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How To Lose Your Audience… in Four Minutes
Can brevity capture an audience drowning in content? Over time, our appetite for content has shrunk. TV shows air with 35-minute binge-inviting brevity. Pop songs barely nudge three minutes. YouTube Shorts are 25 seconds. Busy digital consumers, with ever-diminishing attention spans, expect faster pacing and quicker rhythm. In fact — they DEMAND it. So why…
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She Needed A Comforting Ear… Don’t We all
If readers feel understood, will they act? It’s past midnight when the phone rings. Her voice trembles. I listen — her words are measured. She can go months without having one, but when it shows up, it roars in with uncontrolled waves that totally submerge her. “It strangles my throat and scares the shit out…
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It Was An Angry Ocean That Day… One We Would NEVER Forget
How can a blog sell a destination without mentioning it once? Lynn gave me the command to hoist the mainsail. As I did, a strong gust of wind lifted our cutter high into the air. Cold white spray splashed over our heads, covering the deck in bubbling foam. We soon lost sight of land, and…
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Should You Leave Like a Slammed Door or a Silent Whisper?
When does fiction succeed where advice fails? “Either way, the room changes. The air shifts. That draft vanishes. What a graceful ghost. A takedown of accountability disguised as emotional depth.” Frank was talking in a way I would rarely hear — unless he was buzzed. And he was. Saturday, we sat soaking in his hot…
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Who Was the REAL Pablo?
Pablo Escobar — was born in Colombia on December 1, 1949 – established the Medellin drug cartel in 1976. He became one of the wealthiest men in the world with an estimated net worth of $30 billion US. Pablo was also one of the most ruthless. He routinely massacred anyone who impeded his goal of…
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Midge Fishing
When midge fishing is mentioned among experienced trout fishermen, the topic will always be met with nodding heads and knowing smiles. What do those experts know you don’t, and how can you tap into their expertise? Well, let’s answer that question by asking another one first. What is a midge? Some people don’t know what…
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Mermaids Exist…
Mermaids — half fish and half young woman, but more importantly, are they myths, or do they really exist? According to Christopher Columbus, they do. He spotted them on his voyages, although many believe what he actually spied were manatees. First appearing in stories in Assyria in 1000 BC, the Goddess Atargatis accidentally killed her…
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Web content for History Podcasts
Section 1: Are you tired of watching the news? Are you looking for an escape to another time? We have an excellent suggestion for you; History Podcasts. They could be the great adventure you’re seeking. Now we’re not talking about digging up those dusty books you dreaded reading in high school. The best History Podcasts…
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Fly Fishing Terminal Tackle
There are quite a few interesting elements to the sport of fly fishing. Fly fishing terminal tackle is another tangible piece to the puzzle. Whether you’re passionately addicted or an avid hobbyist, you’d like to have the right equipment… inside your tackle box. Here are a few tips to push you in the right direction.…
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The Whelm App
If there was something out there to help you reduce stress, increase productivity, give you more time to relax, and improve the quality of your life — would you jump at the chance to ask it to help you? Well, now you can, and it comes in the form of an application called Welm. Welm…
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