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When your are making a niche site then it is necessary to get targeted traffic to your site for making money. To get traffic to your niche site you have to do everything , if you want to make money. Below I have a few Great tricks to get traffic to your niche site without spending any money and without getting useless traffic.

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MAKING MONEY WITH YOUR BLOG - 5 MOST PROFITABLE METHODS

Making money from your blog is bit difficult but not impossible. Many bloggers always looking for money making methods by blog. But they can't find it. So, I tell you How To Make Money With A Blog- Most Profitable Methods.

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HOW TO ADD FACEBOOK SIGN IN BUTTON TO YOUR WEBSITE/BLOG?

HOW TO SIGN IN USING FACEBOOK

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HOW TO ADD FACEBOOK SIGN IN BUTTON TO YOUR WEBSITE/BLOG?

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HOW TO WRITE BLOG WITH SUCESS

How can you create a blog that outshines and outlasts every other blog? And how do you hypnotize readers to keep coming back? This article provides tips to write effective, attention-arresting blog copy and shows how you can develop reader and customer loyalty.1. WRITE CONVERSATIONALLY.The most engaging blogs speak to their audience in a casual and conversational tone. A big benefit of a blog is

Age of Conversation 2008: More Blogging Brainpower at Your Fingertips

If you're curious about why people "don't get" what you're marketing online, you'll soon have an answer... The Age of Conversation: Why People Don't Get It, will be available at Amazon in August. With 275 authors tackling problems you may encounter, this book's sure to benefit you...
So how might conversations provide readers, clients, and ourselves advantages? You'll learn from many perspectives and fields...

But first, here's a taste from my brain based contribution in the "Conversation to Action" section...

"Within brains beyond yours, and even in your brain, lie hungry and thirsty parts to learn more. More about you, your business and all that it could be. That said it’s an opportune time to tap into multiple intelligences as a way to engage readers, workers and clients alike."

All 275 contributors provide strategies you can use to ratchet up your conversational skills as you market!

