My first round of spotting bloggers's
eight intelligences at peak performance resonated with readers, so it spurred me on for a second round. Now,
8 Intelligences across the Blogosphere will be a regular weekend feature at Brain Based Biz.
Verbal-Linguistic Bill Wren at
Write Life --
Bill tells us straightforwardly what writing goals work and what don't!
They [clients, bosses, whoever's calling the shots] were caught up in the process of creating marketing material and utterly failing in making the connection between what was being written and the result they were hoping for. Had they paid attention to what the goal was (getting attention, selling whatever they were selling, engaging people), they might have had some different writing done, or even forgone the words entirely.
If you ain’t got a thing worth saying, for the love of Mike, don’t say anything!
Spatial – Sandy Renshaw at
Purple Wren shares a great way to take a
creative break – with
Mr. Picassohead . If you want to build expertise in graphics, stop by Purple Wren or check Sandy's weekly tips at
Successful and Outstanding Bloggers.
Sandy's blogs are chock-full of tips and she shares from a deep well of expertise!
Interpersonal and
Musical – Mike Wager at
Own Your Brand tells a story of a suggestion he made to Bruce Houghton of
Skyline Music to check out his postings on Johnny Cash. The result...Bruce took Mike's work and crafted three postings that energized Mike's original content. Mike notes that
In our networked marketplace whatever you put in front of the world (a brand, a product, a service) can change and morph into a “new – new – thing.” Get used to it because it’s going to be happening more and more.
Mike and Bruce, your stories show that when we do things alone, we are limited to our own gifts, but when others take what we have done and use their gifts to craft it anew, it’s amazing what happens. That’s interpersonal intelligence tapping great rhythm!
Naturalistic – Matt, at
The Copywriter's Crucible, tells an incredible story about
How the Internet Can Sell Snow and a Good Story.” It’s hard to believe anyone would want to buy snow, let alone that anyone could
sell it on Ebay. Matt gives details of a Colorado woman who sold three bags of snow to a family in Connecticut for $102.00. Check this out – it’s a fun read.
Intrapersonal – Galba Bright's, a new blogger who's off to a good start since his launch at the end of 2006. Galba provides strategies to improve your emotional intelligence at
Tune up Your EQ.
Galba, a gifted young man, spent over a year studying other folks’ blogs and commenting often. Galba's learning curve was high and his own EQ was tested in the process. Check out
Why a High IQ Can Be Bad for Your Health to see what's on his mind.
Bodily-Kinesthetic Valerie Cerami at
The Final Sprint advises us to
dance to kickstart both mind and body! Dance is a fun way to perk up your life and Valerie inspires us to consider it!
Logical-Mathematical –
Ben Yoskovitz at
Instigator Blog, shares several possibilities for blog promotion that help build both community and stats. I'll be experimenting with new strategies Ben lists below...
Mini Blog Carnivals
Contests
Theme Days
Blog Jolts (Use this as an example)
TheGoodBlogs communities [This new tool must work fairly well because when I visited another site today, I noted Ben’s Instigator Blog listed in a sidebar box titled TheGood Blogs. What’s your final take on this, Ben?]
Thanks Ben, for providing the links that show us how!
Whew! The learning curve’s high as I saw so many smarts on parade in the blogosphere. Stay tuned next Saturday for another edition.
Mike Wagner of White Rabbit Group says he "fishes with a net" to generate solutions and "loosen up cramped brains." Thanks for such brilliant reflection on the questions I posed, Mike, and I know my readers will benefit from your thoughtful wisdom as you explain this metaphor in depth...I tell the clients I serve to "fish with a net" when it comes to generating possible solutions. And then I show them well proven ideation models that help them loosen up their cramped brains.
