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The FLK blog

Like me, a mixed bag.

Tips and tricks. Outside reading. Past work examples that are no longer live on their original sites and musings on journalism, communications, content marketing, social media and more.

Welcome.

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Featured: Tips for the weary

Tips, yes. Also: musings and client success stories.

What you can expect here and from me in general is more give than get. Just like I tell my clients: I want you to grow. That good result will naturally take care of me, your customers and the world around us.

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A woman's hand placing a sticker on a metal post. Sticker is a blue speech bubble with the words Think again inside. Background is blurred.

Street Marketing Smarts: Strategic Flyering FTW

Yes, flyering is throwback. But search as we know it is ending. Even better: Maybe cash is tight. What to do? Go guerilla. Flyering is one way to make a splash locally with nearly no spend.

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AI image of a cat holding an ice cream cone wearing a party hat. Cat is staring longingly at a whipped topping kind of cake that is covered in candy.

Can you ChatGPT to an early retirement?

Seduced by AI? You should be. But the real world isn't going anywhere just yet.

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A person with long hair -- hair is swept forward over their face. Sunglasses have been set on the face over the hair. Person is wearing a red plaid shirt.

FLK small biz marketing tip: Sharing others’ content

Sharing others’ work is a requirement for me — I want to grow and inform my audiences beyond the boundaries of my own brand.

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Selection of external clips

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From The Guardian

Solar pushback: how US power firms try to make people pay for going green

Kevin Good is the president of a small solar power company in Kansas – a state that tends to be so sunny you’d think he’d have it made.

“I got into solar at maybe the worst point to do so in the last 50 years,” said Good, who runs Good Energy Solutions in Lawrence, a town of about 100,000.

A screenshot of the original Mickey Mouse, Steamboat Willie, at the wheel of a paddleboat.

From FlatlandKC (KC PBS)

How KC’s Walt Disney Learned the Hard Way About Copyright

Disney creation Steamboat Willie has entered the public domain after 95 years of copyright protection. The mouse’s adventures in new genres are well underway.

A photo of the large doors at KU's Strong Hall. The craftsmen responsible for rebuilding them are pictured on either side.

From KU Today

KU Craftsmen Roll Up Their Sleeves to Rebuild the Historic "Doors to Campus"

The bold, iconic entrance to Strong Hall has been the “doorway to KU” for generations of Jayhawks. The two-story main entrance with its 18 windows and 234 panes of glass stands stalwart as the seasons pass and thousands of students, faculty and staff flow through its historic doors. Those doors, however, had seen better times...

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From Montanan Magazine

To the Arctic and Beyond: UM Geoscience Grads Succeed in a Changing Field

Lee-Gray Boze, at 5 foot 10 and wiry in frame, might not be who you think of when you think of a caver – or an arctic explorer for that matter.

Selected Client blogs

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Screenshot pulled from the Grandstand blog. Shows various plastic cups full with beverages.

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So... Who is this Guy???

I can be a lot, and I own it. Let's dive in!

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A painting of John Brown, tornado in the background. Bit glasses have been added to the revolutionary.

What the heck does “Freelance Kansas” mean?

To be clear: Freelance Kansas is a boutique marketing firm, and the name plays on Free Kansas and the Bleeding Kansas period of history.

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A rubbery, smiling dumpster fire toy thingy on the left and a bottle of methylphenidate on the right. Both are on a wooden desktop.

Me and my "best" friend: My ADHD

So. In the horoscope my mother sends me (yes, I know), I'm hearing I need to relax to succeed. But, this mind of mine. How does that happen?

Selfie of Freelance Kansas owner Haines Eason in his front yard. Background: Mulched garden bed and yellow house. Wooden, split-level.

Selfie of Freelance Kansas owner Haines Eason in his front yard. Background: Mulched garden bed and yellow house. Wooden, split-level.

Proud to be a disaster

Recovering addict, dropout... The stars aligned for me a few times. Sometimes because people showed up, sometimes because they didn't.

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JOURNALISM AND COMMUNICATIONS

A collection of past published work no longer available in the wild.

ZOOM meeting security best practices

An example of my work with several high-level KU stakeholders. This message went to the entire KU community of over 30,000 recipients.

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A graphic design: white background with three gears overlaid. Inside the leftmost: a closed lock. Inside the middle: a thumbprint. Inside the rightmost: an unsecured lock.

Effective Online Protection Requires Multiple Layers

Originally published on the KU IT website. This is another example of my work with multiple stakeholders at a large institution.

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A picture of a man with shortish hair and a beard raising his hand as he speaks to an audience.

Imam of largest U.S. mosque, Iliff graduate, returns to give talk on immigrant integration

Iliff School of Theology celebrates landmark anniversary with Renewal Conference led by Imam of largest U.S. mosque.

Garcia-Navarro in front of students at DU fielding questions from them.

Garcia-Navarro in front of students at DU fielding questions from them.

NPR’s Lourdes Garcia-Navarro visits DU, talks of trust, accountability, need to bear witness

Garcia-Navarro spoke yesterday to an assembled group of students, some from South High School who have documented police-teen interactions.

International Church of Cannabis opens, numerous questions remain

International Church of Cannabis opens, numerous questions remain

International Church of Cannabis opens, numerous questions remain

By now, almost everyone in South Denver and many others from around the world have heard the news: The International Church of Cannabis...

App-driven food donation program to fill a Denver food desert

App-driven food donation program to fill a Denver food desert

App-driven food donation program to fill a Denver food desert

2010 U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics claim 31 percent of Americans’ food goes to waste annually. The cost could be $165 billion.

DU seniors institute marks one-year anniversary with expanded programming and accolades

DU seniors institute marks one-year anniversary with expanded programming and accolades

DU seniors institute marks one-year anniversary with expanded programming and accolades

Tucked away at DU is a senior-focused institute making waves both locally and internationally.

Manual High School opens food bank

Manual High School opens food bank

Manual High School opens food bank

Homelessness, affordable housing and drug addiction. But kids going hungry in Central Denver? That's not something we talk much about.

Local produce-sharing program Fresh Food Connect expands into 80203

Local produce-sharing program Fresh Food Connect expands into 80203

Local produce-sharing program Fresh Food Connect expands into 80203

It's been a big year for Fresh Food Connect, Denver’s first community-garden-produce-sharing program targeting the food-insecure.

Accessibility and Freelance Kansas

The Freelance Kansas Statement of Ethics

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