Review: Building Your Own Social Network

If you have an association, cause or even business, consider building your own social networking site from scratch. The best part about this is you don’t have to be a programmer. There are a number of sites on the Internet that enable you to create your own social networking site....

Contests On Facebook…

Contests are a great way to engage your community and get them excited about your product or service. During the last two years, there have been interesting contests on Facebook that are worth mentioning: Mazda had a contest about two years ago.  They requested that their fans design a car...

On Waiting…

I feel like most of us spend our lives waiting.  We're either waiting in a doctors office, waiting on line, waiting for business appointment or just waiting for the hair cutter to take us. I don't really understand why most people don't organize their time.  If you make an appointment...

On Getting Lost…

  I'm in Bermuda on vacation and decided to take a run/walk on one of the trails that the hotel provides.  I go up to the front desk and ask which trail I should take. "Oh, take the 4 mile railroad trail," the woman at the desk said, "it's the...

On Making The Music…

I've been working out now with a trainer for a year.  When I signed up for the gym last August, I was 25 heavier than I am now. Within four months of exercising and just watching what I ate, I lost the weight. Now a year later, I'm still at...

On Tee Shirts…

Tee shirts are great advertisements.  Everyone reads what is on your shirt, no matter if it's a small Nike icon or a full blown photo and statement. At the gym today I wore a tee shirt that I bought when I went rafting down the Colorado river.  It reads: "Women...

Social Networking Site Review: Togetherville

When my daughter was in fifth grade, she was the victim of cyber bullying. I later found out that she wasn’t alone. This cyber bullying was all done on Facebook, a site that has no parental controls and anyone can “friend” anyone. The major thing I didn’t like was that...

Want a 40 Hour Work Year?

I went to an entrepreneurial seminar the other day on how to become a passive investor in your own business. Scott Fritz was the guest speaker. At the end of the presentation, he handed everyone his book, “The 40 Hour Work Year.”