June 2009
5 posts
who are you? who am i? →
Laying in bed about to hit the pillow, I stumbled across “Who are you? Who am I?” by Giselle Maclean, a wife and mother who works in the financial industry. Though writing is her passion, she…
Su.pr might become the hub of your social media... →
Came across SU.PR today, a new URL shortening tool, when browsing the blog of Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workweek, a provocative book about living a luxury life now. I highly…
Less thought, more action and ongoing bliss. →
Do you ever find yourself thinking too much about the things you have to do instead of just doing them? Do you stress out by your own thought of doing that activity because you think…
Mike Walsh on Discovery and Ambient Awareness: Be... →
Leverage Software CEO, Mike Walsh, talked tools, techniques and processes for discovering information last week at the Inbound Marketing Summit in Dallas.
Your typical PowerPoint…
live in the now. →
if you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options:
remove yourself from the situation;
change it;
or, accept it totally.
by following…
May 2009
16 posts
Chris Brogan on How to Measure Online Community... →
Earlier this week, I was at the Inbound Marketing Summit in Dallas, a conference dedicated to the future of business and marketing communications. I shot a ton of video (including my interview…
do you write to make people think? or, do you... →
today, i was delighted to come across tim berry’s blog. i found tim because he linked to my last post about simplifying life and focusing to live life well. (thanks again, tim!) after…
simplify life and focus your mind to live well. →
feeling unfocused? feeling stressed? have trouble sleeping because you can’t stop thinking? want to live life well every day? read on…
learning to eliminate stress by simplifying your…
a smile a day. →
something that made me smile today: my grandma wrote on my Facebook wall! Gram just flew home to England to visit her sister and brother-in-law and she used his account to let me know she made…
how culture (yes, culture) can grow your company... →
Does your company have a “no email for personal use” policy? Or, is employee access to the web restricted or tracked and reported to managers? If so, how do you think this affects the work ethic…
smile every day. →
i firmly believe in showing appreciation, being grateful for the small and large enjoyments of life, and making life as meaningful as possible. the day-to-day ordeals that we often think…
style me pretty in san francisco. →
Note: This was originally posted on a blog I contribute to, Gals’ Guide. Head over there if you’re looking for fun tips, light-hearted stories and other tidbits we think may be relevant to…
social is like sex. →
while social is nowhere near as good as sex, and the two will never be interchangeable, there are a few similarities that do exist…
i came across a tweet from @leeodden this evening…
Why Gary Vaynerchuck Rocks →
the last few nights, good friend Justin Levy has been encouraging me to watch a Gary Vaynerchuck keynote from web 2.0 expo… Justin said that it’s right up my alley and the message would…
thoughts than inspire. →
quotes that inspire are one of my favorite things. throughout life, i’ve always followed this intuitive force inside. i actively pursue uplifting words and positive energy. i surround…
do you work to live? try living to work. →
i don’t work to live. i live to work. why? because i’m a firm believer in following my passions and dreams. by doing this, my professional and personal life converge into this ongoing state of…
mind dumps are money. →
mind like water
lately, i’ve been a bit frazzled. frazzled good in that i’m excited i have three times as much stuff coming at me but frazzled bad in that my productivity system has…
mother’s day? try mother’s week! →
i don’t think one day is enough to celebrate the amazing-ness of our Moms. with Mother’s day right around the corner (and being 3,500 miles away from Mom!), this year, i’ve decided to give Mom…
are you social investing? →
today, i enjoyed a fantastic indian meal with a great friend at dosa. daniel carroll, founder of kaching, always inspires me to think and dream bigger. in 2007, he founded kaching, a social…
make something hot. →
i’ll be the first to admit that this blog needs some love. a combination of overthinking, “not having enough time,” (wow, i hate that phrase) and not knowing what to write about, i fell into a…
britney spears has swine flu? →
no, britney does not have swine flu. but they do have one thing in common: both brit and la influenza are current online trends.
why does this matter? because if you analyze trends…
April 2009
2 posts
Flickr →
This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.
Quote of the Week →
Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random…
March 2009
2 posts
Forget perfection — submit 80% to reach 110% →
Once a perfectionist, it took me a while to learn how to work smarter to achieve more. Recently, the concept of 80% and doing more with less has come up numerous times. Basically, do work at a…
Social Web Wednesday: What I’m Reading Today →
3 posts that I’m digging on this gorgeous, sunny SF day…
1. Socially Creative – by Kyle Lacy 25 Steps to Choosing a Social Media Consultant and Educator
I have been discovering many…
February 2009
1 post
Inspire Me Monday. →
Came across this post this AM, compliments of Smash Magazine and recommended by @crowdSPRING. I found these images VERY Inspiring…
35 Beautiful City Photos
KoRaYeM
Cairo,…
January 2009
28 posts
Making moves… to San Francisco! →
Yes, that’s right! I’m moving to San Francisco, from Chicago, late February / early March.
Yesterday, I resigned from Zócalo Group, an innovative word-0f-mouth marketing agency…
7 things about me. →
Kyle Lacy recently challenged me to share “7 Things About Me.” According to Kyle, the post is a meme started by Ad Broad. Although according to Ad Broad, it was Dear Jane Sample….
The missing ingredient in marketing / advertising?... →
I came across this excellent video called “The Break Up,” which demostrates the disconnect consumers feel with advertising.
Building authentic relationships with consumers has proven…
“give away what you want.”
Sarah Klassen's Blog / Haute Design / Vancouver,... →
Cool blog.
Guerrilla Social Media Marketing: Features and... →
Guerrilla Marketing is an unconventional, often cheap way of doing marketing for your business that relies less on big budgets and more on personal (or company) work to promote. The goal is to be memorable, generate interest, and create WOM anyway that you can think of. At the core guerrilla marketing is about creativity, and has limitless possibilities which makes it a perfect fit for social...
“Always remember the power of positive thinking…”
“live the story you want to lead.”
– 1 AM convo with Kev.
“Dream things up; make things happen.”
– http://thecreativeproducer.blogspot.com/2008/06/what-is-creative-producer.html
Toxel.com » Clever and Creative Billboard... →
Beaver Creek Resort - Winter - | Dining | Beano's... →
I want to go here…
“Be thankful for the morning, every morning. Each new day is the chance to...”
“Always trust your gut.”
Too Much Testosterone on Wall Street? - Sylvia Ann... →
Finance has always been dominated by men and driven by a testosterone-enhanced culture. If women had been running our banks, might we have avoided the sub-prime mess and the resulting economic meltdown?
Halla Tomasdottir, a prominent Icelandic financier, answers yes. In a recent BBC interview she shared her outrage at the wild risks male bankers had taken in Iceland, resulting in three banks...
“Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood.”
– Daniel Burnham wisdom
“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and...”
– Michelangelo wisdom
“Obsessed is just a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated.”
RT @davemorin Just published another Facebook Connect How To:Share to Facebook Feed w/ Facebook Connect in 10 Min. Enjoy! http://bit.ly/uYbD
you know you frequent @starbucks too much when the male barista notices your new hairstyle & the entire barista team knows your PM drink
“Dominate sh*t — there’s no other way.”
2009 Web Predictions - ReadWriteWeb →
Wine Tasting via Twitter — brilliant marketing strategy by @binendswine http://twurl.nl/m8xsxq
Springwise | Our selection of new business ideas... →