One of the first stories I heard from RE/MAX Prestige’s team coach went like this: There was a teacher. One day he was standing in front of his class, and pulled a huge jar from under the counter. He began to fill it with large stones. When he had piled …
Regarding social media: …marketers need to bring a little balance to the justifiable demand for performance accountability… when you’re in a competitive market that demands innovation, you have to get in the trenches to help innovation along, instead of just throwing up knee-jerk stop signs to every project that doesn’t …
I was sitting outside today with my daughter and a person working for the local newspaper drove up- giving away copies of that paper. I was surprised at how thin the paper in general was, and when I glanced at the section that contained the classified ads was really shocked …
There are advertisements asking for your time and money all over the place: in the newspapers, on television. After a while, you just shut down. As an example, on Facebook I belong to 168 groups- some of them business-oriented, but many of a giving nature. The other day, I saw …
I was always the awkward one in school- like in the Ting Ting’s song, I was always “the last chick standing up against the wall.” So, good enough. Lately, though, I have been feeling more in the loop. I mean, after all, I AM on twitter and have that information …
Quick overview of widgets, the ones I use on my site, where I got them, and why I use them.
Twitter itself is hard to follow and sort unless you have untreated ADHD, which may be another reason that I like it (Hey- is that a squirrel?). But most people download a client to help sort things out- like Seesmic Desktop , TweetDeck or PeopleBrowsr. I have TweetDeck up, and I …
Today I will have posted my 25,000 tweet on twitter. I’m not that much of a numbers gal. I am very competive with myself and a few other people who just seem to press that button, but that’s a different type of measuring. To me, though, this number indicates something …
I was working on another post when I read a post by my friend Pat Williams. At the same time, she challenged me: I LOVE that her blog is named The Sticky Floor. At least as much as a glass ceiling exists, there is that sticky kitchen floor that holds …
How old am I? I used to use the JackBenny 39 because as long as I am over 18 or 21, that’s all the site itself legally requires. Sorry for messing up your demographic-mining, guys, but there you have it. My real age is posted on Facebook. I just hate …