Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas, darlings!! From our little family to yours, I wish you a wonderful holiday, and a really wonderful 2015! I’m taking a little time off from this blog over the holidays, but I’m working on some really […]
Serial: How One Podcast is Changing Journalism
I imagine I’m not the only one out there who has begun living for Thursday. You see, Thursday is the day that the new episode of Serial gets released. But first a quick backgrounder for those of you who haven’t […]
You’re a Successful Blogger–Now What?
Over the past couple of years, I’ve been really putting a lot of work into growing my cooking blog. This blog has been chugging along for years, and quite successfully helping me to get lots of work in social media. […]
Social Media Versus Reality
“I‘ll bet you eat amazing gourmet meals every day for lunch, right?” a friend of mine recently said to me. I had to admit that I barely eat lunch at all most days, and when I do, it’s usually cheese […]
The Power of Words
This thing called life is so strange sometimes. When I look back over the last year or so, at what has happened…. it’s all pretty goshdarn amazing. I’ve been a blogger for nigh on 7 years, now. I wrote my […]
Why We Need To Be Doing Less Social Media
This post may be reflective of where my brain is right now (June is traditionally a very busy month for me, and I’m starting to feel pretty burnt out), but I’ve been doing a lot of serious thinking lately about […]
Failure is the Greatest Teacher: Learning From Your Mistakes
When I first started my business back in December of 2007, I made a lot of mistakes. I did some really dumb things, which ended up costing me valuable time, money, or both. I was pretty hard on myself when […]
I’m Not Playing Your Social Media Game Anymore
The squeaky wheel gets the grease. As sayings go, it’s an oldie, but a goodie. If you look around you right now (metaphorically), or scroll through your social media feeds, you will no doubt find people who are “squeaky.” They […]
“I Need A Starbucks” Lessons in Branding
This week, I’m dusting off some older, popular posts and re-posting them. I love this post. I was really proud of this one from January 12, 2011. Enjoy! I grew up in a small town on the coast of south-western […]
Reflections On The Art of Marketing
On Wednesday, I attended my third Art of Marketing Conference (you can read about #1 and #2 here). When I found out one of the speakers was going to be Seth Godin, I knew I had to go. I’m a […]