Adam Crowe, Adrian Ho, Aki Spicer, Alex Henault, Amy Jussel, Andrew Odom, Andy Nulman, Andy Sernovitz, Andy Whitlock, Angela Maiers, Ann Handley, Anna Farmery, Armando Alves, Arun Rajagopal, Asi Sharabi, Becky Carroll, Becky McCray, Bernie Scheffler, Bill Gammell, Bob Carlton, Bob LeDrew, Brad Shorr, Bradley Spitzer, Brandon Murphy, Branislav Peric, Brent Dixon, Brett Macfarlane, Brian Reich, C.C. Chapman, Cam Beck, Casper Willer, Cathleen Rittereiser, Cathryn Hrudicka, Cedric Giorgi, Charles Sipe, Chris Kieff, Chris Cree, Chris Wilson, Christina Kerley (CK), C.B. Whittemore, Clay Parker Jones, Chris Brown, Colin McKay, Connie Bensen, Connie Reece, Cord Silverstein, Corentin Monot, Craig Wilson, Daniel Honigman, Dan Goldstein, Dan Schawbel, Dana VanDen Heuvel, Dan Sitter, Daria Radota Rasmussen, Darren Herman, Darryl Patterson, Dave Davison, Dave Origano, David Armano, David Bausola, David Berkowitz, David Brazeal, David Koopmans, David Meerman Scott, David Petherick, David Reich, David Weinfeld, David Zinger, Deanna Gernert, Deborah Brown, Dennis Price, Derrick Kwa, Dino Demopoulos, Doug Haslam, Doug Meacham, Doug Mitchell, Douglas Hanna, Douglas Karr, Drew McLellan, Duane Brown, Dustin Jacobsen, Dylan Viner, Ed Brenegar, Ed Cotton, Efrain Mendicuti, Ellen Weber, Emily Reed, Eric Peterson, Eric Nehrlich, Ernie Mosteller, Faris Yakob, Fernanda Romano, Francis Anderson, G. Kofi Annan, Gareth Kay, Gary Cohen, Gaurav Mishra, Gavin Heaton, Geert Desager, George Jenkins, G.L. Hoffman, Gianandrea Facchini, Gordon Whitehead, Graham Hill, Greg Verdino, Gretel Going & Kathryn Fleming, Hillel Cooperman, Hugh Weber, J. Erik Potter, J.C. Hutchins, James Gordon-Macintosh, Jamey Shiels, Jasmin Tragas, Jason Oke, Jay Ehret, Jeanne Dininni, Jeff De Cagna, Jeff Gwynne, Jeff Noble, Jeff Wallace, Jennifer Warwick, Jenny Meade, Jeremy Fuksa, Jeremy Heilpern, Jeremy Middleton, Jeroen Verkroost, Jessica Hagy, Joanna Young, Joe Pulizzi, Joe Talbott, John Herrington, John Jantsch, John Moore, John Rosen, John Todor, Jon Burg, Jon Swanson, Jonathan Trenn, Jordan Behan, Julie Fleischer, Justin Flowers, Justin Foster, Karl Turley, Kate Trgovac, Katie Chatfield, Katie Konrath, Kenny Lauer, Keri Willenborg, Kevin Jessop, Kris Hoet, Krishna De, Kristin Gorski, Laura Fitton, Laurence Helene Borei, Lewis Green, Lois Kelly, Lori Magno, Louise Barnes-Johnston, Louise Mangan, Louise Manning, Luc Debaisieux, Marcus Brown, Mario Vellandi, Mark Blair, Mark Earls, Mark Goren, Mark Hancock, Mark Lewis, Mark McGuinness, Mark McSpadden, Matt Dickman, Matt J. McDonald, Matt Moore, Michael Hawkins, Michael Karnjanaprakorn, Michelle Lamar, Mike Arauz, Mike McAllen, Mike Sansone, Mitch Joel, Monica Wright, Nathan Gilliatt, Nathan Snell, Neil Perkin, Nettie Hartsock, Nick Rice, Oleksandr Skorokhod, Ozgur Alaz, Paul Chaney, Paul Hebert, Paul Isakson, Paul Marobella, Paul McEnany, Paul Tedesco, Paul Williams, Pet Campbell, Pete Deutschman, Peter Corbett, Phil Gerbyshak, Phil Lewis, Phil Soden, Piet Wulleman, Rachel Steiner, Sreeraj Menon, Reginald Adkins, Richard Huntington, Rishi Desai, Beeker Northam, Rob Mortimer, Robert Hruzek, Roberta Rosenberg, Robyn McMaster, Roger von Oech, Rohit Bhargava, Ron Shevlin, Ryan Barrett, Ryan Karpeles, Ryan Rasmussen, Sam Huleatt, Sandy Renshaw, Scott Goodson, Scott Monty, Scott Townsend, Scott White, Sean Howard, Sean Scott, Seni Thomas, Seth Gaffney, Shama Hyder, Sheila Scarborough, Sheryl Steadman, Simon Payn, Sonia Simone, Spike Jones, Stanley Johnson, Stephen Collins, Stephen Cribbett, Stephen Landau, Stephen Smith, Steve Bannister, Steve Hardy, Steve Portigal, Steve Roesler, Steven Verbruggen, Steve Woodruff, Sue Edworthy, Susan Bird, Susan Gunelius, Susan Heywood, Tammy Lenski, Terrell Meek, Thomas Clifford, Thomas Knoll, Tiffany Kenyon, Tim Brunelle, Tim Buesing, Tim Connor, Tim Jackson, Tim Longhurst, Tim Mannveille, Tim Tyler, Timothy Johnson, Tinu Abayomi-Paul, Toby Bloomberg, Todd Andrlik, Troy Rutter, Troy Worman, Uwe Hook, Valeria Maltoni, Vandana Ahuja, Vanessa DiMauro, Veronique Rabuteau, Wayne Buckhanan, William Azaroff, Yves Van Landeghem

Find practical brain based approaches included in my article that businesses and brands can use to move from conversation to actions that add value and growth. When Age of Conversation 2008's available in August, you'll want to be first to order a copy!

