Entries by Rhoda Israelov

Raise Your Hand If You’ve Had Doubts About Blogging

Asked to “Raise your hand if you’ve asked yourself this question: ’Do we still need a company blog?’”, marketing strategist Alex Honeysett  says “My hand is up there, too.” With Facebook and Twitter and all the other social media platforms, we actively use,” Honeysett says, it feels like we’re connecting with our audience, creating great […]

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Are the Words in Your Blog as Valuable as the Products and Services They Describe?

“The industry realized the words they used to describe diamonds were as valuable as the stones they pulled from the ground,” Alina Simone writes in “Do You Know What This Is?” in Mental Floss Magazine. Simone was discussing the DeBeers Company’s 1938 advertising blitz aimed at pulling the diamond market out of its Depression-era slump. […]

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Finding the Flossiest Blog Topics

Mental Floss Magazine, always masters at making unlikely connections among seemingly unrelated topics, did it again in “25 Flossiest Cities in the World”.  The term “flossy”, the editors explain (lest we envision dental care), means “exhibiting qualities of charm, quirk, and brain-boosting power in equal measure”. The article is all about places that don’t come […]

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