Last year, someone sent me a link on Facebook. Around that time, a song called “All About That Bass,” by Meghan Trainor was really popular. I have an 11-year-old son, so we listen to pop music stations in the car, and […]
I have a cool infographic to share with you today about trends in marketing for 2014. Here’s how they break down: Mobile First: Businesses need to be designing mobile interfaces first, and then scaling up desktop websites. Companies with younger or […]
Organization. Productivity. It’s something probably all of us think about and, to some degree, struggle with. I run my own business, and part of that business includes blogging. I have content calendars and editorial deadlines, and systems in place for […]
Back a few months ago, I did an interview with Alyson B. Stanfield for her Arts Biz Blog. Alyson is someone who’s been on my radar for years–I’ve been following her blog and following her on Twitter pretty much since […]
Disruption. It happens many, many times a day. You’re focused, you’re on task, and… the phone rings. A co-worker needs your opinion on something. Your text notification on your smartphone pings. You notice a cute cat video on Facebook. The […]
R ecently, a colleague asked me, “What was the most rewarding mistake you ever made in business?” It’s a great question, and I quickly had an answer for him because it was an incredibly painful mistake. However, it proved to […]
I went to this cool productivity conference a couple of weeks ago, hosted by Steve Dotto. Lots of good speakers and information. Productivity is a big issue for most of us. We don’t have enough time in the day to […]
Let’s go old-school for a bit. Despite the 1 billion people on Facebook, and the half a billion on Twitter, and the 4 billion hits that YouTube gets every day, the #1 form of social communication in the world is […]
In one of my other (many) lives, I’m a food blogger, and I was recently assigned to write a piece on restaurants with great patios. I reached out to several of these restaurants via Twitter, and was surprised at the amount of time it […]
I‘d heard about Square quite a bit from our neighbours to the south, so I was really excited and happy when they expanded beyond the States and into Canada. Here’s the setup: let’s say you’re an artist and you sometimes […]