Audience: Lurkers and Commenters

Increasingly, more businesses tune in to blog readers' online habits and experiences. To learn more, UC Irvine researchers' conducted a first-of-its-kind study that focuses on blog reading. They open new windows into ways readers identify their roles in social media. Many bloggers are interested in their audience since they seek interaction or wish to extend conversations.

Findings show some readers frequently post comments, while others "lurk" or visit without commenting...

What makes a blog a blog? Readers opinions vary. Academics commonly define blogs as frequently modified Web pages with dated entries listed in reverse chronological order. On the other hand, people participating in this research named RSS feeds, trackback links, social aspects, including conversation or personal content.

Bloggers might consider these findings when writing posts:

Regular blog reading often becomes more habitual and less content oriented. Similar to e-mail checking, blog reading can become ingrained into users' online routine. Sometimes, even the usefulness of the blog content itself can be less vital than the activity of reading or skimming the blog to fulfill a person's particular routine.

The timing of a blog post is not nearly as relevant to readers as its position among the other entries. Readers are more likely to read the most recent posts at the top of the screen, and are generally less concerned with the exact age of a post. A vast majority of participants said they were not bothered when they were not able to read each and every blog post, challenging a common theory that users tend to feel overwhelmed by the need to remain constantly up to date.

Blog readers feel a responsibility to make insightful contributions. While past research noted readers expect bloggers to deliver frequent, high-quality posts, the UCI study found readers also place pressure on themselves to produce coherent, worthwhile comments in response to good blog posts.

Lead researcher Eric Baumer contends, "Until the technology embraces the role of the audience, the full social potential of blogging remains untapped."

Positive comments that add to an article or encourage naturally increase a writer's serotonin level. Serotonin is a brain hormone that functions as part of a complex network of neurotransmitters that can boost your brainpower and provide well being. Additionally commenters provide rationale for bloggers to write more and raise the bar for quality.

Social Networking has changed the face of friendships. Do you tend to read posts by bloggers in your social network before venturing outside? I do. I'm also more likely to leave a comment. You? As I unearth gems in the blogosphere, I comment when I discover insights to mull over.

As a blogger, connecting to audience is all important for me and comments are like the rose colors in a sunset... since they show me some measure of success.

Thoughts?

Blogging Memory on Overload?

How many different blogs do you read in a day... 5, 10, 20 or more? If you're like me, you're reading several. How much would you recall about each after reading about 10 or more in an hour? No doubt you would forget more than a few. Why is that? Your brain has a forgetting mechanism...

Brain Forgets on Purpose "The brain's ability to suppress irrelevant memories makes it easier to remember what's important," according to Stanford researchers, Anthony Wagner and Brice Kuhl. The reason why is there's a cost involved for your brain. "Any act of remembering re-weights memories, tweaking them to try to be more adaptive for the next time you try to remember something," Wagner says. "The brain is plastic—adaptive—and one feature of that is not just strengthening some memories but also suppressing or weakening others."

"The prefrontal cortex is the CEO of the brain; it governs cognition, bringing [memories] into line with your goals," Wagner said. "It's an important property of our memory system that the memories change in both directions—they get both stronger and weaker—and that this confers benefits," by freeing the brain from "computational resources" by allowing the brain to use less of its computational resources to recall what's important, thereby making them available for other processes.

Oursource Your Memory It makes sense, that if I read several blogs daily over periods of weeks, only the posts that pique my curiosity or engage me past mere reading, re-weight my memory. Similarly, this same forgetting mechanism is at work when you read several job-related articles! Thankfully, there're several different web tools to help "outsource your memory"...

