Personal Finance, Writing, and Blogging
Posted in Advertising, Creativity on Dec 28th, 2007
Here are a couple articles that bring up an interesting way of generating ideas.
They both come down to the same thing: for every idea you’re ultimately trying to come up with, create a list that is 100 concepts long.
So you want to create a hip Netflix ad? Come up with 100 and then go back [...]
Posted in Creativity on Dec 27th, 2007
Anyone out there tried this? I was reading one of those “10 ways to add to you alternative income” type articles and it reminded me of this option. I sometimes use Istockphoto at work and so I though I would take a look at what it takes to be a photographer for them, supplying them [...]
Posted in Advertising, Copywriting, Creativity, Tips, Writing on Dec 18th, 2007
“If you want to be a good writer you have to do two things—read a lot and write a lot.”
—Stephen King, On Writing
That’s great advice from one of the most successful writers of our time. The idea is that, the more stuff you read [...]
Posted in Advertising, Copywriting, Creativity, Tips on Dec 14th, 2007
- “When working on an assignment, try to expose the deepest, most surprising, human truths associated with that product.”
- The Brain Dump: “Start each day by filling three pages with whatever words come to mind. The intent is to get rid of all the mental garbage that builds up and interferes with the creative process.” [...]
Posted in Advertising, Budgeting, Creativity, Outside the box on Dec 13th, 2007
It’s fairly easy to stay within your budget after you’ve figured out where your money goes, how much you have to spend, and where you can cut back. Getting into a routine makes it simple: I’ll do this on Monday, that on Tuesday, and this for the rest of the days, spending X amount on [...]
Posted in Advertising, Creativity, Tips on Dec 13th, 2007
I am a huge fan of Billy Beane (author of Moneyball) and lately of Kevin Towers. I’m a guy that roots for the underdog and so I admire the strategy these two men use to get ahead in their industry with the limited resources (comparatively) they each have to work with. Their strategy is to [...]
Posted in Creativity, Writing on Dec 5th, 2007
I have really gotten into the whole blogger community when it comes to the personal finance and advertising portions of this site. But I’ve really struggled to find (or to look hard enough) other places (blogs) to really link to and interact when it comes to literary writing.
Part of this may be the perception (which [...]
Posted in Advertising, Copywriting, Creativity, Jobs on Dec 3rd, 2007
It is my pleasure to present this guest post from Toad over at The Toad Stool, a great advertising site. He has been kind enough in the past to give me some feedback on some of my ads on Ad Friday(s). He’s been kind enough (again) to share his expertise with those of us trying [...]
Posted in Blogging, Creativity, Motivation on Nov 30th, 2007
One pleasant part of blogging has been getting comments on the things I’ve written. But the comments I really enjoy are the ones on the Ads I’ve done.
This one in particular got me thinking about how much better my ads can be if I heed the advice of those who are more experienced than I [...]
Posted in Creativity, Jobs on Nov 21st, 2007
Here is a good article on the importance of humor in the workplace.
One of the benefits the author cites is that it fosters creativity by getting people to, if even for a bit, snap out of the trance of work and think about things differently. Laughing can help release stress too.
Another interesting point is about [...]
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