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Dec
18

How to change your tags without editing blog posts

I spelled a tag wrong but it’s already attached to a post, what do I do? I have received this question about a half dozen times each week, and finally have decided to write a quick post, outlining how to change tags, simply and effectively…On the dashboard, click the “posts” section Click on post tags Either search for the tag you are looking for (partial words/tags will show...

Dec
17

What do you monitor daily?

On a daily basis, it is easy to let small things slide by. But, when you let them slip one day, then the next, then the next, pretty soon, you are forgetting about it altogether. The most common situation I see is in social media strategy marketing – blog, twitter, facebook & linkedin. People start with a strategy, a plan and analyze what is working...

Dec
16

What to do with all those extra ideas

We all have hundreds of great ideas that come to us – while we’re sleeping, while we’re working on other projects, or just sitting and relaxing. Unfortunately, most of these ideas will simply be passing thoughts, forgotten about as soon as they were thought up. This can be very frustrating down the road when you are looking for great ideas but don’t have any put...

Dec
15

Two-word Tuesday #27

Tweetup Tomorrow! ...

Dec
14

Does that hurt? Then don’t do that.

How many of us work on projects, take on clients, or attempt to do things that we know we’re just hurting ourselves trying to handle? *hint: the answer starts with every and ends with one* When I attempted to hand code html or php, it hurts. So I don’t do that anymore. Instead, I found someone that I trust and I can work with that...

Dec
11

I’m sick, go visit some of my friends for the day…

Yesterday I mentioned that I thought I had the flu. So, I called the dr. and they gave me a prescription for Tamiflu without even having to go in (yay!) with the warning that if I wasn’t a lot better today, that I would need to come in (boo!). Of course, I woke up this morning (I’ll spare the details) feeling a lot worse (double...

Dec
10

The importance of strong blog management

Recently, I’ve covered the 5 puzzle pieces of blog management and 8 ways to quickly improve your blog management strategy. I also talk a lot about the value of blog management in my BM page, and through twitter. But why should you listen to me? Well, hopefully because you find good content and therefore trust what I tell you. Even then, I too like to...

Dec
09

Do you work to make friends in business?

I want to go on a little journey of thought…the goal is to get it around to business, so stick with me here. Last week, my husband and I went to a piano bar in Mission Viejo. We were having fun, drinking and listening to music. We had planned on attending with some of our current friends, but they got busy, so we went just the...

Dec
08

Two-word Tuesday #26

Analyze Analytics ...

Dec
07

How to analyze your branding strategy

If you are a brick and mortar facility, there are 4 big pieces to your branding:The store (what it looks like, how it is organized, the people who staff it, the products available, etc) The website (whether or not you sell online, you must have a kick butt site for people to visit) Social media (everyone and every business can benefit from using some pieces of social...