I got to tag along with my daughter Lindsey last week when she was a featured speaker at the Joe Connolly-CBS Business Breakfast in Mahwah, NJ. In my humble opinion, she was the star of the panel on "How to Use Social Media, Etc." I was extremely proud of her as...
Rarely do I promote someone else's programs via my blog, but I feel strongly about Miriam Salpeter's grasp of social media and her instructional style. I'm impressed not only with her expertise in twitter especially, but also how clear she is in communicating how...
It wasn't until I had received three pieces of information that I made the decision to submit my writing to the Huffington Post. 1. I heard Arianna Huffington speak at the Women's Summit back in March. I totally fell in love with her and her message. What an...
Today I joined a group, responded to correspondence I've received, and commented on a couple of posts. Mainly, I'm giving myself permission to take my time, to get familiar with the visual aspects of LinkedIn and to allow the medium to follow its course. The number...
I've now clocked 6+ hours on LinkedIn and am looking for ways to challenge myself and go deeper (suggestions welcome). I created a subgroup of Connectors - 259 people from my connections (out of close to 800) who have 500+ connections themselves. I am deducing that...
I put in my second hour this week towards my committed 3 hours a week dedicated to working LinkedIn. What's different now than ever before is my attitude. I really want to do this. It's no longer, "I know I should..." I want to! I created a folder in Outlook for...
As promised, I devoted over an hour today to working my LinkedIn network. First I answered the questions that popped up when I went to my profile, which took about 10 minutes. My profile is complete. I'm happy with it and ready to move on from this starting point....
Social Media Architect Brian Bish addressed my Mastermind Intensive on Friday about the why's and wherefore's of social media. It was a convincing talk, and I'm seeing a good deal of activity among our members as a result. Brian talked about the credibility of a...
One of the things that comes up for me and my coaching clients regularly is fear and intimidation around social media, particularly twitter. With all the hashtags and bitly url's, it can be confounding and overwhelming. What I recommend, and practice myself, is the...
Imagine my delight when turning the pages of Food and Wine magazine looking for inspirational words and images, an article caught my eye: Real Heroes Don't Tweet. I loved the sentiment of the message and was further enchanted when it turned out to be about Calvin...
My father, who was in retail for most of his career, wrote a book called the Savvy Shopper. He had been a department store executive and knew the ins and outs of how to get the best price on anything. My siblings and I still rib each other when asking how much...
I never take pictures of what I'm eating and post them online, but watching Wendy Limauge document the goings-on this evening at my Remarkable Women's Network event, and immediately posting them out there to her minions, altered my viewpoint. Her enthusiasm for...
My hunch is that because of my blogging over the last three years, I've become more visible and indirectly gotten speaking engagements and clients due to my 3x a week postings. But last week I got what had to have been the first actual reward I can tie directly to...
I feel like Sally Fields accepting her Oscar. I've just been acknowledged by an 'institution' I admire--Cindy Ratzlaff @BrandYou. I've been following Cindy on twitter for a few weeks now, spent time with each of the videos she sends out, and done the assignment she...
I've been adhering to my promise of spending several hours a week on twitter.com, and I'm beginning to see sprouts of growth in my interest level and commitment. My son has been touting this to me for years, but I'm slow to catch on to these things. I've been...
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