"Memory Banks" for Recall Handy "memory banks" are available for bloggers to store articles. Mine include Favorites on Internet Explorer or Bookmarks on Firefox. What great recall tools to "outsource" your memory and stand at the tip of your fingers for easy access when you need them quickly for a link.

Stumble Upon, a social media tool can easily be used as your sticky "post-it note." You save the article where you can easily access it, and not only that, when you "Stumble" it, you also bring value to the author.

We're at the tip of a gigantic iceberg when we read so much, but want to recall later... So, what's your favorite tool for "outsourcing your memory" when you blog or want to remember what you read for your work position?

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Your Brain on Numbers

Music is a secret exercise in arithmetic of the soul, unaware of its act of counting --Gottfried Leibniz, philosopher and mathematician

"Fixing on a number helps me generate ideas, create new options, and crystallise my thoughts," Joanna Young declares. And, she leaped to a challenge of presenting 7 writing tactics in a numbered list. Interestingly the concentration helped her reach 7 unique points to meet that goal. Her mind let go of it once the 7th was complete. Joanna's curiosity led her to question me as to how that might be connected to the brain. You'd be surprised at how many connections play out...

Logical-mathematical Intelligence the math parts of the brain are especially fun for those who think logically or enjoy numbers, according to Ellen Weber. You'd enjoy Ellen's post chock full of blog tips for your math intelligence.

I'm curious, Ellen, as to whether you set a number of tips before you write and how having a number in mind ahead of time impacts your writing. For instance, the math tips include 10 ideas, and you recently posted a challenge to stretch our brains daily in March, which includes 31 suggestions for your readers, as well as the post you developed to list some suggestions for the 22 stressors people face in the course of a day. Do you find that your brain keeps working on these till you hit the magic number like Joanna?

The logical-math part of your brain includes high ability for logical reasoning, predicting probability, organizing, and sequencing as well as numerical dexterity. You'll be surprised with results when you challenge your brain through your math intelligence or any of the others. Here's why...

Puzzles and Challenges: Present your brain with a challenge and your brain steps up to meet it! The human brain thrives on unraveling puzzles and sorting out ambiguities. Recent research shows that your unconscious mind works on the problem...

...a strong Aha! sensation involves minimal meta cognitive (monitoring of one's own thoughts) processes and unconscious restructuring or, better, an automatic, subconscious recombination of information which stands in contrast to conscious mental restructuring which is an attention-demanding process involving executive control. The study shows that it is possible to identify these processes before they reach the level of verbal awareness.

In other words the backburner of your mind is warming the answer as you may be working on other tasks. Bursts of insight may come on the spot or take a day or more... Your brain can reach flow as you compose from a series of "aha's"...

Flow: Flow's described as "the state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter; the experience itself is so enjoyable that people will do it even at great cost, for the sheer sake of doing it," according to psychologist, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, who wrote Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. Csikszentmihalyi theorizes that best moments in life occur when the body and mind are stretched to the limit in an effort to accomplish something both difficult and worthwhile. That's likely why you stayed on the path to meet your quest, Joanna.

Invention: When people launch a project they generally follow routines, and in this case, approaches you take to write. Your brain first retrieves methods and schemas from your basal ganglia whenever you approach a task similar to many you've completed in past. Take driving for instance... You build many different skills which arise to meet different road conditions. However, if you're on black ice for the first time, you remember what you read in the driver's manual, and you're forced to use something novel.

On the other hand, notice the difference when you work out of novelty, as in your new approach to focus on a number, Joanna. You tap into your brain's working memory and Ellen Weber explains that in everyday language...

