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The Win-Win of Social Media Pt.1: The Perks of Pinterest

01/21/201312/01/2015Blog, marketing, non-profit, small business, Social Mediablog, blogging, Cooking, Facebook, IPad, personal convenience, pinterest, Recipe, Shopping, Smartphone, Social Media, success, technology, time management, YouTube

Social Media has become a source of everyday personal convenience as well as social! It has completely become a part of everyday life because of unexpected …

It’s the Holidays, Take a Break! 15 Signs You May Be Addicted to Technology

12/24/201212/01/2015Blog, humor, non-profit, small business, Social MediaBlack Friday, blogging, Christmas, Communications, connection, Facebook, gaming, Holiday, IPhone, Social Media, technology, Telephone, Thanksgiving, transportation, YouTube

Our generation doesn’t ring the doorbell, they text or call to say they’re outside.

As much as we are seeing Black Friday bleed into Thanksgiving Thursdays, Christmas is still, thankfully, a day when MOST businesses are closed… Maybe WE need to “close,” too. Are you guilty? Ok, admit it… do you have any (or all) of these signs of technology addiction?

On Thanksgiving: I’m Thankful for Modern Technology

11/22/201211/24/2015Blog, leadership, management, marketing, non-profit, small business, Social Mediablogging, business, Communications, connection, customer loyalty, Education and Training, entrepreneur, Facebook, gaming, Giving Thanks: The Gifts of Gratitude, Gratitude, IBM, Isaac Asimov, LinkedIn, Marketing, morale, North Carolina, personal referrals, productivity, Quora, recognition, retail, Small business, Social Media, Social network, success, technology, Thanksgiving, twitter, United States

It has been an amazing journey of personal and business growth for me these last few years.

I remember in 3rd grade (a million years ago!), reading a short story of the future by Isaac Asimov – unfortunately I can’t remember the title – in which there were children sitting at the kitchen table in front of a computer monitor taking school lessons.

I remember so clearly looking at that picture and thinking I hope I live long enough to see that come to be. You have to realize that at that time IBM’s computers filled entire rooms, there were no cell phones, no answering machines, no video games, color TV was just emerging, and central air conditioning was a modern convenience, so the concept of the story seemed so, so far away….

Never Put all Your Marketing Eggs in Just One Basket

10/23/2012Blog, marketing, non-profit, retail, small business, Social Mediablog, boomers, business, Content, current promotions, eggs in one basket, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Marketing, search engine rank, Small business, Social Media, stock decline, success, technology, time management, twitter, Web search engine, Website

All the recent social media changes and demands are making you a little more than nuts. You spend a lot of time learning how to stay up in edge rank, but they keep changing the rules. So what IS your foundation? What can you rely on for marketing your business? …

Grow your business! Fish where the fish are on Social Media.

08/09/2012marketingblogging, business, connection, Facebook, LinkedIn, Marketing, media streams, success, technology, tweetchat, twitter

Are you fishing where the fish are with your Social Media engagement? “The competitor to be feared is one who…”

YOU may be social media savvy, but are your customers? Find out where they live online…

08/05/2012marketing, non-profit, small businessboomers, business, connection, customer loyalty, entrepreneur, Facebook, flip phone, flip phones, LinkedIn, Marketing, phone users, Sales, Small business, Social Media, spontaneity, success, tablet technology, technology, twitter

YOU may be tech and social media savvy and enjoying all the benefits of SmartPhone and Tablet technology, but are your customers? It is apparent that MANY people still have not yet transitioned. Example: I Read More