Over the past few weeks, I have been asked several times what I mean by the phrase at the end of my tag line for my blog… “Adventure Capitalist”. The frequency of this requests as my blog readership grows is increasing proportionally. So I have decided to make my definition of the term the topic of tonight’s blog post in an attempt to head off any future queries at the pass.
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(re-post from my Facebook account — March 1st, 2010) After watching Canada win the gold in a sports bar last night with a few friends, when I was walking home… I felt alive, happy, to put to just one word “serene”. Indeed, the Olympics and hockey specifically (within Canada) has a way of slowing you down, of waking you up, of pulling you up out of your daily routines and seeing life in a new way. This new way of looking at the world need not end when the big game is over.
Here are 3 important life lessons that were reinforced last night by watching the big game that can be used to enrich the life you lead everyday. [click to continue…]
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Over the last few days, I’ve been trying to figure out how to better utilize Facebook as a blogger. To be more specific, I wanted to focus on what Facebook could offer me as far as:
These three things are all important aspects of becoming a successful blogger, as you probably already know.
I tried to look for posts from the big time bloggers specifically about Facebook and how one could utilize it for their blog, and if it was even worth it. What I did find had no definite answers, so I figured I’d just do it myself, see what happens, and report my findings back here for you. [click to continue…]
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I have not bought a news paper in years. Occasionally when visiting my 74 year old Mother, I will read parts of hers out of nostalgia, but for the most part I am ready for the day the last news paper is printed. Let’s face it, that day is getting closer all the time. I think we’ll all survive, as one experience replaces another.
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I have been spending a lot of time reading the posts over at the “Personal Branding Blog”. Yesterday Peter Kistler wrote a post (Controlling Your Google Results: The Art and Science of the Personal Press Release ) about personal press releases.
I took it up as my personal challenge produce my own for paulmacp.com. First thing I did, following his model, I constructed my press release.
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I'm Paul. I am an aspiring author, writer and blogger. This is my personal blog where lately I have been musing about personal branding and social media among other topics.
I believe that Gen-X is lagging behind Gen-Y in our adoption of Web 2.0, to my age groups detriment. I have made it my personal mission to create some “How To” guides to aid the typical Gen-Xer in the adoption of Web 2.0.
