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It’s Personal. It’s Business. Mad Men, Twitter, and Branding Online

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Recently, a Twitter pal of mine noticed that the characters of AMC’s hit show Mad Men were Twittering. I had recently discovered the show and was just getting acquainted with the characters on DVD and was thrilled when @Don_Draper followed me. In a very organic way, many of the other characters soon followed. A few [...]

12 Creative Secrets to Beat Writer’s Block

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

If you write much, chances are you’ve dealt with it. Some call it writer’s block, others label it burnout, some dub it lack of inspiration. But no matter what you call it or how much you write, chances are, you’ve had your moments with it.
The thing is, since writing is a creative process, there is [...]

The Hardest Part they Never Tell you about Blogging

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

After an intentional two-week blogging hiatus to enjoy my honeymoon and try to start settling into normal – two weeks that turned mysteriously into three – I’m sitting here at my computer thinking that now I know what the hardest part of blogging really is.
It’s not coming up with enough ideas, or trying to find [...]

Personal PR & Identity Confessions of a Bride-to-Be

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Lately, I’ve been feeling like a lot of all the customs involved with “getting married” in America are nothing short of a big, pointless, hassle, consumerism at its most effective, emotionally-clad best. Internationally or unintentionally set in the way of well-intentioned brides to keep us from thinking deeply about the larger issues women face when [...]

Finding Inspiration: 5 Blogging Secrets Inside an iPod

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Creativity, connection, inspiration. As a blogger, these are some of the most valuable commodities, regardless of your topic or niche. So it’s nice when they surface in the most unexpected of places.
Lately, I’ve been finding myself in hyper-go-mode. And to be honest, it’s a challenge just to get in my self-imposed mandatory one post a [...]

One Blogging Command and Seven Sacred Tips to Beat Burnout and Avoid the Lazysphere

Friday, February 1st, 2008

If you’re going to blog, here’s one piece of advice you should follow: write great stuff.
There are a zillion blogging tips out there, but this is the most important one. For a lot of reasons: It makes your ideas more relevant, and thus more popular, especially to the power bloggers. It works better than linkbaiting. [...]

Because Who You Are Matters: Eight random facts about me.

Friday, January 11th, 2008

1. I was homeschooled until high school, grew up in a small town, and used to pretend my bike was a motorcycle speeding down the dirt road when my sister and brother and I would play the game where we were rich orphans running away from the greedy kidnappers. And we played that or a [...]

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