewing experts, and making a study of expertise for at least a few years now. So what have I learned? Few experts I’ve encountered wholeheartedly embrace the “expert” label or naturally...

Should We Keep Ghostwriting in the Closet?

Should We Keep Ghostwriting in the Closet?

One of the Bible stories that had a big impact on me as a kid was Matthew 6:6 (yes, I had to look it up. I was raised Catholic, so I hardly ever read the Bible myself. But I remember hearing this passage being read at church often). What stuck with me from the passage...

How Do You Prepare Your Internal Writing Environment?

How Do You Prepare Your Internal Writing Environment?

New writers like to ask successful and prolific writers the secret to writing. And authors really love talking about their ideal writing environments. They talk about how necessary it is to have the comfy chair, the desk free of clutter, the music or the white noise...

What in the Actual #%!& is Happening with LinkedIn?

What in the Actual #%!& is Happening with LinkedIn?

If you’re a regular user of LinkedIn, you’ve probably noticed that your posts aren’t getting the same level of engagement they were getting six months ago. You’re not alone and it’s not just LinkedIn.  It seems like I can’t have a conversation about social media...