Year: 2008


7 Habits of Highly Effective Bloggers, Redux

My previous post was all about what not to do if you’re new to blogging. But what good is that advice if I don’t offer you something that accentuates good blogging habits? In all the hours I spent reading other people’s blogs (and not writing on mine), I’ve noticed that all successful bloggers pretty much […]

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7 Bad Habits New Bloggers Must Avoid

I have to be very honest: maintaining a professional blog is challenging. It’s been over six weeks since I switched wordful.com from a mini-consulting site to a blog. At that time I told myself that I must write on it everyday. The kick-off started off relatively well until I fell into some bad writing habits. […]

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Vote!

Alas, the mounting pressure of the American election concludes today. Now we can get back to work! I voted, did you?

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The Significance of Personal Publishing

The ability to self publish on the internet, where nobody controls anybody, may very well be one of the greatest milestones of the early 21st century. Anybody with access to a computer and the web can exert their full intellectual and emotional facilities to whomever chooses to listen. I must say this has got to […]

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Why Following Your Passion is a Must

Today I spent a three very agonizing hours in front of a blank screen trying to write sales copy for a website. I would start a sentence, read it three times, delete it and start over again. This went on for quite some time and I ended wasting my morning. Talk about counterproductive. This incident […]

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