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Oct
30

Creativity through the years – 1984

I turn 25 this year. (December 4th to be exact). That means I have had almost 25 years of creative ideas, creative moments and creative ramblings. And after reading Brad’s blogs walking you through the past 30 years of his life, I got another creative idea: Creativity through the years. Over the next 25 posts, ending on my birthday, I will be covering an incredibly creative...

Oct
29

Using what you have to motivate you

Quick story first: my parents have a poodle (Bella), who fell in love with a tortoise (Douglas) that friends of theirs had as a pet. So my parents friend gave Douglas to Bella as a pet. (yes, the poodle has a pet tortoise). Anyway, my parents left in their RV last week to go to Arizona for 2 weeks of relaxation, site-seeing and golfing. While...

Oct
28

Subscription Drive

Whether you are a first time reader, or you have visited me before, I appreciate you. Without you, I would just be a random woman, rambling about stuff. And this is just a chance for you to keep getting my content directly to your rss reader or your inbox! Already subscribed? Then pass this along to someone else you think could benefit from the content...

Oct
27

Two-word Tuesday #20

Biggest Accomplishment *Register today for the Business Strategy Workshop and make your social media strategy your biggest accomplishment!* ...

Oct
26

Social media friends vs Real life friends

Or better named: Why I avoided joining Facebook in the beginning. When I started my social media strategy (blogging, twitter, linkedin, etc) almost a year and a half ago, I avoided adding facebook into the mix. It wasn’t until about 8 months ago that I finally became part of it. Why? Because none of my real friends were on twitter or linkedin, and definitely none of them read...

Oct
23

Final day for discounted pricing on the Business Strategy Workshop

Just wanted to send out one final reminder to all my readers about registering for the business strategy workshop to get almost 50% off. If you live in or near Orange County (or want to come visit!), this is a can’t miss. We will be covering blogging, facebook and twitter. To register, click on the button on the sidebar (the big one at the top) and...

Oct
23

8 quick ways to improve your blog management system

Blog management is the process of managing all parts of your blog: niche, content, post schedule, keywords, seo, design, promotion, comments. In order to manage them all properly, it is important to give them quality time and avoid short cuts. But that doesn’t mean that I don’t have a few tricks up my sleeve to help get you started!Niche: Pick one thing that you are...

Oct
22

What articles caught your attention this week?

Here are a few that caught mine: One of my favorite social media tools (Facebook) is combining with my all-time favorite computer/video game (Civilization)…and starting in 2010, I will never be productive again. (Sid Meier bringing Civilization to Facebook) Twitter search + Google + Bing = All the possible answers in 1 place? (Bing and Google integrate Twitter Search) Hubspot takes some time to explain the 7 most...

Oct
21

A little fun with writing

A couple nights ago I was watching the new show “Trauma” with my hubby. In the episode, a building catches on fire and one of the EMT’s said something along the lines of ” at least we got here before the entire place burns down”. And being me (and a little strange), that triggered my memory and I asked my hubby, “Does a house burn...

Oct
20

Two-word Tuesday #19

Excited about *Only 4 more days for discounted pricing on the Business Strategy Workshop…make sure to get registered!* ...