Top 5 Things to Consider When Starting a Blog

As you may know, I host a podcast for Thom Rainer twice a week over at his blog, thomrainer.com. We recently had Michael Hyatt as a guest on the pod, and he made a statement that surprised me somewhat. He stated that for a someone jumping into social media for the...

If You Want to Write or Speak, Get This Book

I recently received a copy of Michael Hyatt’s new book Platform. If you’re not familiar with Hyatt, he’s the former president and current chairman of Thomas Nelson Publishers. He has one of the most successful websites on the interwebs at...

Beats That Get the Creative Juices Flowing

My job requires a pretty good bit of reading, writing, editing, and proofing. In the past, I had great difficulty doing any of those with music going. I love music and tend to sing along many times. The problem is that doesn’t really help my reading, writing,...

Tweet This…Not That

From Harvard Business Review: At last count, Twitter had half a billion registered users who together generate some 175 million tweets a day. New accounts are being added at a rate of 11 per second. Just how valuable are these proliferating 140-character messages? To...