On Finding Motivation
We all have those things we want. Goals. To lose some weight, write a book, learn a language. I don’t know about you, but there are probably a million times in my life that I’ve started out on a path, […]
Book Review: Digital Life Skills for Youth
If you, like me, are the proud owner of a teenager, then I’m sure you, like me, feel flummoxed a great deal of the time. My kid is 16 (I don’t know how that happened), and we are now having […]
Book Review: Stop Chasing Influencers
A few weeks back, I was visiting my friend Russel in Victoria, and I spotted a book in his bookshelf that caught my eye. It was called Stop Chasing Influencers,The True Path To Building Your Business and Living Your Dream, […]
What’s your Digital Legacy?
A few years ago, my dear friend Babz Chula died. We were friends in real life, and we were also Facebook friends. I remember visiting her FB page after she died and leaving her messages there, telling her I missed […]
Declutter Your Data
Self care. This is something that’s been on my mind a lot lately. Last year, after my book was published, I had a bit of a crash. I hit the wall. I’d been going pretty hard for about a year, […]
The Content Planner
I’ve been teaching the same class, MKTG 1550, Social Media Marketing for Business, over at BCIT for the last 6 or so years now. The end goal of every class is the same; my students create a social media marketing […]
Big Magic
When I was 16, I read Robert Bolt’s A Man For All Seasons. It tells the story of the martyr, Sir Thomas Moore. That same year, I took a creative writing course. Now, I should say for the record, that […]
Book Review: I Cheat at Meditation
Do you meditate? It’s something I’ve done off and on for a few years. For me, most recently, it’s taken the form of doing Yin Meditation on Sunday nights. If you are unfamiliar with Yin, it’s a restorative yoga practice […]
#UnTrending
Social Media is my life. It’s my business and my personal life. I was thrilled to receive a copy of my dear friend, Vicki McLeod’s book, #UnTrending in the mail last week. Vicki and I have been a source of […]
#AskGaryVee
There are few guys as big, or as polarizing, as @GaryVee in the world of Social Media Marketing. If you have no idea who Gary Vaynerchuk is, chances are, you aren’t in the social media space. And if you are […]