Putting yourself online always feels a bit voyeuristic. As time goes by, I am slowly getting over this thought. By putting ourselves online, we are eliminating trust barriers between each other. The more we know about each other, the less we all have to guess when it comes time to be friends, do business, share [...]

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Ha, I love writing ridiculous headlines to catch the attention of RSS subscribers. Just a note: every time you use “literally” when you are actually speaking figuratively, an angel loses its wings. Sorry, Clarence. So PR Guru Kristine Gloria put together a panel aptly titled “Women Under 30 Kicking Ass in Social Media” and I [...]

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I was quite dismayed that Zappos was laying off people. I love Zappos use of social media, but am a bit put off by their prices as I am a cheapass. Being a cheapass doesn’t always pay off, especially when you are trying to get a marketing company off the ground. The time you spend [...]

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So I got an email from Matt at WebHostingBuzz that we are going to start a Twitter blog. He is at PubCon and saw that Microsoft was doing it and thought it was cool, so now we are. Me being me, I was naturally jealous. Why? It’s not that I care to see a presentation [...]

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I love my marketing friends. I like bouncing ideas off of them. You know what I don’t like? When I send you an email about something random and then all of a sudden I have to unsubscribe to your email newsletters. Seriously, when did this become kosher? When I want to be on your email [...]

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Today was surreal. My mother was an English teacher, and now in her retirement, she helps men who are studying theology with their theses. One of these men is in Zambia. His name is Jean Renee Talbo and he lives in a place called Lusaka. He and my mother email each other back and forth [...]

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Every person has worth to all of us. Every person around the world: May whoever is elected execute decisions with compassion, wisdom, and grace.

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As much as I pride myself in writing solid copy for a blog post or company website, there’s no point if you don’t bother to reach out. It would be like cooking a good meal without inviting any guests. One of my clients is a hosting company WebHostingBuzz. The guys at WebHostingBuzz have been doing [...]

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