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Twitter as a Lifeline in Japan

I use Twitter to network, build a following and share my ideas. Most importantly, I use it to learn. I love to learn. But how many of us have ever used Twitter in the midst of a big life changing … Continue reading

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Tips for Timing your Tweets Perfectly

In case you’ve always wondered, there really IS a science to online marketing. It all kind of makes sense too. Dan Zarrella gave a great webinar recently about his research findings for when to tweet, when to retweet, when to … Continue reading

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ABA Rules on Advertising in the Age of Web 2.0

The world of advertising and promotions changes every day. As the internet continues to evolve, many firms are confused about the current ABA advertising guidelines and how it applies to linkedin and other social media sites. The Lawyerist has a great post on this … Continue reading

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TGFD – Thank God for Deadlines!

I would get NOTHING done if it wasn’t for deadlines. Seriously. OK, I would get the stuff done that I really like to do. That wouldn’t be a problem. So revise it to read I wouldn’t get a lot done without a … Continue reading

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Selling my Soul to the Article Spinner

I’ve been doing to some blogging for an agency for about 6 months now. I love it and I really like the folks at the agency. Until now, I have been writing about 18 posts a week. The topic is … Continue reading

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Who am I?

I am a full-time stay at home mom with a part-time marketing consultancy. I have been a self-employed consultant for 4 years now, doing online marketing since 2007. In the past year the online work has been more than 85% of my business and … Continue reading

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Social Media Marketing for the Computer Challenged

In the past few months, two of the big dogs in social media have launched their own instructional websites for the small to mid size business owner. Great tools! Jason Falls’ Exploring Social Media and Chris Brogan’s Kitchen Table Companies offer some similar tools but the … Continue reading

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Check out the Gatorade Social Media Command Center

So if you think that social media is a trendy topic that will fade away with time, think again. This was widely published by Mashable a while ago, but I thought it was so cool, it deserves another look. Gatorade, … Continue reading

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Should Small Towns use Social Media to Grow Business?

I live in a small bedroom community close to the D/FW metroplex. We have great schools so people move here to avoid paying the price of private school while avoiding the inner city public schools. Property taxes are higher out … Continue reading

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Do your Traditional and New Media Marketing Convey the Same Message?

  If you are now beginning to explore the world of social media, and you hope to promote your business and attract clients, you want to ask yourself some important questions. Social media is a great thing, but you want … Continue reading

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