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Going Shopping

by Crys Williams  •  Filed in: Best of BBB

I love my new sneakers. I love them so much I couldn’t wait to put them on this afternoon and go walk somewhere…anywhere. Just so I could wear them. This is a big ...

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Bring a Knife to a Gun Fight

by Crys Williams  •  Filed in: Best of BBB

My husband loves video games. He used to manage an arcade, in fact, so beeps and bangs are music to his ears and some virtual worlds are as interesting as the real one. ...

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Paying the Pig

by Crys Williams  •  Filed in: Best of BBB

I want an iPad. Badly. But as super-freaking-cool as it is, I can’t justify the expense — and oh, how I have tried — so it remains an I Wanna and not an ...

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Scutwork

by Crys Williams  •  Filed in: Best of BBB

My Ego is pitching a fit. You wouldn’t believe the tirade that’s been going on in my head. It’s slamming doors and emptying drawers and breaking up all the plates. One moment it’s ...

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Hand Puppet Marketing

by Crys Williams  •  Filed in: Best of BBB

I love confident extroverted people…they keep things simple. Their all-purpose advice for getting a new job, getting a date, or getting customers is— Put yourself out there. Oh wait…sorry. I forgot the best ...

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Where the Rest of the Money Is

by Crys Williams  •  Filed in: Best of BBB

The Money is in the List That’s old news, right? Gurus, both genuine and alleged, have been saying for years that “the money is in the list”. And so we collect email addresses ...

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Starting an Online Community: 24 Questions

by Crys Williams  •  Filed in: Best of BBB

When I asked y’all what I should do with my long-awaited, much-adored domain: TheIdeaHatchery.com, the first and only thing suggested was a community membership-ish thingie in various forms. Which was a total surprise. ...

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3 Ways to Sell Your Blog Content

by Crys Williams  •  Filed in: Best of BBB

When I wrote on trying everything, there were ideas to: Repurpose your blog posts into an ebook, with some new bits to freshen them up Read your posts aloud for an audiobook, or ...

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