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Layoffs for Baby Boomers-Can They Be a Good Thing?-Guest Blogger Jim Armstrong

August 29th, 2008 at 2:16 am » Comments (4)

Layoffs and Baby Boomers is the focus of a post by guest author-James Armstrong. Read this cutting edge article below. After you read it think about how if you or anyone you know is laid off how they can use blogging in their transition phase.
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Turning a Layoff into Success by James O. Armstrong
Baby boomers are probably disadvantaged by [...]



What Do You Do When The Blog is Gone?

July 17th, 2008 at 2:45 pm » Comments (3)

Blogs that get hacked or disappear because you did not back it up is gone. Yet, how do you deal with it emotionally and physically?
Sometimes you get so attached that a real grief sets in. The bottom line is I had not gotten attached, as I should have, to the blog I lost. I have [...]



Social Networking Sites-Use Socialmeter To See How You Rate

February 13th, 2008 at 6:40 pm » Comments (3)

Social Networking is hot in the blog world. For baby boomers this means that if you want to share this network you might want to check out where you are in the world of social networking. But STOP, WHAT IS A SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE?
I like defining social networking as a way to network online vs [...]



Super Bowl Victory-An Inspirational Lesson For Blogging Boomers

February 4th, 2008 at 8:51 pm » Comments (1)

There is a powerful lesson in the Super Bowl victory of 2008 for blogging boomers of 2008!



What Does Smokey Robinson Have To Do With Boomer Blogging?

January 28th, 2008 at 1:39 am » Comments (1)

Smokey Robinson is a powerful baby boomer. I watched a tribute to him tonight. When he sang the next to last song it was amazing to watch the faces in the audiences. The the maze of boomers sang that song right along with him. They knew every word.
Smokey could have messed up but I don’t [...]



Blogging-Is the Thrill Gone?

January 25th, 2008 at 3:39 am » Comments (2)

BB only started blogging 10 months ago and already she was bored. The thrill she had when she started was gone.  She started with Typepad because she wanted a business blog with out the learning curve she needed if she hosted a wordpress.org blog.It was so easy and she was having fun.
She had a small [...]



If You Have a Static Website Please Link it to a Blog

January 11th, 2008 at 5:45 am » Comments (1)

We have a static website called, Crumbsnatcher Gets A New Name.
We decided to create a blog site called, Crumbsnatcher.com. The blog site is a combined effort by the team of voices on the storybook DVD. It’s a lot of fun. As a result each site is linked to each other.
Do you have a regular [...]



How to Get ONLY 3 Views on Your Blog Posts-11 Easy Suggestions

December 9th, 2007 at 10:29 pm » Comments (1)

I love success stories. But I really relish someone honestly talking about all their mess ups before they hit their successful goals. So I am revealing my mess-up skills.
Why are mess-ups skills helpful?
I believe that skills are learned actions that produce results. When we mess-up there are only two choices we have. We can work [...]



Blogging and Thanksgiving

November 23rd, 2007 at 5:19 am » Comments (1)

As I sat at the thanksgiving table several of my relatives asked, almost at the same time, “Whats a blog?” “Why blog?” As my husband and I explained they became more interested. Later that evening I searched on google blogsearch to answer find blogs on areas of their interest.
If you go to google and enter [...]



Boomers-A Quick Motivational Moment

September 17th, 2007 at 2:37 am » Comments (0)

A speaker friend of mine, Robin Eubanks, did a powerful keynote on overcoming challenges. This is an excerpt from that keynote that speaks volumes to those of us who are faced with challenges of any kind.
Although she does not talk specifically about blogging the principles are related to every challenge a boomer can possibly meet.
For [...]