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The Power of Community
I’m a Chicago Bears fan. A proud Chicago Bears fan. Bears fan around the world today are one big community. We are thinking, breathing and praying all together. This is our Super Bowl today. Win – and we’ll celebrate. High fives, beers, I told you so’s, tweets, facebook comments — you’ll see us all over…
Read MoreA cottage to visit when you need a break
I have a spot I go to and find peace and quiet. I can be anywhere in the world and access this spot. It’s a cottage. The owner is very content there. She shares lots of pics and great information. I visited today and got a chance to win a very cool sign for my…
Read MoreSmall Town Marketing Primer
Well I’ve done it. I wrote my first ebook. Small Town Marketing Primer It’s free and I encourage you to share it. Please come back and comment – would love to hear your thoughts. The chapters are Social Media, Day to Day, Business Sense, Take Action, Time Off, Melaleuca and Me, and Administrative. There’s plenty…
Read MoreGoogle Reader
There’s millions of blogs and I can’t read everyone. I can however subscribe via RSS feed and put some of my favorites in my Google Reader. Here’s a few posts I’ve read this morning. For the traveler … if you don’t want to travel after this, you’re not a traveler. I want to go out…
Read More6 Things: Gift for the Geek
Image by Mubina H via Flickr I have a folder in my email called “Business Tips”. When I get a email, usually from a list serve or someone I subscribe to, that I like and think I could use it later, I put it in this folder. My gift to you this year, is to…
Read MoreA look into my soul
I like peanut butter, chunky natural, on toast, crackers or wheat bread. Cottage cheese is not only good for you, it tastes wonderful! I love the way lilacs smell in the spring – it’s the promise of summer. I think I’d die if I couldn’t travel. I know I’d die if I couldn’t write. Greece…
Read MoreAdvice for a Business
Make your website really a blog. That looks like a website. Update often. Give back. Create affordable, easy websites. I have always thought the ‘big guys’ are charging way too much. And doing those static kind of things. You know, putting up information and expecting people to come see it. But there’s no reason for…
Read MoreHow toMake Your Life a Drama-Free Zone
Every so often Christine Kane writes something that speaks directly to me. Thank God she agrees to let me put it on my blog! I’m on a roller coaster ride in my personal life, and it’s pretty easy to be a drama queen. Here’s some great advice on how to take the crown off. One…
Read MoreRandomness
Women’s World says “use 12 point Verdana as your font. A Microsoft engineer designed Verdana to be easy on the eyes for computer screens!” www.ecofreek.com type in what you want and the site looks at over 45 different websites – Craigslist, Facebook, Freecyle are just a few – you take it from there! The power…
Read MoreDid It Work?
A couple of days ago I asked for your help. We were raising money to renovate and repair our local Band Shell. I asked that you give a $1 via a PayPal link and mention my company Debworks in the comments. It made it much easier to track and the organizers knew to forward that…
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