8 ways sex could help you survive a zombie outbreak

Karen    Telling stories     awesome content, zombie

Yeah, really! read more

Angry chickens?

Karen    Telling stories     chickens

Nothing like a bit of fowl language, right? Lol. There is a bit of a bird related theme coming through here, but when I saw this signage at the local farmer’s market the other day, just couldn’t resist.

And what is my point?

Never let a chance go by? Laugh a little?

Use what is going on in your life to illustrate content in your blog or on your website. read more

how do you interact with pictures?

Karen    Populating your site, Telling stories     authenticity, awesome content, connection, customer stories, message boards, personal

You’ve all seen them – those great looking sites … probably made in Flash, with cool whizzy animations, dramatic graphics, all the funky stuff.

And we all know that sometimes images can be a lot more powerful than words.

Except, you can’t interact with them (unless of course your images are moving, and it’s an embedded YouTube vid or a Ustream live feed). read more

your site feel like a ghost town?

Karen    Populating your site, Telling stories     case studies, customer stories, testimonials, trip advisor, widgets

Can you almost hear wind whistling through the unpopulated streets?

When you set it up, perhaps the pressure was on to simply get something on line, and you didn’t really have any client stories or depth of content to load anyway?

Ok. I mentioned in the tangerine skies post about how you can build content like press releases to make your company look established – even when your business is new or newish. read more

5,000 words – the power of images

Karen    Telling stories     picture, thousand words

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It’s the story, stupid! The power of storytelling

Karen    Telling stories     draft storytelling

No, I’m not really calling you stupid, but yeah, that’s how we learn, from day one … listening to stories, and sharing stories.

So if you can learn how to tell a good story, you are off to a great start with creating great content – for your blog, your website, whatever method of written or verbal communication you want to master. read more