When the brain registers an idea it goes into the short term or working memory. Think of your working memory as a fine wine glass where new wine is poured daily. Your mind’s wine includes exciting ideas you hear, discussions you have or insights you garner from business blogs … or maybe it’s just a reflection beside a quiet stream. Since only a few ounces of wine fit into your wine glass… I mean your working memory … then yesterday’s wine will get washed out or so diluted by today’s. You’ll no longer feel excited by an idea’s possibilities for change unless you move it into action and lead it forward with rewards for excellence. It’s how the brain works to lose or gain business … each time you pour in new ideas or actions that are unrelated to the old ones there, the older ones are replaced. It’s also why multi-tasking may not be a good solution unless these tasks relate to change ideas and actions already in your working memory.

No doubt, Joanna, you desired to use novelty as you wrote because you wanted different outcomes. Not too surprisingly, your brain worked on your challenge till you generated ideas, created new options and crystallized thoughts for the seven ways that numbers help you write. In my next blog I'm giving myself a number challenge so I can go more in depth as you did.

Joanna, your theme of writing leaps and bounds, is something we can all have fun with! The music of your soul comes forth with many melodies from which we all learn.

Here are additional ways for blogging through your intelligences...

Blog Tips for your Math Intelligence

Blog Tips for Your Musical Intelligence

Blog Tips for Your Spatial Intelligence

Blog Tips From Your Intrapersonal Intelligence

Blog Tips from Your Interpersonal Intelligence

Blog From Your Linguistic Intelligence

Blogging From Your Naturalistic Intelligence

Try just one and see the difference in your next blog!

Tease Your Readers' Senses!

How do you entice folks to read your blogs? That's the million dollar question and recently someone asked me that. Hmmm.... I put the noodle to work on this...

Challenge your readers. The human brain's intrigued by challenges and puzzles. It thrives on what is out of the ordinary. So with this in mind here's some appeteasers...

Tip Ideas Upside Down Seth Godin's a maestro at this... Fire the Customer... Small is the New Big...

Poll or Survey Recently Valeria Maltoni polled readers about trends coexisting in our lives. She wanted to know which ones interested me and why. By including a poll you value reader's input and they feel like they count. You honor readers' input even more if you analyze and show results in a later post...

Or, you might enjoy seeing how addicted to blogging you are. Try Jeremiah Owyang's challenge to see if you are more of an addict than he...

Visualize Ideas for Readers An image is worth 1,000 words... Today's readers enjoy a quick snack and they're gone. The average reader stays but 17 seconds... Try finding just the right image to capture the essence of your post.

OK, what would put the icing on the cake? The challenge is here...

First here's Chef Mike Sansone's feast for your dining pleasure SCAMPER tactics...

SCAMPER can a creative thinking technique to jump-start your blog posting:

Substitute - Remember the Z-List? Sandy substituted text for images and extended its viral life.

Combine - Consider combining text and audio (sound bytes) in a post.
Adapt - I've written before about emulating an idea to make it your own. Recently, I was inspired by Adam's brilliant post to toy with this scene about RSS feeds.

Modify - Todd Andrlik modified the idea of the Z-List, created the Power 150 and recently partnered it with AdAge

Put to Other Use - One more example from the Z-List: Gavin gave it permanent life on the Z-List Wiki

Eliminate - Television. You'll find more time to blog.

Rearrange - Turning statements into questions could be one way, right?

Michael Michalko, author of Thinkertoys, stopped by to share two more SCAMPER tactics to play with...

Magnify Unique close focus

Reverse Start at the end and rewind... see where this takes you!

OK, your turn... Scratch your noodle... and add your tactics to Tease Your Readers' Senses...

Bloggers Tap Intelligences!

People are gifted in many ways. One size never fits all since our brains are wired so differently... And bloggers dip into varied talents as they share ideas with readers. Here're posts where talent shines...

Logical-Mathematical Intelligence - Any idea how much violence costs your business? Shockingly it rivals the amount spent yearly on natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina. Ellen Weber proposes that we should be building a culture of peace and not war. How can we all have a part in that?

