Monday, March 31, 2014

Entrepreneurs Notebook: building a high-traffic blog

1. Create valuable content.  
2. Create original content. 
3. Write for people first and computers second. 
4. Create timeless content. 
5. Know why you want traffic. 
6. Let the audience see the "real" you.  
7. Write what is true for you and live with the consiquences. 
8. Treat your visitors as real human beings. 
9. Keep money in its proper place. 
10. Help people. 

Thursday, February 6, 2014

My Vocabulary #1

Omniscient: knowing everything.

Archetype: A pattern of behavior upon which others are copied.

Asset: a useful or valuable thing or person. 

Maladroit: ineffective or clumsy. 

Onus: used to refer to something that is one's duty or responsibility.

Dastardly: wicked and cruel.

Zenith: the highest point reached.

Broach: to raise (a sensitive or difficult subject) for discussion.

Hysteria: exaggerated emotion among a group of people. 

Fervid: intensely enthusiastic.

Ochlocracy: Government by a mob; mob rule.

Tenacity: persistent determination. 

Terse: Brief and to the point.

Haggle: dispute or bargain persistently.

Stock: the goods kept on the premises of a business that are for sale.

Adversity: misfortune. 

Abase: cause to feel shame. 

Jaded: lacking enthusiasm.

Kindle: to set on fire.

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Vocabulary: Spring List 1

adumbrate: report or represent in outline.

apotheosis: the highest point in the development of something.

ascetic: suggesting the practice of severe self discipline.

bauble: a small showy trinket or decoration.

beguile: to charm or enchant someone. 

burgeon: begin to grow or increase rapidly. 

complement: a thing that completes or brings to perfection.

contumacious: to be stubbornly disobedient. 

curmudgeon: a bad-tempered person.

didactic: intending to teach.