I’ve worked with a lot of writing agencies over the years, but in this Word Agents review, I’m going to tell you more about one of my personal favorites. What Is Word Agents? Word Agents is a content writing agency that focuses on producing web content to your specifications. For most clients, this includes things …
I get a lot of questions about survey companies. People want to know if they are worth spending their time on and if they’ll get paid. There are some that are better than others and I’ve highlighted some of the best legit paid survey sites here. Updated April 20, 2022: Stop wasting your time with …
My friend Michelle is standing at the cosmetic counter super excited to be dropping $50 on a bottle of foundation – even though she could get something similar for $12 at Walgreens. Why? Because she’s getting a free gift of cosmetic goodies valued at $130. These free gifts with purchases are special events and they …
This column was originally published on Entrepreneur.com on May 3, 2016 Jamming out to Purple Rain on my Sony Walkman and sneaking my older brothers cassettes so he didn’t notice — THAT was a perfect afternoon when I was a kid. I’ll never forget how absolutely fascinating Prince was to me. And he still holds a bit of that childhood fascination even …
Hands in the air, waving my phone and having the time of my life – that’s what it was like when I went to the Rolling Stones 50th Anniversary tour a couple of years ago. And the Stones hadn’t even taken the stage yet. We were still rocking out to the opening act (I don’t …
When I was a kid I would sweep up in my mother’s hair salon. She would work 7AM to 8PM every day, often longer. She had to be there every single second to make sure nothing went wrong. I mostly remember her being tired a lot. So tired that at the end of the day …
“Would you like fries with that?” Back in the late 80s that was the question that Sarah was trained to ask every customer who went through her line at McDonald’s®. The burger that was the initial order had very slim margins. But if she could get people to order french fries which had much bigger …
Samantha and Mark LOVE to get deals. When they shop for clothes they always head to the clearance racks first and when they shop for groceries they usually have a handful of coupons because they love to save money. Samantha and Mark are what we call a frugal couple. Frugality is sometimes a lost art in modern culture. But it is …
I finally had a chance to watch the latest Superman movie, Man of Steel. It’s a great movie, has great effects and a totally bone-cracking scene at the end that I won’t say any more about, because I don’t want to spoil the movie for you. Superman is a great guy – good sense of …
The spring of 2012 marked the birth, or should I say “rebirth” of the native advertising debate. You see, a lot is riding on the way online advertising will be executed in the coming years. Billions of dollars, oodles of brownie points for the marketing intelligentsia, and unlimited prestige for those who make the right …