Intrapersonal Intelligence - Interestingly Sarah Noel lists food personalities to help you see where you fit as far as frugality is concerned. Here's just a few she mentions... Supernaturalist, Hide and Sneak, Purist. Check out your food personality.

Naturalistic Intelligence - Chris Brown sees similarities between running a business, marketing and gardening.

Verbal-linguistic Intelligence - Frank Roche shares a one minute writing lesson from Scott Adams of the Dilbert Blog. The secret is to keep it simple!

Business writing is about clarity and persuasion. The main technique is keeping things simple. Simple writing is persuasive. A good argument in five sentences will sway more people than a brilliant argument in a hundred sentences. Don’t fight it.

Simple means getting rid of extra words. Don’t write, “He was very happy” when you can write “He was happy.” You think the word “very” adds something. It doesn’t. Prune your sentences.
and…

Write short sentences. Avoid putting multiple thoughts in one sentence. Readers aren’t as smart as you’d think.

Interpersonal Intelligence - Dan Sitter gives folks a great strategy when they find themselves lost at a networking event. Dan advises people to play host ...

Whether or not you are the official host is not important. Take it upon yourself to help make others feel comfortable, helping them to maximize their experience. You will not only make many new friends, you will successfully network with countless others who will genuinely think the world of you and be most interested in what you do. The key is sincerity.

Musical Intelligence Terry Starbucker reflects, "One thing that stuck with me was the uptick in positive energy that always occurred when someone broke into an "up" song," as he participated in musical dramas.

Terry began to wonder, "Why not use this technique in a leadership position?" And, here's what happened when he tried it...

At the end of one of our weekly management group conference calls, where I usually have the floor for a few minutes to summarize our key goals for the week, I mentioned that I was really grateful to the team for meeting a key goal of ours at the end of June, and then suddenly queued up Barry Manilow's "Looks Like We Made It" and sang the first verse and chorus (with some of the words appropriately changed to fit the occasion).

I don't think too many of these folks expected me to thank them in quite this way. I got the energy jolt from the teammates in the room with me, and a lot of smiles too. Did it work on the other end of the phone line? I got a few messages afterwards that it did, from people who expressed an appreciation that we could actually work hard and have fun too.

Bodily-kinesthetic Intelligence - Ever played Disc Golf? This game seems perfect for folks who love to get outside, but want something a little more simple than regular golf. Techgirl describes this new sport...

Disc golf is a lot like traditional golf except players use
specially made plastic discs instead of balls and
clubs. The discs are thrown for “par” at an above-ground
target instead of a teeny weeny little hole in the ground.
Much less frustration…

The discs used in disc golf look much like a Frisbee, but
they’re not. They are actually much smaller and come in
three different types: driver, midrange, and putter.

Visit The Optimized Life to catch a video for an overview. Do you see Disk Golf as a way to relax over your lunch hour or after work?

Spatial Intelligence Ready for a laugh? Purple Wren shares comedian Don McMillan's video of What not to do with PowerPoint. Don't miss this one!

Do you see new ways to express ideas here? Not only might you try new strategies as you blog, but on the job, too! Ideas?

Blogging's a Fine Art

Diogenes recently interviewed me on “the fine art of blogging.” I love the internationality of this interview because Diogenes appears to be a world citizen - interested in commonalities across all cultures. Blogging really brings peoples across the world closer - and Dio's blog shows how it can be done.

Interestingly, “Dio” wanted to know why and how I blog. My first inspiration came when Dr. Ellen Weber, with whom I work, began to blog. She was so enthused with blogging she couldn’t stop talking about the joy she found. That stirred me so much that I thought I’d like to begin a blog, too...

You might enjoy reading the rest of Dio’s interview at Quasi Fictional.

What inspired you to begin blogging and what inspires your blogging now?

Celebrating Bloggers Who Use More Intelligences

When I attend sports events and folks make a great play everyone celebrates. In my journey around the blogosphere in the last couple of weeks, I noted intriguing ways bloggers get more of their multiple intelligences up and running. Here're the posts I'm celebrating this week...

