Put the Merit Badges Down

Want to hear me read this to you? Click here. Dig if you will, the picture: It’s 10-ish years ago. Kanye was gonna let Taylor finish at the MTV awards. Harem pants were making their brief resurgence. Shimmery vampires were driving teenyboppers and soccer moms alike...

The Key to Compelling Writing: Hijacking Elephants

Want to hear me read this to you? Click here. There is sooooooo much written about how to get people’s attention online — from hacks and buzzwords to algorithms and popups and lions and tigers and bears, oh my! But what if you could somehow get somebody’s attention in...