Published inAn Idea (by Ingenious Piece)·Jan 3Member-onlyHow To Change Your Diet for the Better— Have a Heart Attack — Background I am 58 years old. Before my heart attack, I weighed 83 kilos. I dance Ballroom and Lindy Hop three to five times a week. My daily fitness routine includes a calisthenics workout consisting of stretching, push-ups, sit-ups, and other bodyweight exercises. I usually, but not always had a five-kilometer…Iatrogenics5 min readIatrogenics5 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Apr 5, 2022Member-onlyThe 10 Step Path to IT FailureNot all Best Practices are Best Practices — 1 — Tell everyone they are your customer For whatever reason, IT department heads want to use the word customer for everyone they deal with outside of their team. Employees outside of IT are not your customers. They are colleagues with whom you collaborate to accomplish a task. The idea of “internal customers” puts IT in a…Best Practices4 min readBest Practices4 min read
Nov 3, 2021Member-onlyHow To Use R.E.S.T. To Improve Your Coping Strategy- Or How To Stop Flipping Out About Everything — Many people are action-oriented. When confronted with a situation, they react without thinking. Often, this leads to feelings of guilt or regret for not handling a situation as well as you could have. If you have ever experienced these feelings, you need to learn R.E.S.T. What is REST? Relax Evaluate Set an intention …Rest2 min readRest2 min read
Published inAn Idea (by Ingenious Piece)·Sep 17, 2021Member-onlyThe Best Lie Is a Half Truth– The Sin of Omission Is Worse Than a Lie — An outright lie is often seen for exactly what it is — a lie. What you need to be careful of, is the half-truth that is told. It is a lie without lying. Give a person only half the story. …Lying4 min readLying4 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Aug 30, 2021Member-onlyUsing an Autoresponder Will Make Your Life as a Marketer Easier— because writing 10,000 emails by yourself is a pain. — You have a website. You even have a contact formula so you can build your email list of people interested in your content, product, or service. I want to ask, how are you collecting their email addresses? The beginner’s way The usual process I see when somebody tries to build an email list…Email Marketing5 min readEmail Marketing5 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Aug 23, 2021Member-onlyYour YouTube Account Is an Important Part of Your Digital AssetsPeople share videos — You can use your YouTube account for more than posting your funny cat videos. If used correctly, your YouTube account will become an important part of your digital assets. Creating your YouTube account If you do not have a YouTube account already, what are you waiting for? It is quick and easy to set…Business Digital Asset3 min readBusiness Digital Asset3 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Aug 17, 2021Member-onlyMy Reply to Joe Luca— From one Boomer to another — I follow Joe Luca. He is a good writer. I like reading what he writes. It is entertaining. You should give him a try if you do not know him. Lately, he has been writing, in a humorous and informative way, on the “conflict” between Boomers and Millennials. In his…Humor5 min readHumor5 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Aug 16, 2021Member-onlyWhy Video Is the Best Advertising and Delivers the Best ValueYour customers can share your videos — Your video ad is not limited to a single format. You can use the same video in rich media formats to include expandable banners, URL links, calls to action, and click-through actions. You can also post these videos on competing platforms. SEO Anyone Search engines would rather show video content over print…Video Advertising3 min readVideo Advertising3 min read
Published inAn Idea (by Ingenious Piece)·Aug 12, 2021Member-onlyMake Your Email Communications More EffectiveWhat I Need From You — Have you ever written an email requesting input from a colleague and only received gobbledygook in return? To put it lightly, it is probably your fault. You may have thought you asked clearly and concisely, but in reality, you were too nice. WINFY The next time you need input from a…Communication Skills2 min readCommunication Skills2 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Aug 2, 2021Member-onlyWhy Your Website Is Not a Waste of Your Time— Because it is one of your five digital assets — Your website has been up for six months, and it is not getting the results you think it should. You are starting to think it is a waste of time. You are not even sure why you need a website. The only reason you have a website is that everybody…Website3 min readWebsite3 min read
