Digital ViceGrip
Marketing…For the Hopelessly Clueless
How to Spend Most of Your Life Online and NOT Go Crazy
Jul 15th
Reading time: 3 – 3 minutes
I know. I know. I’ve been gone a while and let’s face it, you missed me. (I kid…kind of) The truth is that I’ve been, well, offline. Unthinkable right? As online business types (read: someone who spends the majority of their business life on the internet) we can get SO caught up in cool tools and latest communication mechanisms that it is easy to go weeks, even months having neglected all things that make us human beings.
It’s interesting to note that when you leave something for a while and come back to it you are able to have some amazingly deep insights and perspective about that thing. There were definitely some lessons gleaned. I want to present to you some of the things I learned whilst I have been “away.”
Human InteractionThe advance in communication technology has done some pretty amazing things for our society. I’m old enough to remember the good ole days before the proliferation of cell phones. Remember when you had all of your phone numbers memorized? Now, I dare you to recite your best friends cell phone number. Go ahead. I’ll wait. I think I’ve made my point.
Nowadays, there are SO More >
A Simple Way To Discover Your Passion In 30 Days
Jun 27th
Reading time: 2 – 2 minutes
What are you passionate about? I find this to be a very disarming question. Many times, when asked, the answer I get is long, drawn out and makes little to no sense. Answers like this lead me to the conclusion that what these peeps are really saying is “I don’t know…HELP!!!”
If this sounds like you, don’t worry about it. You are definitely not alone. They real question then becomes, “How in the *explicative* do I find out what I am passionate about? Well guess what peeps? Ole Tony Tone just may have an answer for ya…(thank me later).
This method is by no means the ONLY way to find your passion. It can, however, help you get to that coveted “AHA!” moment. This will serve to speed you gleefully along your path to fulfillment and satisfaction in both your life and career choices. (all this for FREE ninety-nine!).
Prerequisites:You have to like to read. (If you don’t, why? Get over that nonsense TODAY. You’ll be happy you did.)
You have to have a Del.icio.us account. (if you don’t have one then you can sign up for one here) NOTE: You can also do this exercise using your own More >
Are You SURE You’re Tagging Your Blog Posts Correctly?
Jun 26th
Reading time: 4 – 4 minutes
One of the hardest things for any of us to do sometimes is to admit that we are doing things wrong. (Except me cause I’m always right. I kid) I’m not quite sure why that is but the best thing to do when you do find out that you’re going down the wrong path is to stop, and quickly correct your course.
Where is this rant coming from, you ask? Well, I’m getting to that. On one of the websites that I help to run, a question kept coming up about how to tag blogs that we posted on the site. My web guy, we’ll call him Pete, (cause its his name) was concerned that we were doing a poor job in tagging these posts and we ended up getting into a deep discussion about if and why tagging posts correctly even matters.
I LIVE for moments like these. Another clear opportunity to not only educate myself but to then, in turn, pass along said knowledge to you wonderful people out there. (win-win) After doing a bit of research, what I found brought me to the “stop and correct” moment I spoke about earlier and a chance More >
Dream Big Or Die Slowly
Jun 21st
Reading time: 2 – 2 minutes
This post is for my big dreamers. It’s for those who cannot help but to feel like they can/should accomplish more or have a life of purpose. You may wonder why that feeling is unshakable? Or why you have this deep seeded desire to try. Don’t be alarmed people because you are not alone.
We ALL have felt the pull to do some great thing and anything else but its accomplishment to causes you great discomfort. When you are not trying to do it you can feel it. It causes you to question and re-question your current job choice(s). Call it what you want to (I like to call it the call of destiny, but again, I too am a big dreamer) I have news for you my friend. That feeling will NEVER go away. EVER.
For the most part we are allowed to hold onto our dreams as children but then we “grow up.” Slowly but surely we learn that to dream is foolishness. We see that our lot in life is to work to make ends meet. Nothing wrong with that. The problem is that we are told that it is the ONLY way.
To make More >
How To Lose Friends and Alienate People: The BET Way
Jun 21st
Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes
I am a little disgruntled today. That is pretty hard to do because I consider myself a cool, collected and positive gent. (though some would disagree but who cares about THEM?) But today I have to vent just a little.
Growing up as a youngin from the burbs of Union City, California there were a few things that I could always count on. One was that my mom would definitely be asking me if I had eaten yet, even if she had seen me JUST polish off a plate of food. I could also count getting into crazy adventures with a great group of friends. Another one was that I would NOT be missing my favorite shows that came on BET. That was a no-no, something that I just didn’t do.
You see. For millions for kids (ALL kids, not just black, cause we ALL watched, don’t front) growing up in the mid-90′s all around the nation, BET served as a symbol of the limitless possibilities that could exist for black men and women out there in the realm of news and entertainment.
I was spellbound by shows such as Teen Summit which tackled relevant social issues affecting people More >