I discovered this powerful screen capture software more than a decade ago when a client recommended it. I’ve been a raving fan ever since. At the time, Snagit was fairly basic. It let me take screenshots quickly and easily, and then do simple editing such as cropping, cutting or blurring sensitive information, and adding notes. [...]
Most businesspeople are aware of the benefits of joining a local chamber of commerce: Network with other members Develop resources in the community Gain exposure for your business Find new customers Educational opportunities Political and legislative action And the list goes on. Many areas have an abundance of chambers, including community, city, regional, state, and [...]
Can You Really Blog a Book? The often-heard advice goes like this: Start blogging and after you’ve written a sufficient number of blog posts, combine them into a book. Sounds easy, doesn’t it? It’s not. Full disclosure: I’ve suggested this approach to people who want to write a book without hiring a ghostwriter but find [...]
If you know it’s going to be a busy day, get your nap out of the way first I love naps. I used to have a sign above my computer monitor that said, “If you know it’s going to be a busy day, get your nap out of the way first.” When I was little, [...]
I was in my early 30s when I became a Christian. Prior to that, I didn’t actively reject the faith, I just didn’t get it. And my life was fine, thank you. But once I accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior and began a spiritual journey that has taken me to places more amazing, more [...]
I’m writing this in the summer of 2020—the summer of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer of demonstrations and riots, the summer of skyrocketing murder rates and crime in America’s major cities. It’s a crazy time. Are things going to get better? Get worse? We don’t know—and because we don’t know, it’s easy to be [...]
The Infographic Guide to Grammar: A Visual Reference for Everything You Need to Know Jara Kern Adams Media I’m a grammar lover—a grammarista, if you will. I believe words matter. Using and punctuating them correctly is important. The problem with the English language is that it has so many grammar rules, exceptions, twists, and turns [...]
Imagine a platform with more than 120 million readers and no ads where you can publish whatever you want and get paid for it. It's not a fantasy–it's Medium. I was first introduced to this platform in 2019 by someone who asked me to write an exposé about a sleazy seminar company and publish [...]
Sciatica refers to pain that radiates along the path of the sciatic nerve, which branches from your lower back through your hips and buttocks and down each leg. Typically, sciatica affects only one side of your body. (Source: Mayo Clinic) Though this is a departure from what we usually post on our website, I decided [...]
What happens when your child’s school receives a bomb threat? Of course, the children are probably evacuated. But where do they go? When I was growing up, we had fire drills. Alarm bells would clang, and we would be led by our teachers to a designated place away from the building where we would stand [...]
