U.S. Interstates visual
How did I not know this before?
Even number interstates: Side to Side
Odd number interstate roads: Up and Down
I love it when a simple graphic like this teaches …
Category: Wisdom
Some good wisdom from people around the web, including @NevMed.
Newsletters are just blogs.
Newsletters are usually a bunch of short posts and thoughts listed out. This is what most blogs were.
The thing that newsletters solved versus blogs: DISTRIBUTION.
When you publish a …
Email list cleaning
Having done this many times across many email lists, I can tell you it’s healthy for the email list in the long run, but a massive hit to the ego …
Most regretted college majors chart
This shows the college majors people most regret getting, usually due to a lack of opportunity the major gets vs the amount of effort/cost to acquire it.
Do you regret …
“Learning Pyramid” chart
This is a cool chart that shows how much people remember from different mediums of learning.
- 5%: Lectures
- 10%: Reading
- 20%: Audio/Visual
- 30%: A demonstration
- 50%: Discussing in a group
What you planned -vs- What really Happened
We can all relate to this….you plan all this stuff for the morning, and you end up working on a “little of everything” and end up getting nothing done 😬…
Social Platform Axis Chart
This is an awesome axis-graph which let’s you see where you are on the smart/ugly/hot/dumb scale!
This would be awesome to recreate for your industry.
P.S. I screenshotted this and …
Great alternative to “Now Hiring” sign
This sign at a CB2 store stepped up their copy from “Now Hiring” to “Dream Job Alert” which is far more compelling. Also checkout the 3 bullet points at the …
If I was born 200 years ago.
I’d live in a 200-person village in India, with poor eyesight, laboring in a hot field my whole life.
I am thankful for all inventions, especially the internet, that came …
What can you make from a barrel of oil?
Sometimes a complex subject can be better illustrated than told. For example this is a cool graphic that shows all the stuff that comes out of a barrel of oil.…
4 main ways to scale
If you want to build something big (or run a small company with large outputs), you need to some form of “scale.”
There’s 4 main ways to scale:…
Copywriting is not just for professional copywriters.
I’ve always believed copywriting is a skill to learn so you can apply it to a business you own, not necessarily to BECOME a professional copywriter.
This way you can …
Daily to-do list
Speaking of hand writing….I currently hand write my daily to-do list, but it lacks one major component:
It’s not digital so I can’t share it between devices!
My wishlist of …
Remember that people pay money for things that:
• Saves them time.
• Supports a cause.
• Saves them money.
• Improves their status.
• Teaches them new info.
• Gets them access to info.
• Satisfies a …
Business is tax advantages
One of the best things about owning a business is tax advantages.
I know that sounds really boring but…
If you have a hobby such as cooking…and you start a …
How much you learn from different methods
This cool illustration shows how much you learn from theory, from practice, and from mistakes.…
Meaning of life according to a bunch of different philosophers
This is a fun diagram showing the meaning of life for different theories and philosophies. A perfect combo of images + text working to educate!…
Things that seem weird to teach kids today
– Cursive writing
– Reading an analog clock
Cursive was designed to reduce ink splatter from quil pens. This is no longer a problem, so I’m not sure why kids …
“The Quiet Toy” Crayola Ad
Know who your actual customer is.
For example: If someone is buying Crayons…it’s the PARENT not the child spending the money.
This 1979 Crayola ad appeals specifically to parents who …