Archive for August, 2007

How Comfortable Are You With Guests?

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Guest blogging is becoming a very common trend among many bloggers, especially the prominent ones. Many articles have been written about the benefits of guest blogging for the blog’s owner and for the guest writer, but only a few have mentioned its value for the blog’s readers. What the readers think about the value of […]

8 Bits Of The Most Brilliant Advertising Campaigns

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

It’s no secret that an advertising campaign can either propel anyone’s business or name to the stratosphere or make it extinct quicker than the nature did with dinosaurs.
Of course I rather write about some of the most successful and memorable campaigns in the modern history, the ones that either made some companies rule the […]

A Bit Of Literature - Eyes Do More Than See

Friday, August 24th, 2007

Today I’d like to take you to about trillions year in the future and see it the way one of my most favourite science-fiction writers saw. Read this short story and you’ll see why I chose M.C. Escher’s work ‘Bond Of Union’ to illustrate Isaak Asimov’s vision of our future. I should warn you […]

8 Finest Bits Of Free Stock Photo Sites

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

We’ve all heard many times that “a picture is worth a thousand words”. I wonder who said that first? A quick search on Google leads me to Wikipedia with a fascinating exposé on the origins of this phrase. In 1927 an ad by Fred R. Barnard appeared in the advertising journal that said “One Picture […]

A Bit Of Literature - A Naughty Boy

Saturday, August 18th, 2007

I’m starting a new regular feature on InspirationBit: every weekend I will be posting a Bit of Literature, presenting you short stories by masters of the written word. At first I’ll be offering you a classical fiction by well-known authors, but I’m hoping to extend this weekend spotlight and draw some inspiration from present-day literature […]

Be Careful Who You Link To And What You Write About

Friday, August 17th, 2007

Last night I watched news story on CBC’s The National that talked about various lawsuits against a handful of bloggers, Google, Wikipedia and a number of other sites. Since then all I can think of is that not only the freedom of speech but the core values of sharing and linking are too now under […]

Secret Formula To Writing Headlines That Catch Your Eyes

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

Since about the middle of the twentieth century our society became obsessed with headlines. They are everywhere: on the magazine covers, newspapers, most of the news stations start their program with headlines. If you want a story to get noticed it has to be announced pompously in all its glory.
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8 Bits Of Recharging Your Blogging Battery By Going Unplugged

Friday, August 10th, 2007

It’s been four days since I last time checked my emails, studied my blog stats, surfed the Web, chatted online, published a post, worked on a project or talked to a client. And how am I doing? I’m perfectly fine with it. What’s more - I’m finally enjoying some time off and spending it with […]