Last year I wrote Not Starting Over Just Starting Smarter 2012 with a solid outlook of what I wanted to work on and where I wanted to go in 2012. Looking back I see I’m still on track for the same goals, so I suppose I...
Read MoreI tend to do my editorial planning by quarters (2012Q4 that kind of quarter) for work, and six months in advance for clients. Somehow I always get blindsided by some crazy last minute requests or speaking gigs that I feel compelled to jump through hoops for. Try as I might, I can’t always convince others that preplanning is less stressful and produces generally better results.
Read MoreI’m confused… if B2C (business to consumer) marketers generating leads or sales via LinkedIn report a 75% increase since last year, but the number reporting sales from Facebook has declined nearly 20%, why are they...
Read MoreI sincerely hope 2013 is the year the VCs (venture capitalists) smarten up and stop this insanity. Up until this TechCrunch article I had never heard of this company Cherry before. A carwash that comes to you! Oh but that has...
Read MorePray for Newtown CT
Read MoreAs I'm getting ready for my +Google+ for Small Businesses book launch Hangout on Air tomorrow I had a thought. Can business be taught to genuinely care and talk to people using social media?What I mean by that is …...
Read MoreHonestly I'm on the fence on the brands & G+Community. I'm going to chew on it for the weekend. My first thoughts are that non-profits / cause based entities will do well as well as brands with strong fan bases...
Read MoreI have very strong theories on where Hangouts / Communities is going. Educated guess (no insider information) = sometime in the (hopefully near) future you will be able to do a limited broadcast Hangout on Air from within a...
Read MoreOh my goodness THIS ARTICLE is amazing! As part of what I do for a living, I coach and mentor other professionals that are looking to transition their (sometimes decades long) experience in marketing and public relations into...
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I hate buying presents for the sake of having something under the tree. As a mom that has to clean up the same toys day after day, I am all for less clutter and unloved toys and more of a focus on loving what you have and treating it properly.
Read MoreI'm migrating most of my cloud storage and sharing to Google Drive. Being able to upload files to Drive and send links automatically from Gmail will be a total 'click-saver' as I go through this process several times...
Read MoreHome : Drinking coffee. Watching the kids play. Planning my day. Holiday decorations to be unboxed. A basement to reorganize. Laundry to do. Christmas card lists to be made.Work : Newsletters to write. +Media Chit Chat to plan....
Read MoreThe Black Friday emails started in my inbox early last week from the handfull of stores and online retail sites that I subscribe to. Some online retailers have emailed me no less than SEVEN times in the past 24 hours with...
Read MoreI can think of no better way to enjoy visiting with family this Thanksgiving holiday than with a round of Instagram Bingo! What you ask is Instagram Bingo? Well, you take pictures with Instagram and post them online to your friends and family, preferably with witty commentary.
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What I like about Fundraise.com is that it easily hooks into your ‘social graph’ so that notifying your friends, family, and connections about your efforts is pretty much one-button easy.
Read MoreSome while back I rage quit +Klout (automated software to measure a user's influence across his or her social network and issue 'perks' based on the score and a paid involvement by advertisers) because I didn't...
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