Defining Adventure Capitalist

by Paul MacPherson on March 14, 2010

Find loveOver 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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Facebook… Why?

by Paul MacPherson on March 12, 2010

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:

  1. Getting traffic to my blog
  2. Interacting and building relationships with my target audience
  3. Helping to establishing myself as an authority

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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Off Topic: What Will Crazy Loons Do Without Newspapers?

by Paul MacPherson on March 11, 2010

Morning PaperI 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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