National Spelling Bee Week

National Spelling Bee Week

Would you like some “synonym rolls” with your coffee this morning? We love those funny sites that share spelling, emoticon or autocorrect fails (this particular image landed in our inbox from someecards.com). In honor of Scripps National Spelling Bee week,...
Making a case for reading books

Making a case for reading books

Some of our most successful entrepreneurs read eight times more than the average American and attribute success to their love of reading, and we have all heard research that says reading with young children is one of the best ways we can spend time with them. Yet …...
What’s in a name?

What’s in a name?

Earlier this month, the world waited to catch a glimpse of the U.K.’s new royal baby. Once the baby “princess” made her debut on May 2, speculation and even bets ensued on what royal names would be chosen. Two days later, the official name was released, Her Royal...
Happy Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day

For Mother’s Day, we wanted to create a meme that you can share with your mother or friends today or throughout the year. Yes, “mother” is a noun, an adjective and also a verb. But for today, we wanted to focus on the verb — all that mothers do. For...
Hiring practices “going ‘digital’ native”

Hiring practices “going ‘digital’ native”

Last week, I wrote about how apparently using Times New Roman on your résumé may signal you are out of touch. When you are searching for work, it seems that you now have to be concerned with whether you are a “digital native” as well. If you’ve recently seen this term...

Fonts, résumés … and emoticons? Oh my!

We have touched on fonts as part of a company’s overall branding efforts with regard to style guides. But when it comes to résumés, what font are you using to brand your personal image? According to this recent NPR article, Times New Roman is the equivalent of...
Reimagining ‘content marketing’ for your brand

Reimagining ‘content marketing’ for your brand

Have you ever thought that your brand isn’t a fit for content marketing? Or when we talk about brands as publishers, maybe you have the perception that your industry is “too boring to blog” or to fit into one of the other more traditional buckets that is typically...