We tell stories to process a devastating event. So we can feel what people inside the event must have felt. To hold tight to a little piece of what makes us connected as humans. We tell stories so we never forget. Sometimes we tell stories in what feels like a vacuum. With a blog, we…
Wonder what the most talked about posts on the CatsEyeWriter blog were in 2010? Here they are, with a few of blogger Judy Dunn’s personal favorites thrown in.
Cat’s Eye Writer Blog has a new house. On the WordPress platform, with a powerful Headway theme, the new CatsEyeWriter Blog brings many new benefits to readers.
Did you know that your about page is one of the most viewed pages on your blog or website? Your about page is the first place your reader will go if she is intrigued by your blog post or the content on your website’s home page. Because you have made her curious. And now…
Amy lives in Oceanside, New York. Bella, in Renton, Washington. 3,000 miles and two oceans apart. Amy doesn’t know that her father became Bella’s hero for a brief shining time. The connecting threads of 9-11 Amy Gardner is a high school senior today. So is Bella. They were both just 9 when two bombs disguised as planes crashed…
Our days, our minutes, our seconds on this earth are finite. And none of us know how much time we have. End of summer always makes me reflective. Maybe it’s because I was a teacher for 17 years. If there was going to be change, it was going to happen in the golden days of…
How can your blog work hard for you if it doesn’t feel loved? It isn’t that your blog is lazy. Or that it doesn’t want to be liked more. Read more. It’s just that, well, it’s feeling a little underappreciated. What it really wants is more attention from you. More love. A little help…
What hundreds of bloggers have learned about creating phenomenal content Bob and I have worked with hundreds of bloggers in our Savvy Blogging: Getting Started and Savvy Blogging: Beyond the Basics workshops. One of the things people are most puzzled about is how to create content that inspires. Posts that inform, engage and, yes, even…
Guide to Showing Up Online You can get more customers with social media and emarketing—and still have a life. Are you tired of the hype about social media? Thinking there is a lot of soft, fuzzy woo-woo-ness and not enough promise of a return on your time? Wondering if launching an e-newsletter is really worth…
Help, I need somebody, Help, not just anybody, Help, you know I need someone, help. John Lennon wrote those lyrics in 1965. He had a way of striking right at the heart. Of being honest. He wasn’t afraid of sounding like a “little girl.” When he needed help, he just asked for it. He once…
I was finishing the rough draft of this post when something on Twitter caught my eye. My friend Jay Ehret, wise counsel to entrepreneurs and owner of The Marketing Spot consulting firm, asked the question, “What should you do about discount pricing?” Jay’s post was full of insights from his Twitter friends and fellow marketers: a great diversity of…
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover. Breakup tips courtesy of Paul Simon. 100 Blog Topics I Hope YOU Write. Blogging advice from Chris Brogan. Some time ago, Chris Brogan was sitting on a plane on his way home from San Francisco. As a social media thought leader, Chris is always being asked how he thinks of things…
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