Logical Mathematical Who would have guessed that the height of the ceiling where you work can affect your creativity and focus. Frank Roche shares new information from the August issue of the Journal of Consumer Behavior:

"When a person is in a space with a 10-foot ceiling, they will tend to think more freely, more abstractly,” said Meyers-Levy. “They might process more abstract connections between objects in a room, whereas a person in a room with an 8-foot ceiling will be more likely to focus on specifics."

How might you make adjustments for more focus where you work?

Interpersonal or Social Intelligence David Armano practices what he preaches about conversations. In fact, David believes that we can't participate well in conversations without being willing to be quiet and listen. If we go back far enough, according to David, the conversation virus began to spread...

If we are to give credit—it belongs to the first individual who decided to listen before choosing to speak (or grunt). Now all we have to do is unlearn some of the things we've been taught as professional adults and move forward.

David models great strategies to provide voice for others in your blog. What strategies do you use to create more voice for your readers?

Naturalistic Intelligence Most of us may not realize that we're contaminating our home environments even more than the world outside our door. Check out GreenBurbia's post on common household items that are hazardous to your health. What an eyeopener!

Verbal-Linguistic Intelligence Story Brings Brands to Life. C.B. Whittemore shares depth found in the art of story. Here's just a quick overview...

S-tudy the audience
T-ailor the experience
O-rchestrate the details
R-elate
Y-ield long term relationships

There's so much depth here that you'll gain great new strategies by checking out the details.

Spatial Intelligence Scott McArthur shares an amazing visualization tool and tells us about its capabilities....

The categorisers have thoroughly sliced the categorising! For instance, they've color-coded their categories: data,metaphor, concept, strategy, information, and compound visualisation techniques. As if that were not enough to spark your brain, the creators also provide clues as to whether the model works best for convergent or divergent thinking, and whether it is more for an overview vs. detailed perspective.

Play with this one - it really delivers!

Bodily-kinesthetic Intelligence Bob Glaza's now in training for a Bike Ride Across Iowa. Bob last reported that he had 300 miles under his belt. On another note last weekend Ellen Weber and I participated in a Rotary District Conference golf tournament along with Ruth Cronkrite and Maureen Hall to place first in women's competition. When exercise is fun it's so much easier to get my heart pumping harder! And, of course, that supplies the brain with needed doses of oxygen! That's a real secret for people who want to keep their noodle at peak performance.

Intrapersonal Intelligence When we dream, we need to connect to realities, too, according to Joanna Young. She's making some of her goals reality by going for a two-week getaway at a book festival in Scotland. Now why didn't I think of that as a great way to enhance my writing? Hmmmm.....

Musical Intelligence Want to fine tune your blog with some upbeat sounds? You might enjoy Jeremy Jacobs' jazzy playlist to move your brain waves fairly fast as you write your blog post today.

So many of you are tapping more brain in your blogging... I hope to catch you at your best and celebrate your unique ideas with others.

Procrastinated? Timing's Just Right to Save Bucks for SOBCon07

Have you procrastinated about attending SOBCon at Chicago's Hotel Sofitel May 11-12? Just think... you can find last minute airfare at reduced rates. Right now is perfect timing to follow through and save bucks. Now that's using the old noodle!

And you gain a million dollars' worth by attending...

1. One thing about SOBCon that intrigues me . . .to discover what people like Liz Strauss, Jim Walton, Drew McClellan, Lisa Gates, Easton Ellsworth and Tammy Lenski are really like.

2. They better have plenty of activities because I like to be engaged rather than sitting. From what I see in the advertising, it looks like they plan to deliver!

3. The one thing I would have to bring to SOBCon... new discoveries about how the brain works and strategies to tap its rich resources.

