What Can Adults Learn From Kid Ecommerce Entrepreneurs?

When we were kids, Monopoly® money was the closest we ever felt to being rich. There was something about that stack of fake money that could build empires, and tear them down. Ohh, how good it felt to have that kind of buying power – if only for a moment in a board game. Fast […]

How to Turn Webinars into Networking Events and Become an Authority in Your Niche

When we think of webinars, we picture hour-long presentations with mediocre audio and outdated PowerPoint templates. Their promise of teaching us something new keeps us tuned in longer than we’d like, and then we move on, forgetting it ever happened. But today, more than ever, we have the tools to re-imagine the webinar experience and […]

9 Simple Ways to Write Stronger Introductions

There's a lot of material out there about writing great headlines. Hey, getting someone to click on your article is a critical part of your blogging strategy. But what about writing introductions?

Compelling readers to actually read the article is an art form in and of itself -- and if you don't do it well, then you're denying yourself potential promoters, subscribers, leads, and even paying customers.

The Ultimate List of Free Content Creation Tools & Resources

Creating content isn't always a walk in the park. (In fact, it can sometimes feel more like a sprint in a swamp.)

While other parts of business and marketing are becoming increasingly automated, content creation is still a very manual job. Automation hasn't yet replaced what we do (thank goodness).

That being said, there are plenty of tools out there to make creating content much easier.

5 Bad Writing Habits to Drop Right Now

After writing several thousand blog posts and articles, I’ve learned something about writing: It’s not just what I write that’s important; it’s also what I don’t write.

There are some things you should simply not write. I’m not referring to well-placed curse words or salacious stories. There’s a time and place for everything -- except the following five awful writing habits.

22 LinkedIn Hacks That'll Make You More Productive [SlideShare]

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Once considered a social platform solely for networking, LinkedIn has proven itself invaluable for a wide range of other uses: marketing, recruiting, sales prospecting, hiring, and research, among others.

How to Sell When You’re on Vacation: Tips for Putting Your Out-of-Office Reply to Work

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Can you sell when you’re on vacation? Sure you can ... but dragging out your laptop and taking calls from the beach is sure to annoy your family. There’s another way to keep selling when you’re out of the office, and this option doesn’t require any work on your behalf.