This column first appeared on RIMOFTHEWORLD.net on March 29, 2010 and in the Biz Press on April 17, 2010. Several years ago, we stayed at an international hotel chain in Northern California. When we arrived, we were surprised that there were no pillows in our room. When we called the front desk to ask for…
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Bowling for Business: Take my word for it.
This column first appeared on RIMOFTHEWORLD.net on Monday, March 8, 2010. A stray Labrador Retriever we found sitting quietly in front of the dog pound, Maggie was beautiful, loyal, intelligent and, unfortunately, quite destructive. She met me at the door when I came home from school; sat on top of her doghouse instead of inside…
Bowling for Business: Confessions of a Professional Spinster
This column first appeared on RIMOFTHEWORLD.net on February 28, 2010 While I was growing up, my best friend, Lori, and I used to play in the woods near her home in a small rural suburb of Denver. We would leave her house in the morning and stay out all day, trying to make it back…
Bowling for Business: Invasion of The Pod People
This column first appeared on RIMOFTHEWORLD.net on February 21, 2010 I’ve always been rather horrified at the sound of my own voice on tape. It’s not even close to what I hear when I’m talking. I wish it was raspy and sultry, or even just hoarse like actresses Lauren Bacall, Kathleen Turner or Sophia Bush….
Bowling for Business: SEO—The Bot Stops Here
This column first appeared on RIMOFTHEWORLD.net on February 15, 2010 When our daughters were young, we made sure our home was childproof. We plugged the outlets with plastic covers, latched cabinets and bundled electrical cords. We placed a menacing plastic gate at the top of the stairs which pinched our fingers when we opened it…
Bowling for Business: The Write Stuff
This column first appeared on RIMOFTHEWORLD.net on and in the Biz Press on February 18, 2010. No doubt you’re familiar with the game of telephone, where you whisper something to the first person in a line and then wait to hear how the message gets scrambled on the other end? According to the Guinness Book…
Bowling for Business: Armchair Figure Skater
This column first appeared on RIMOFTHEWORLD.net on February 8, 2010, in the Biz Press on March 4, 2010 and in the Press Enterprise on March 6, 2010. I’ve never been much of an athlete. In fact, in kindergarten, I had such a difficult time climbing the thick, giant rope that dangled from the ceiling in…
Bowling for Business: Don’t Ignore the Voices in Your Head
This column first appeared on RIMOFTHEWORLD.net on January 25, 2010. Social Media—You Know You Need To I made a critical error in judgment last week. Despite reports from the National Weather Service that a nasty storm was on its way, I threw caution to the wind and headed down from Running Springs to Riverside for…
Bowling for Business: The Write Stuff for Website Copy
This column first appeared on RIMOFTHEWORLD.net on January 18, 2010. No doubt you’re familiar with the game of telephone, where you whisper something to the first person in a line and then wait to hear how the message gets scrambled on the other end? According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the current record-holding…
Bowling for Business: Clear the Clutter
This column appeared on RIMOFTHEWORLD.net on January 10, 2010 and in the Business Press on January 20, 2010. Cleaning House with Pay Per Click On the heels of the holiday season, our house looks a bit like a war-torn country. Half-eaten plates of cookies, broken candy canes and stale cinnamon rolls crowd the kitchen counter….
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