Month: May 2011

Sometimes, a word becomes viral and everyone starts to use it. In Social Media, words are going viral all the time. Bloggers use the word influencer, then passion, then transparency, then maybe authenticity, engagement *cough* and others. But here’s the thing. I am pretty sure we are all working on different definitions of all of… Continue reading Transparency and authenticity defined

I have a confession. It’s a hardship that I haven’t wanted to speak of, but sometimes you just get the courage and it has to be shouted to the world. One of the most fabulous bakeries ever is less than 5 minutes away from where I live. Phew. That felt good. There are tons of… Continue reading Defining the line between engagement and selling

It’s entirely possible that, having stopped by this site and checking out the engagement series here, you think I’m a liar, a fraud, or perhaps a bit drugged. You’ve been trying to engage with people online for months now. Your business has not grown. You still barely get any responses on Twitter and you’re about… Continue reading six reasons why engagement isn’t making you money

It’s been a long time since you went out with this one friend of yours, so when she asked if you wanted to hit this concert she was going to, you went ahead and said ok. You didn’t really know a whole lot about the group and you didn’t really like their genre of music… Continue reading Does passion pay the bills?

I just published post 51 in The Engagement Series a few days ago. Given that, I thought I would give you a preview of what will be coming up for the second half. Hopefully, you will be as excited about this as I am! I’ve divided the rest of the series into 12 sections of… Continue reading The Engagement Series: What’s Coming Next

Battles. Passion. And a dash of how-to content. That’s what was in the mix the last week in the blogosphere! Welcome back to #30Thursday, a concept I started last year, put on hiatus in November, and am now bringing back – but with a few changes. Originally, the idea was that I would get recommendations… Continue reading 30Thursday number 12: we’re back!