A friend and I had an interesting revelation the other day while visiting over coffee. The visiting over coffee part itself has become a really rewarding part of my life lately. I’ve been taking some breaks from consuming social media – I’ll still post “outbound” (i.e. taking a photo on my phone and posting it) … Continue reading »
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Storytelling
We have been meeting with some fantastic businesses about partnerships, collaboration with Arkansas Women Bloggers and other special projects. Just this week, we got to spend a little time with the phenomenal team members at The Communications Group in Little Rock, an innovative thinker at the Arkansas Farm Bureau and the inspiring leader of an … Continue reading »
Courtesy of The Future Buzz: 50 Lessons for New Bloggers
A friend recently posted a link to this absolutely fantastic article about blogging. It was so exceptionally well-written that I could not contain my groupie tendencies and had to contact the author directly and ask for permission to share it here. If you’re not reading Adam Singer and The Future Buzz on media, marketing and … Continue reading »
I’m just sayin’: it’s kind of a big deal.
>As you’ve likely heard if you spent a minute or so in communication with me in the last month, we recently hosted the first-ever Arkansas Women Bloggers Unplugged (#AWBU) conference at the Ozark Natural Science Center. I’m personally indebted to Stephanie Buckley (The Park Wife), Fawn Rechkemmer (Instead of the Dishes and Momcation) and Julie … Continue reading »
Favorite Blogs: Visually Stimulating, Simplifying/Organizing, Make You Think/Laugh
>I felt compelled to simply share a few links to some of my favorite blogs. Yes, you can find most of them in the list of blogs on this page, but as usual, I needed to expound a bit: Visually StimulatingWhether you’re going for simplification or amping up of your life/home/world, there’s no denying the … Continue reading »
A Small Stint on the Soapbox re: Blogging
>Thought I would share links to the other blogs I maintain, since often one is getting more attention than the others (for example, our arriving-any-day-baby blog is getting the most action these days): - Ainsley Belle, our baby blog (will transtion to our family blog at some point) – The Word on Walnut, an ode … Continue reading »
The technology, aps & websites currently garnering my attention
>Don’t say you weren’t forewarned about the lack of pattern or relationship between my posts. Leaping from social media to gardening back to technology and over to random musings is… well, a typical day for me. Today I’m going to leap upon my soapbox to tout the wonders of some recent websites and related discoveries. … Continue reading »
Personal Branding in the age of Google
>The previous post reminded me to add one of my favorite blog posts ever via Seth Godin (find him in my list of favorite blogs at right, or via http://sethgodin.typepad.com/). It’s good advice. Personal branding in the age of Google by Seth Godin An individual advertised on Craigslist for a housekeeper. Three interesting resumes came … Continue reading »
Tips for tackling social media
>I’ve had the opportunity both through my previous post at the Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce and more recently as a downtown enthusiast to offer some social media classes. My seester gets a huge kick out of this, because in late 2008 she was still extolling me to get on Facebook, and I vehemently refused. … Continue reading »