Lately, I’ve been feeling like a lot of all the customs involved with “getting married” in America are nothing short of a big, pointless, hassle, consumerism at its most effective, emotionally-clad best. Internationally or unintentionally set in the way of […]

In order to effectively build a relationship with a reader, you have to do more than just build great content that Google loves. It’s important build relationships with readers through conversation. Think about your friends in real life. One of […]

In developing a relationship-building strategy for your blog, it’s important to have a strategic linking plan, to comment constructively, and last but not least, to make the effort to connect on a personal level with your readers. Navigating the stages […]

Creativity, connection, inspiration. As a blogger, these are some of the most valuable commodities, regardless of your topic or niche. So it’s nice when they surface in the most unexpected of places. Lately, I’ve been finding myself in hyper-go-mode. And […]

If you’re going to blog, here’s one piece of advice you should follow: write great stuff. There are a zillion blogging tips out there, but this is the most important one. For a lot of reasons: It makes your ideas […]

1. I was homeschooled until high school, grew up in a small town, and used to pretend my bike was a motorcycle speeding down the dirt road when my sister and brother and I would play the game where we […]

This post was originally published a few days ago at Conversation Agent as a part of a guest series around the Institute for the Future‘s map of the future, and it generated quite an interesting conversation. Enjoy, and feel free […]