March FIRE Update

Hey, everyone. Q1 is over! Boy, what an exciting year 2022 has been, so far. Well, exciting isn’t quite the right word. The world seems to be spinning out of control, but we have to figure out what we can and can’t control. I can’t do anything about inflation, the …

Career Path: The Do’s

Most professionals want an upward career path with frequent promotions. The aim is to boost our promotion rate and hence our growth angle. For instance, how career helpful is that geometry class? Focus on these personal branding criteria to speed up the process and get frequent promotions. Boss Career IQ …

Evolving Brand Scams

Today’s bad actors are scam personal brand opportunists, and the players are like streams of water pouring over outdated or weak defenses. At its most basic level, cybersecurity is a data protection scams discipline in which we aim to preserve the “soft, chewy middle” of our organizations and our personal …

Influencer Marketing: the $68M secret you don’t know

Pura Vida Bracelets reported $68.3 Million in revenue for 2023 leading to an incredible acquisition by Vera Bradley — and they credit a lot of that success to influencer marketing. Gretta Rose van Riel used influencer marketing to build multiple 8-figure ecommerce brands.  Scott Paul got LeBron James to promote his …

The 10 Best Free Lightroom Presets for Creating Stunning Portraits

Photography isn’t easy, and portrait presets help you make every photo look its best. You can boost colors, smooth edges, and stylishly fade surroundings into the background. And since you’re doing this in post-processing, you don’t have to get every image exactly right when you shoot it. To help get …