Back to School
As students head back to school this fall and social media is flooded with first day of school photos, it’s a good time to reflect on education. What did you learn in school? More importantly: What...
View ArticleSteady Communication: 4 Tips
Businesses and organizations vastly underestimate the power of steady communication. People want to know you’re still there. Here are four quick tips for how to do it: Steady, not frequent: You’re...
View ArticleHow to Write for Mobile
Quick tip for shorter, mobile-friendly content: Create it on a mobile device. Everything is mobile these days. More than half your web content is coming from a mobile phone. That means everything you...
View Article2023 Member Drive
Our local news site West St. Paul Reader launched its annual member drive today. Since launching in 2019, we’ve run 881 articles combining for more than 563,000 words. With the member drive, we’re...
View Article54 New Members
Our West St. Paul Reader member drive ended this week with 54 new/upgraded members. That wild success means we’ll be adding coverage of ISD 197 school board meetings starting next week. We received a...
View ArticleWorth More Than Money
Before I launched my own business, the relentless focus on money that dominates business conversations always turned me off. I get it, you’re trying to make money, but some things are worth more than...
View ArticlePassion, Patience, Persistence
I came across a Facebook memory this week from January 2020 noting that our local new site West St. Paul Reader now had 16 members. Four years later we have 268 members. Back in 2020, I said it was...
View ArticleFor the Love of Reading
It’s no secret that I love to read. Last year I read 184 books. I’m convinced that anyone interested in writing needs to be reading. It reminds me of Richard Wright as he recounts falling in love with...
View ArticleJust Ask
The best career advice I can offer is to just ask. Last week I spoke to two classes of middle school students at Heritage E-STEM Magnet School. I shared my college and career journey, reflecting on...
View ArticleMore Confident in My Dreams
I recently spoke with a couple classes at a local middle school about writing as a career. Had some fun conversations about how to figure out what you want to do and shared some tips. This week an...
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