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Everything I Hate About Social Media

Okay, okay. I know I'm going to convert, but first, as is my way, I need to kick and scream, whine and complain. Forgive me. (I'd be interested in how you take on challenges that are daunting.) I have committed to becoming savvy about twitter and facebook (LinkedIn...

How Far Do YOU Go?

My heart is set on getting an entrepreneurial superhero of mine to endorse my book (I won't mention any names...yet). I delayed the deadline to accommodate her busy schedule, sent another package with information, highlighted lessons that I believe relevant to her...

Now That’s Marketing

I had a double-header Friday morning spending time with remarkable women. Barbara Weltman and I met for coffee at the Starbucks in Greenwich, a midway point between our home offices. We get together a few times a year to compare notes, catch up and share what's...

Lena’s Wisdom: Hooray for Online Press

It's not often that I select a comment to become a post, but Lena West's remarks regarding my Myth of Press posting a week ago warrant that attention. I thought I knew a lot about what to do with press once you've gotten it, but Lena enlightened me about online...

SHAME – A Lurking Enemy of Good

Thoughts of coulda, shoulda, woulda flashed through my head last Thursday evening as I waited for the endless rainstorm to convert to snow as had been predicted. I had postponed my event for that night after hearing the dire predictions measured in feet of snow,...

The Myth of Press

There's a misconception out there that when you get published the automatic result is fame and fortune. That's the power of the press. If there's ink about you, you must be successful and rich. Not so. A colleague and I were comparing notes over coffee yesterday....

Talk About Integrity

Integrity - The quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness. That was the first word that sprang to mind when I received an email this morning from 341 Studios announcing their new logo and website. They've done a terrific job of showing off...

Not Satisfied?

Back-to-back client calls Tuesday morning brought up the same issue--inadequate results from contracted work. After hearing my clients' frustration with their vendors and brainstorming action steps to move forward, they were still left with two challenges:...

And Speaking of Staying Connected…

Heading out to Newark Airport yesterday I sat in a packed shuttle making its final stop to pick up passengers. The ticket collector seemingly quite harried as she marched up and down the aisle counting empty seats while barking at us to have our stubs ready to hand...

The Perfect Sentiment

I received this note card the day before Thanksgiving from a colleague who participated in two of my Mastermind Groups last year. We are both (I'm confident Pam feels this way, too) proud to share Mount Holyoke College alumnae status with Emily Dickinson whose...

Authenticity at the Jersey Shore

When my sisters and I were young we would look at magazines like Seventeen or at mail order catalog pages and vote for our favorite model, outfit or hair-do. We'd turn the pages, announce the category, then count to three and point. "Prettiest! One, two, three!"...

Practicing Poise the Beverly Sills Way

Many years ago I listened to a set of tapes by Dr. Julie White advising women on how to build their self-images and self-projection. She had discussed a recurring frustration which she was able to turn around: waiting on an interminable line at the bank (pre-ATM...

Oprah’s in My Jewelry Box

  I've been staring at two vision boards that hang on the inside of my closet door daily for several years now. The very first one I ever created, before these two, came to fruition within a short time. I made it by cutting and pasting images of the places, people...

What You Call It Matters

While I was in Charleston over the weekend I wandered into an inviting shop called Worthwhile. There was a beautifully detailed white cotton shirtwaist in the window that caught my eye and drew me in.  I suspected the price tag would be pretty detailed too. I was...

Charleston, SC and Entrepreneurship

Wherever I go, there I am. Taking the Charms of Charleston tour I was all ears to hear about this beautiful southern city. We're down here for the wedding of our friends' daughter. While my husband played golf with the bride's father on Friday, I took the morning...