Beethoven in America – An Image Of American Culture by Michael Broyles

On December 20, 2011, in Art & Photography, Book Reviews, Business & Investing, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

In this book, Michael Broyles seeks to understand the composer as he exists in the American imagination and explores how Beethoven became a cultural icon. Broyles examines Beethoven’s appearance in a variety of contexts: American commercialism, the Afrocentrist and black power movements, and the modernist critique of Romanticism.

Drawing Power: A Compendium of Cartoon Advertising by Rick Marschall and Warren Bernard

On November 23, 2011, in Book Reviews, Business & Investing, History, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

A lively collection of mass market print advertising from the 1890s to the recent past, starring both cartoonists and cartoon characters. While critics debate whether comics is high art or low art, the fact is that the comic strip was born as a commercial medium and was nurtured by competition, commerce, and advertising.

Google AdWords Scam? Account Has Stopped Running This Morning

On May 9, 2011, in Blogging Aspects, Professional Blogging, Technology, by Wilfried F. Voss

This is just a fair warning about another possible online scam using Google.

Support The Washington Post Financially Without Spending A Dime

On January 24, 2011, in Lifestyle, Making Money from Home, Marketing, Neurotica, Scammers, Writing & Publishing, by Wilfried F. Voss

As we all know too well, traditional newspapers are suffering from the Internet boom. Subscriber numbers are declining steadily, and the online versions (Damn if you do, damn if you don’t) don’t produce sufficient revenue to support the writing staff.

5 Things to Implement when Building Your Brand on Facebook

On December 9, 2010, in Blogging, Marketing, by Wilfried F. Voss

At the Word of Mouth Marketing Summit last month, hundreds of brands covered a variety of topics including best practices for engagement strategies, measurement, brand ambassador programs and ROI. They have shared a few takeaways on building your brand on Facebook.

FastNetLearning.com – Make At Least An Average Of $369 Per Day

On June 3, 2010, in Making Money from Home, Scammers, by Wilfried F. Voss

It is amazing how many websites you find these days promising you heaven on earth. Let me say it again: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably isn’t!

What The Heck Is Ploughshares?

On April 27, 2010, in Neurotica, Writing & Publishing, by Wilfried F. Voss

If it takes several minutes of educated guessing to find out what Ploughshares possibly represents, you have lost a potential subscriber, and the free Ploughshares tote bag won’t convince them, either. Yes, I could log on to the Internet and get more information, but, honestly, why should I? You already wasted enough of my time.