Home staging may be one of those secret weapons that real estate agents and few home owners use to sell their homes but the word is out! You can use the same secret weapon to sell your home faster and enjoy the reward of your sale even quicker.
When buyers look at a home, they see [...]
What is the best way to recruit online authors to write for your marketing online newsletter? Well some believe it takes a little bit of psychological hocus pocus to get them on board. For instance they will tell you how they can make you a charter member of their writing team and how you too [...]
Colloquial qualifiers should never be used in writing for emphasis. Strong wordsnouns and adjectivesare available. Using qualifiers such as very, real, rather, and little in phrases such as “very good,” “real cold,” “rather clean,” and “little early,” or similar phrases indicate laziness on the part of the writer to choose a stronger noun, a stronger [...]
Some people know exactly what to look for at the bookstore – others spend hours without finding what they have in mind…
Did you ever mistake the body lotion tube for the toothpaste a sleepy morning? No? Good, it’s not the best way to start the day.
This might be an awkward approach if you’re aiming at [...]
We spend an inordinate amount of time and effort preparing for a scheduled speech and/or meeting, but we often don’t consider the importance of daily relationship building through presentations. In this article, I discuss the many ways we can add pizzazz to our everyday interactions with others.
I feel strongly that if we want to be [...]
“Anything that can go wrong, will”- Murphy’s Law
Public speaking may still be the number one fear but it’s not just speaking that scares people. Many speakers are afraid of what can go wrong-once they’re already on the platform. Sooner or later you’ll come face-to-face with Murphy. So your best offense is a good defense.
Anticipate Problems-Step [...]
Juxtaposition is the placing, side by side, of two ideas or items usually for the purpose of comparison or contrast.
I staged an event at Washington National Airport where I had a huge 450-pound man and a very small man (three feet eleven inches) dressed as chauffeurs. They were waiting at the gate for a man [...]
The Hero’s Journey is the template upon which the cast majority of successful screenplays are built upon. Films as diverse as Gladiator (2000), Million Dollar Baby (2004), Raging Bull (1980) and Scarface (1983) were all constructed around the Hero’s Journey Template.
The Hero’s Journey is often seen as a Quest – and as such some analysts [...]
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