Month: October 2010

Habit 2 in 7 Habits is called “Begin with the end in mind.” The ramifications for life outside Social Media are pretty obvious. This section dealt a lot with mission statements, but before you think you know everything there is to know about such things, let me tell you a little bit more about what… Continue reading Have a plan. Then do it.

I’m posting this across the various places where my Social Media community hangs out. Do you have any recommendations? Am I providing you with content that is helpful to you? Do you want me to cover something that has been missing? Just let me know!

I have bad news for you Neil Diamond fans. We have to go tell him that the lyrics to one of his songs are incorrect. He can’t be hooked on a feeling and have it really be meaningful. According to Stephen Covey, love is a verb. It might create a feeling, but you need to… Continue reading Social Media, Your Community, and Being Proactive

Several years ago, my dad purchased a book for me called The 7 Habits of Effective People, by Stephen Covey. Being a 20-something, I assumed that the gift implied that I wasn’t successful. Ah, the people who think twenty-somethings are more mature than teenagers 🙂 I held on to the book, but I didn’t really… Continue reading The 7 Habits and Social Media

You know how sometimes you learn a new word and then all of a sudden it seems to show up everywhere? You wonder why a billboard for hot dogs has this word that you just learned, for example. And you know how the same kind of thing happens when you’re wrestling with an issue? How… Continue reading My consistent struggle with affiliate marketing