[quote style=”boxed”]Focus on your audience. The story (product, service, etc) exists to serve the audience, not the other way around.[/quote] Monica McCarthy is the founder of Show & Tell, an online home with the purpose of inspiring people to find and share their own story. A former Broadway, television, and…
[quote style=”boxed”]“Wake up, live big! and love the journey.” [/quote] Jenny Blake is an author, blogger, life coach and speaker who helps others “wake up, live big! and love the journey.” She has been featured on Forbes.com, U.S. News & World Report and CNN.com. Jenny started her blog, LifeAfterCollege.org, in 2005 and translated…
[quote style=”boxed”]If you know a lot about a lot of different things, seldom will you be lost for ideas, innovations, conversation topics or friends. Making big picture connections successfully requires as much knowledge as possible to work with and if you can find relationships between truly disparate things, you can…
Who are you and what do you do? I’ve been too timid and squeamish for most of my life, but I am now working on changing that. I blog at (Don’t Be) Too Timid and Squeamish. I started out with some silly (but scary) tasks–singing karaoke, riding a mechanical bull–and…
Ana Andjelic is digital strategist at Droga5, an independent advertising agency that is best described as creatively led, strategically driven, technology friendly and humanity obsessed. At Droga5, Ana brings contributes her digital knowledge and skills to a super-talented team of creatives, strategists and technologists. Prior to joining Droga5, Ana worked as…
[quote style=”boxed”]I employ a method I call the “10 to 1” Do ten times as much action and you do talking. You are more likely to give birth to idea by actually working on a project than talking about one. Who knows, you may discover a new idea while you’re…
[quote style=”boxed”]The biggest mistake I’ve ever made, and unfortunately made more than once, is thinking “I can’t.” Although I come from humble people, I realized at some point that doesn’t mean I have to squash my self-esteem, so now I try to simply focus on “I can.”[/quote] Heather McPhaul is…
[quote style=”boxed”]Every day is different, but most days I try to get my mail done in the mornings and evenings. In between it’s meeting people, connect, share and build.[/quote] Nalden is regularly sought out for his fresh perspective and obstinate but clever style of consulting on everything from music and…
Tyler Bleszinski is the founder and editorial director of SB Nation which is the fastest growing online sports media company. He is responsible for building the foundation of the more than 300 sites that have become immensely popular with sports fans around the world. He works with the bloggers on…
[quote style=”boxed”]It all comes down to action. I see everything I do as an experiment in progress. I may bounce an idea or two off of people for feedback. Sometimes they won’t like the idea but I’ll proceed anyways. But when I have new ideas, sometime I’ll let them cook…