I finished reading American Gods this week. It is such a complex novel with so many characters and short stories scattered throughout the book. It’s well-written and, I think, clearly shows the unique writing style of Neil Gaiman. I’m left with the thought that I could never write something so unique and creative like this….
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On Stage: A Marketing Visualization Exercise
If you are trying to grow a platform online, try this marketing visualization exercise: Imagine you are on stage in a room full of people that you would like to reach. To this audience, you say: “Everyone pull out your phones and go to ______.” “Search for ______ and subscribe (follow me).” “You will get…
A Sneaky & Effective Way to Find Your Audience on Instagram
If you are trying to grow your audience on Instagram, then you know how important it is to engage with people using hashtags. Many people may not realize this, but there is a certain kind of hashtag that has the most active Instagram users will post to and search for. I first read about it…
American Beliefs
“[American Gods] would be about the immigrant experience, about what people believed in when they came to America. And about what happened to the things they believed.” Neil Gaiman in his essay, “How Dare You?,” about his book American Gods I finished reading Neil Gaiman’s novel American Gods yesterday. While it was no act of…
A Vision Develops Over Time
Every morning I sit down and read through my list of goals and visions as a part of my Morning Preview. Last year I articulated for the first time a clear vision for my main website, The Religion Teacher. In my list, I have the vision written out next to the mission of the website….
