Brian Clark over at Copyblogger recently wrote a post titled, “What’s a blog?” He says there are many “experts” who have blogging rules such as “blog posts should never be over 350 words,” and other rules that really don’t make any sense. His take on post length is that it depends– it depends on who the audience is, why you’re writing, what [...]

For some reason I tend to try to read many books at the same time, instead of reading one all the way through before moving on to a new book. So, instead of doing a full-blown recap for each of the books I’m reading, here’s a few thoughts about each book I’m currently reading. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In Great book so far. It discusses a lot about the [...]

I’ve been wrapping up some things from this past year and will likely take a break from blogging between now and 2008. Most of this time will be spent with friends and family but I’ll also be catching up on some reading. My plan is to finish Fun Is Good by Mike Vanderbeek tonight (only have a few pages left) and then start reading 2 more books: Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without [...]

According to the Mitchell Report, which you can download here, 70+ current MLB players were juicing, and probably many others. While we all knew this day was coming (and it’s a sad day), I stumbled upon something else that’s related and very surprising: There are illegal steroids and stimulants in the “legal” supplements that professional and amateur athletes commonly take. According [...]

Mashable released a post summarizing its best Facebook articles and news. AllFacebook.com posts that Facebook’s new SocialAds service may not be that revolutionary. Click-through rates have been awful and many individuals and small businesses have had their ads rejected without explanation. Also, bands pages are starting off slow. Dave Matthews Band’s FB page has 56k fans, compared to 300k [...]

Hope everyone had a great weekend. As a follow up to my post Friday about going to watch Appalachian State play football, here’s what happened: The Mountaineers scored 79 points. This is not a typo. 79 points! Between that offensive explosion and the pre-game tailgating, it was definitely a nice Saturday to be watching football. Also, I want to remind everyone that the next Sports Business Carnival [...]