Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue 488 Did They Clone Your Profile? Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue 488

One of the more vicious scam attempts that I’ve come across is the attempt to clone one’s Facebook profile. What takes place is when the scammer copies or clones one of your friend’s profiles and then sends friend requests to all that person’s friends. Once they accept, the scammer is able to easily contact them through Facebook Messenger pretending to be that friend. Unfortunately, many have been scammed and what surprises me is that Facebook has not implemented yet some...

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Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue 487 Give Credit Where Credit Is Due Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue 487

I came across an article recently that caught my eye about Jack Daniel’s whiskey. While I’m not a whiskey drinker, the name, “Jack Daniels” is well known to me and even growing up in Israel, was synonymous with whiskey, the only brand. So, I was surprised to learn that Jack Daniels, eternally credited for concocting this famous liquor, actually learned the art of whiskey distillation from another man. In the mid 1800’s, the enslaved Nearest Green, gained renown as a...

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Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue 486 What’s Your Slogan? Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue 486

I recently received, what seemed to look like, a robotext on my phone from one of the political parties asking me to participate in a zoom call featuring a representative from the State Board of Education. Since I had never received such a request before, and this one piqued my curiosity, I figured they wanted money. Since they were soliciting me, I figured why not text back and see if I get a response? I simply asked, “what is the...

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Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue 485 What’s Your Topic This Week? Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue 485

A while back I created the infographic to answer the question of Where Do Ideas Come From? Hopefully this visual stimulates your mind to identify the proper resources to help you gain new ideas. In today’s article I would like to explore and share some of the most prevalent ways of identifying new topics to help you with your content creation.  Here are several topic ideas: Life and business lessons learned from your business, your clients or family members What...

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