O, Oprah. Why didn’t I think of that?
October 8th, 2008 at 10:21am Georgette Braun
I’ve spent a lot of time releasing stress at the office about the economy and my going, going …. getting-too-close-to-I-can’t-even-bring-myself-to-say-the-words ‘almost-gone’ retirement savings by talking about it a lot to those sitting near my desk. I know, poor them listening to poor me, you say.
I just realized when I read this story in the Chicago Tribune this morning that I should get more creative on the money-making side versus the money-investing side, like Robyn Okrant is doing. She is nine months into her yearlong attempt to follow every bit of advice Oprah Winfrey doles out, whether in the magazine, on the Web site or on her TV show. And she has a high-powered agent waiting for her to start writing a book about the experience.
Even if it doesn’t make Oprah’s Book Club list, I bet Okrant will make a lot of money from the book.
Wish I would have thought of that.
Tell me the hair-brained ideas you’ve thought about doing to make money that never got off the ground or still might.
And don’t tell me to go live at a dog kennel for a week and write a book about it, because I won’t.
5 Comments Add your own
1. hokumboy | October 8th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
So,
What do you think of the Trib’s new format?
2. Georgette Braun | October 9th, 2008 at 7:18 am
Hokum: I like the boldness and the new masthead that’s bigger (with the Chicago Tribune name). And I think the Live (is it with a long ‘i’ or short ‘i’) section is livelier-looking. But I think the “local news” section got the short end of the stick. It’s just a continuation of the main ‘A’ section.
What do you think of it?
3. hokumboy | October 9th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
I liked the respectability of the old Trib and think this “new & improved - to serve you better” version has the look and feel of a People Magazine on newsprint. And that’s not a compliment. I view many of the changes your paper has gone through in the same manner. Several sections I pass by completely because they seem to have more style than substance. Looks over content. I guess that’s the new way to sell papers. Or at least to try to. That must be the way our society judges things these days. In many different aspects. Too many.
4. Georgette Braun | October 9th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Hokum: Presentation is where it’s at. Gotta hook ‘em first. But substance is important, too, I agree.
5. hokumboy | October 9th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
” But substance is important, too..”.
It’s quite sad that substance has become the afterthought.
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