This wonderful addition to the Your Social Media Journey series is by Suzanne Vara. Suzanne, in addition to being a dear friend of mine, is queen of community and founder of Kherize5 Marketing and Advertising. Suzanne blogs and tweets (@suzannevara), and I recommend you find her in both places! I first started blogging in June… Continue reading From Pretender to Contender: My Blogging Journey
Month: March 2011
Help for Japan – change in plans
Yesterday, I saw a post by Oliver Blanchard called The Occasional Ugliness of the Social Web. Blanchard details how many people in the online world are saying that the tragedy in Japan is warranted because they should be punished for Pearl Harbor. Think about that for a moment. In hearing about this, and in talking… Continue reading Help for Japan – change in plans
Why you need a censor button
During the Spring of my junior year in high school, I applied to a local craft store. I needed money (what high schooler doesn’t?), I loved crafting, I loved the idea of a discount on my crafting supplies, and I knew I could do a good job. After all, I had played store from the… Continue reading Why you need a censor button
Good People Doing Good Things
It’s been awhile since I took some time out to highlight what some of the fantastic people in my community are up to. In fact, so many of them are doing amazing things that I thought I would go ahead and create a category, because I foresee a lot of these posts in the coming… Continue reading Good People Doing Good Things
7 great ways to drive people nuts
It occurred to me as I was sketching out this series that a few of you might actually want to know how to disengage from people, or how to engage under less pleasant circumstances than what I generally will be talking about for the next couple of months. Since I’m a giver, I wanted to… Continue reading 7 great ways to drive people nuts
Why you need to be like ivy
Have you ever encountered ivy in a lovely little flower bed? Have you then tried to pull up the ivy? Man, that is not fun if your goal is complete banishment. However, if you can enjoy the humor of life, ivy is also really pretty amazing. It can start anywhere, climb anything, tangle around any… Continue reading Why you need to be like ivy