This column first appeared on RimoftheWorld.net on December 6, 2009 and in the Business Press on December 16, 2009. Just before Christmas when I was seven years old, my father walked with me to a small curiosity shop/drug store in our town called Rotolo’s. I was eager...
This column first appeared in RimoftheWorld.net on Nov. 29, 2009 I’m not sure how I sliced off a chunk of skin from my left index finger while we were at the drug store the other day. But I couldn’t get the thing to stop bleeding. While I was digging in my purse for...
This column first appeared on RimoftheWorld.net on November 16, 2009 and in the Business Press on November 30, 2009. I was on my way to meet with prospective clients when I found myself on the crest of a mountain, at the top of a trail reserved for dirt bikes, ATVs...
by Kathy Bowling This column first appeared on RimoftheWorld.net on October 12, 2009. Our house is such a cluttered mess, walking from the living room to the kitchen is like navigating landmines on the Mekong Delta. Between the dog toys, shoes, old homework papers and...
The Top 10 Steps to Use LinkedIn for Business This column first appeared on RIMOFTHEWORLD.net on 10-05-09 I’m often on the Internet for work. Really…it’s for work. So it isn’t my fault that I was so engrossed in posting to social media accounts last week that I failed...
This column first appeared on RIMOFTHEWORLD.net on 9-28-09 Every September 24 since I could talk, I’ve told anyone within earshot that it was my birthday…family, friends, the Culligan Man. Typically, the polite, sometimes somewhat perplexed response was, “Well,...
This column first appeared on 9-21-09 at RIMOFTHEWORLD.net When it comes to games of chance, I’ve never been particularly lucky. In fact, I can probably count the number of times I’ve won contests on one hand. So it isn’t difficult recalling the win that meant the...
This column originally appeared on RIMOFTHEWORLD.net on Sunday, September 13, 2009 Whenever I'm tempted to drone on in blogs and columns, I remember a particularly disturbing episode of the Twilight Zone called The Living Doll. In it, a talking doll named Tina has it...
This column first appeared on RimoftheWorld.net on 9-07-09 at 4:13 p.m. By Kathy Bowling I grew up in the 70s. So, in my children’s eyes, that makes me roughly the age of dirt. Considering how much change I’ve witnessed in the field of technology over the past 30...
This column first appeared on RimoftheWorld.net on August 31, 2009 My first experience as an entrepreneur dates back to 1974, when my best friend, Lori, and I opened a lemonade stand. Typical, I know. But our approach was not. You see; we lived on a pretty quiet...
Micro-blogging So as I grow more comfortable with blogging and micro-blogging, I've ventured out lately to post comments on platforms like LinkedIn and Twitter. Today's LinkedIn E-Marketing Group discussion interested me because the first post was written by a guy who...
Since the nature of a blog is to point to valuable content threads, found anywhere on the web, I'd like to provide my readers and clients with information about the most common question I recently hear, "What exactly is social media and how can I use it? Should I use...