Personal Finance, Writing, and Blogging
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, Books, Copywriting, Tips on Dec 17th, 2007
I recently finished re-reading this incredibly useful and helpful book and so I decided to highlight some more good quotes and tips that I found especially enlightening:
Distance yourself: I’ve mentioned this one before but the more I sit down to write the more I find it to be true. It also helps to work on [...]
Or: How I boosted my monthly savings from $150 to $200
You hear a lot of personal-finance sites telling you to revisit your monthly bills regularly to make sure that you’ve minimized each one so you aren’t paying for something you aren’t using. I always kind of glossed over that advice, like many other people, [...]
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, 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 Tips on Nov 26th, 2007
I’ve written before on different options for getting 411 info without paying the charges for it.
On that post I talked about Google’s 411 services and another called 1-800-FREE-411.
I hadn’t tried Google at that point and the other one I recommended even though you have to listen to ads and it isn’t very exact.
I reverse my [...]
Sometimes I wish I had an Iphone, like when I’m walking around looking for a breakfast place and can’t quite find it.
But wait, there’s 411 right?
Sure, but my telephone company charges me $1.50 per call plus airtime. So I don’t like to use it.
But I recently came across this article that can get you around [...]
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