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Category Archives: Creativity

May
8

“What do I blog about …?!”

My first reaction is, well, you can blog about anything, so let’s get started! But then I remember that at Written Impact, we write for living and not everybody does. I realize that what this person is really saying to me is this (and we are talking business blogging here) “I don’t know what to [...]

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Apr
18

How Do You Measure Small Business Success?

A tricky question. Business success is a very personal thing. Here is my ‘how I measure success list’ and I will share what some other business owners told me when I posted the question to a small business group on LinkedIn. My favorite response? One entrepreneur said. “Did I get a good sleep last night.” [...]

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Mar
14

New Ideas from Poke the Box by Seth Godin

Just finished Seth Godin‘s new book Poke the Box and I would highly recommend it as you will be inspired to create something new, right now. A friend recommended the workbook to go with it — this is part of the Domino Project–a new way to think about publishing. Check it out. A few takeaways [...]

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Jan
31

Passion in Progress

A warm welcome to this week’s guest blogger Angela Buckely who is the founder and Chief Sustainability Officer of Celtic Naturals. As a mother, trained engineer and environmental enthusiast, she believes it is possible to be “green and gorgeous.” She specializes in teaching others how to live toxin-free. Her blog topics range from green living [...]

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Jan
17

Color Your World

~It is our pleasure to welcome guest blogger Barb Swartz. Barb is a Columbus-area designer of 20 years and owner of Design One. Are you ever stumped when it comes to deciding what colors to use in your latest print or other marketing project? Fortunately, the web has plenty of resources to help. Did you [...]

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Dec
27

Relaxed Time is Idea Time

For me, relaxed time away from work, especially over the holidays, is idea time. I tell my family that I’m not working when I come up with ideas for clients in the middle of watching a movie; it’s just that my brain keeps going and it is fun to consider new ways of working and [...]

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