4. The perfect location for SOBCon 08 would be near a golf course as Ellen Weber suggested.

5. One reason to go to SOBCon is to pick other peoples' brains to gain strategies to improve my blog overall.

6. At Live Open Mic Night at SOBCon, it would be hilarious to share humor about blogging.

7. What I wish I knew about SOBCon is ...I'd have to say with all the great advertising and people sharing what's on the agenda ahead, that Liz and the crew've really put out the scope of the conference with excitement.

Ellen Weber tagged me share my thoughts on SOBCon07. Now's just the right time to sign up if you haven't done so... No more procrastinating!

SOB Cafe Picks of the Week

Need more pizazz for your blog? Liz Strauss selected Tap More Brain Power by Asking Two-Footed Questions amongst others at SOB Cafe this week to help propel your blog's presence. Liz says, "We offer the best in thinking–articles on the business of blogging written by the Successful and Outstanding Bloggers of Successful Blog." Find great tips to improve writing and blogging skills in this week's complete selection listed below:

Problogger is showing us how to make things happen.
5 ways to Increase your Blog Traffic

SuccessCreeations stirs a discussion about Princes of Execution and Visionaries.
Visionary Cat Herding Princes of Execution

Brain Based Biz has jumped in with Both Feet.
Tap More Brain Power by Asking Two-Footed Questions

Logic+Emotion prefers conversation to webinar format and explains why.
Talking to Yourself

Success Begins Today shows us how to make true change happen.
True Change And The Three R’s

Related ala carte selections include

The carnival’s in town over at Working at Home on the Internet.
Working at Home Blog Carnival-Twenty-sixth Edition

Folks, these are but a foretaste of what you'll experience at SOBcon, in Chicago, May 11-12. Why not sign up if you haven't already?

Shocking Twist to Sarcasm's Two-Edged Sword

Neil J. asked a brilliant question, "Do you find it hard, Robyn, to get some forms of humour out in a blog i.e. sarcasm?" Sure do, Neil. Sarcasm's sword is two-edged because it can be intended one way, but interpreted another. Sarcasm backfires more often than not. Wonder why?

Folks in power or folks who want more power often use it to put others down. Let's take an in-depth look.

Ego's at the core. Interestingly, because people see the world from their own perspective, they can be blind. We humans don't anticipate that others' different perspectives affect the way memos, e-mails or blogs're read. Justin Kruger, NYU and Nicholas Epley, University of Chicago, found that "people overestimate both their ability to convey their intended tone–be it sarcastic, serious or funny," and that electronic misunderstandings occur frequently."

Think twice before using sarcasm in e-mails, memos or blogs..., "If you're worried that a joking e-mail might be misconstrued," Kruger advises, "read it aloud in a deadpan voice before clicking 'Send.'"

Humor adds benefits at work or snuffs out life. Surprisingly, philosopher John Morreall shows how, negative humor's mostly a male phenomenon. Do you agree?

Morreall explains...

To produce humor in conversation is to take the power role. And where negative humor-all those mother-in-law put-downs-once supported male power, women's more active role in life, and especially business life, is symbolized by "the blossoming of women's humor."

When, for example, Rita Rudner says "My boyfriend and I broke up. He wanted to get married, and I didn't want him to," she is not offering herself as a doormat. "She is showing her cleverness."

Sarcasm's tricky because gender's involved... Note how differences play out in Morreall's chart below...

Interestingly, differences in the kind of humor that men and women likely use relates to unique physical makeup of men's and women's brains...

At puberty males lose much of the corpus callosum layer which covers both the right and left brain. Intriguigingly, as a general tendency, men tunnel down deep into one topic and they're more competitive. On the other hand, women are more likely to bring many topics together because the the right brain "talks" more to the left. And, they're more apt to build close relationships with others.

To build more community in today's workplace is to spark the "kind of humor emerging today from women," says Morreall, professor at Rochester Institute of Technology. The last laugh is that more positive humor's also coming from "an encouraging number of men."

Thoughts for your workplace?