“I’m not going to vacuum ’til Sears makes one you can ride on.” -Roseanne Barr

January 26, 2010

I am so inspired by my fabulous mom/women pals who toil away everyday both at work and at home. This post is to honor their 90 hour weeks, senses of humor, hilarious anecdotes, nurturing spirits and all around awesomeness! Some of my heroes are: Cybele Ryan, mother of three, restaurant manager and best friend to [...]

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Engage. Enlighten. Enpower

January 26, 2010

Powerful wise words for those of us delving into the world of social media – blogging, tweeting, Facebook. What is the best way to make these “social” networking sites work for you and your business? ENGAGE. Knowing that you had too much to drink last night or that your husband lost his job is not [...]

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Why Small Businesses Must do their homework

November 21, 2009

It’s tedious, can be time consuming and a little intimidating if you don’t know where to start. It can make you feel overwhelmed, might disappoint you and can frustrate the heck out of you. It can make you feel like a twelve year old staring at his first algebra assignment. For these reasons most small [...]

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How to Get traffic to Your Blog

November 11, 2009

How to Get Traffic to Your Blog by Seth Godin is an informative and great post to print and put on that bulletin board across form your desk. You now, the one with all the story ideas for your blog. I, clearly, have not done that yet. I blame H1N1. In fact, I blame H1N1 [...]

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Need a little Twitter help?

October 29, 2009

Today I met with a favorite client (OK, you’re all my favorite! No, really!!) and he is a little slow to jump on the twitter bandwagon, even though I am doing my darndest to convince him that it should be part of our overall marketing strategy (He’s analytical so I have to back my twitter-love [...]

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Top 5 Business Blogging Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

October 23, 2009

I am sponge right now – soaking up pages and pages of relevant information about social media, blogging and marketing trends. It’s my job! I love what I do and I intend to be as valuable to my clients as the top bloggers/marketers are to theirs. Creating a blog for your small business isn’t easy; [...]

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Balance Family, Work, & Fun

October 22, 2009

Did you know that October is National Work and Family Month? On Oct. 14, 2009, both the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate approved resolutions declaring October National Work and Family Month. Both resolutions were approved unanimously. Dedicating a month to work and family issues encourages all workplaces to pause once a year and reflect [...]

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Twitter Webinar Recap

October 22, 2009

I’d like to thank Brian Kitching (www.oregonpublishing.com) for taking the time to recap the twitter webinar – This a a brief recap of what was discussed at the GoToWebinar about Twitter: (hosted by Jay Berkowitz, Gail Goodwin-motivational speaker(InspireMeToday), Iconic88, Warren Whitlock wrote “twitter revolution” Starting with a brief explanation of what Twitter is: Twitter is [...]

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Where Do You Live?

October 14, 2009

I think of my blog as my house…I’m just moving in right now, so pardon my dust….I haven’t been able to completely decorate and set up my “rooms” but I am getting there (“Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.” ~Mark Twain). While I get my house in order, I take “party” breaks. Where’s the [...]

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Bear with me…

October 11, 2009

So I am making the switch from Blogger to WordPress. Haven’t figured out how to get my archives over here and I realize my blog is looking brand new and “skinny”. Bear with me! I will populate soon. Meanwhile – enjoy some of the posts I placed in my pages… See you soon! and WELCOME!!! [...]

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