by Cara McDonald | Dec 11, 2014 | Content
Yeah that’s me. I’m an official NaNoWriMo Winner. What is NaNoWriMo you ask? It’s short for National Novel Writing Month—since that’s a big mouthful, it gets shortened to NaNoWriMo. It’s a worldwide challenge to write a novel in one month. In other words, crank out...
by Cara McDonald | Nov 13, 2014 | Content
I honestly get shivers when I hear the term “viral.” If I had a dollar for every time an executive has asked me to create a “viral” something, well, I could probably buy myself something quite pretty. Trying to create something that goes viral is like trying to...
by Cara McDonald | Nov 3, 2014 | Content
The Seahawks logged another victory over the Oakland Raiders yesterday to clinch second place in their division. While the team has stumbled a bit more than expected in the early part of the season, coach, Pete Carroll’s philosophy seems to resonate with the team....
by Cara McDonald | Oct 16, 2014 | Content
Good writing is good writing, right? Yes and no. Readers’ expectations for a blog are far different than for a trade journal or newspaper. Blogging started as a form of an online journal so the style has always been more personal and casual. Readers expect that...
by Cara McDonald | Oct 13, 2014 | Content
I recently re-read Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson. I read it when it first came out about 15 years ago. If you haven’t read it recently, you should read it again. And if you have’t read it before, pick it up, you can read the whole thing in less than 20...
by Cara McDonald | Oct 9, 2014 | Content
Social media tools are constantly changing and updating. It’s so easy to get overwhelmed! Not to fear though, I’ve pulled together the most important and coolest updates from the past six months so you don’t have to. Twitter New profile pages: Includes a larger...