15 Ways Blogging Can Increase Your Productivity

15 Ways Blogging Can Increase Your Productivity

Even though blogging is “one more thing” you have on your to-do list, it can surprisingly be a great way to increase your productivity. Below are some of my favorite ways I’ve found that blogging has increased my productivity. It gives you a creative...
How Nostalgia Can Create Powerful Marketing Campaigns

How Nostalgia Can Create Powerful Marketing Campaigns

I’m a sucker for it, and I know you are too. Anytime someone mentions something from my teen years or childhood (say, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or Clueless), and I am totally enraptured, laughing along to the jokes that come with complete nostalgia for the sweet...
When Bad Ads Happen to Good People

When Bad Ads Happen to Good People

By now, you might have seen my post on SEMRush on why remarketing needs to change, but just ads, as a whole, are getting out of hand. Not only do I have to deal with pop-ups (which some of my clients have; I still don’t agree with) to sign up for new products or...
Stop Linking to Yourself

Stop Linking to Yourself

If you were in a crowded room and trying to prove that clouds are purple,  not white, you would look pretty ridiculous saying,  “But, see!? According to this other speech I gave at last week’s dinner party,  I claimed that clouds were purple there as...
Word Crimes is My New Favorite Video

Word Crimes is My New Favorite Video

The kid in me always appreciates some “Weird Al” Yankovic, every since Amish Paradise. His new album, Mandatory Fun, is out this week and he’s doing a new music video every day. My favorite one so far is Word Crimes, which regulates on people who use...
6 Places to Find Blog Post Ideas

6 Places to Find Blog Post Ideas

Because I write for this blog, The Hustle Life, and my other client obligations, I often find myself running out of blog post ideas. Oftentimes, if I just come up with a good title, then the rest of the post will come to me. So when I’m fighting with a heavy...
5 Reasons Why Digital Rewards Will Disrupt Online Marketing

5 Reasons Why Digital Rewards Will Disrupt Online Marketing

Digital rewards, such as allowing your app or website users to accrue points towards things like gift cards to Target and Starbucks, or even discounts on your own products and services. The options that companies can provide users are seemingly endless; and the fact...
Be a Great Networker: On And Offline

Be a Great Networker: On And Offline

If there is one thing working in the digital realm has taught me, it’s that some people are really good at networking (both on and offline), and some are really terrible at it. While I’m somewhere in between, I stand in amazement at the few number of people that can...