by carolyn | Jul 4, 2015 | Blog, Essential Marketing, Resources, Strategic Marketing
You’ve got a problem. You want to reach your target audience, but you want to avoid wasting your time and your money. Good. You don’t want to make my mistakes. Believe me, they are expensive mistakes. I owned a retail store once. It started strong, landing in the top...
by carolyn | Mar 12, 2015 | Blog, Life Hacks, Take 1 Simple Action
http://www.bbc.com/travel/bespoke/story/20150309-50-reasons-to-love-the-world/index.html BBC’s Travel Section has collect a set of 50 amazing photographs and quotes from travelers explaining why they Love the World. It’s a great pick-me up for those days...
by carolyn | Jan 23, 2015 | Blog, Promotional Hacks, Wordpress
The following question recently came in from a former student: Also, do you have anything on aliases on your website? You mentioned that in class, but I did not know I wanted to follow up with you then!! So here’s a quick tutorial on email addresses, aliases,...
by carolyn | Jan 18, 2015 | Blog, Life Hacks, Take 1 Simple Action
Ever find yourself unable to decide what to do? I don’t mean the oh-my-gosh-is-that-guy-having-a-heart-attack situation, but the I-have-so-much-to-do-and-should-really-be-doing-something-right-now-but-I-can’t-decide-what situation. Where you have things...
by carolyn | Jan 17, 2015 | Blog, Life Hacks, Take 1 Simple Action
There’s one action we can take that can produce more intellectual, psychological, health, and career benefits than any other — exercise! WAIT! STOP! Don’t run away. It can be simpler than you think. According to the Mayo Clinic, and other medical sources,...
by carolyn | Jan 17, 2015 | Blog, Wordpress
There are basically two ways to change or modify our WordPress themes: use the built-in theme options or change the actual code, preferably using a Child Theme. But actually before we begin worrying about making changes to our theme, we need to ask the big questions —...
by carolyn | Jan 16, 2015 | Blog, Life Hacks, Take 1 Simple Action
Numerous fields of research from behavioral economics to neurology have shown the advantages of training ourselves to focus on the present moment. But you don’t have to become a Buddhist monk to reap the benefits of what is called “mindfulness.”...
by carolyn | Jan 15, 2015 | Blog, Wordpress
Want to save yourself a lot of headache and potential grief? Test changes first in your “sandbox” before making them on your live website. What’s a website “sandbox?” A “sandbox” is just what I call a second installation of...
by carolyn | Jan 15, 2015 | Blog, Life Hacks, Take 1 Simple Action
After years of delays I was finally in London. In July. During a heat wave. London was packed with tourists, there were heat stroke warning signs everywhere. I saw more than one EMT team wheeling unconscious passengers through a Tube station. Traveling through one of...
by carolyn | Jan 14, 2015 | Blog, Life Hacks, Take 1 Simple Action
Doing something kind for someone else, particularly when there is a positive response, even a simple smile, can combat depression, reduce stress, increase self-confidence, and in general make us a little bit happier. Neurological and behavioral science research shows...