Unusual Desert Places, Your Legacy, Curated Marketing Tips, Desktop Texting & Smoked Salmon for Dinner
Here’s my latest collection of business and marketing ideas, free tools, interesting places and delicious recipes.
Places You Might Go ~ Off the Beaten Track
The Big Dune Recreation Area is a dot on the map as a Point of Interest between of Pahrump, NV, and Death Valley. It looks like just another mountain, but its shape changes with the winds. Camping and ATVs are allowed in this stunning, remote landscape. Still, you can see it from the highway six miles away.
“One hundred years from now, there will be 1 billion dead people on Facebook.”
–Digital Legacy Plan by Angela Crocker and Vicki McLeod
No matter your age, consider who will manage your social media, web site and other content assets ~ above and beyond your investment and physical belongings. I share some areas to think about and resources in “Who Will Grant Your Last Wishes?”
Curations That I Find Interesting and You Might Too
💡 Typeshare is a tool to encourage more frequent written posts. Create posts with or without images. Write once and post to Medium, LinkedIn and/or Twitter. Choose a Twitter thread, a series of tweets in a sequence, or an Atomic Essay. Typeshare offers several templates and more in the paid version.
💡 Tracy Enos published tips to update your LinkedIn profile in 2022 (30) Point LinkedIn Profile Checklist. Don’t miss the Featured section. See her strategy for the About Section to entice readers. Take a look at her reason to add your birthday in Contact Info.
💡 Do you have a media kit? On your site? Here are some great tips from PR expert Joanne McCall to create a valuable resource.
Freebie
The Mighty Text Google Extension lets you track and respond to your phone SMS messages while working on a laptop or desktop. It’s a free tool, but the premium version saves more than 60 days of texts.
A Penchant for Museums
The Pahrump Museum has a working ham radio station. Visitors with radio licenses may sign in to make calls. One man called home to Asia on his birthday. This photo with permission from the Museum and PVTimes.com.
Quick and Easy Recipe
Looking for a quick, easy, make-ahead brunch or dinner dish for a party or potluck? Smoked salmon makes this one special: “Crustless Smoked Salmon Quiche.”
Next Time
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