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I played a lot of sports as a kid- just about everything- but my favorite sport is (and always will be) ice hockey. I learned to skate on frozen lakes in the Poconos when I was 4. It’s a beautiful thing, a treat to all hockey players who have ever had the chance to experience …

In 2012, I’m you’ll see a bit of change on the website and within Social Media. We’ve gotten to the point online, that everyone has become a speaker, writer. The labels have truly lost their value. In truth, Social Media has become so common, it’s almost silly to call it out specially or claim it …

  You were diligent. It was 3am on Black Friday and  you were online scouring Best Buy’s website for what you wanted to buy. Once the items hit your cart and you received the confirmation, you rested a little easier. You might have even liked their, “Game On Santa,” commercials after the fact. Sadly, this …

I have to be gentle.  My post in early 2010 about Mckmama Drama and Bullies had me questioning blogging in general and the antics of bloggers and their communities of haters, alike. Through the past year and a half, I haven’t re-engaged with discussing the drama, or the new websites that have crept up over Mckmama, …

I’d like to introduce you to CRAVE, an international company with a local focus. “CRAVE innovatively connects urban gals to the sassiest, gutsiest, most inspiring people they need to know in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Our modern marketplace of soirees, gatherings and online networking serves as your ambassador to everything there is to CRAVE about …

My friend Amy, has a store in the outskirts of a major city. While on the phone the other day, she mentioned that her number was sold in mass to internet-couponing and discount sites. Her sheer anger from being called weekly and pitched to Groupon, or Living Social or the other sites that wanted to …

Are you ever struck with a thought or a quote? Since the beginning of my writing, I’ve found inspiration in words or media around me. Today, I couldn’t get over the power my daughter held in her fingertips. I wondered, if anyone else had felt the same way. I could claim my thoughts were original …

It’s been too long since I’ve been delighted by a customer service experience.  As I’m currently writing this, it’s been about 45 minutes since I first initiated a fear-filled cry to my hosting company that my website had gone down.  The website also went down a few months ago because of a single tweet from …

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know …

  The pictures I love most, often focus the eye on a single element while the rest is quietly muted in the background. They speak to me in a way nothing else does. But blur online, can be a very different thing; damaging your brand what  you’ve worked so hard to create… I ‘ve always …

Before my future called, I used to sew baby blankets. Seriously. Thousands and thousands of handmade, (triple-stiched,) baby blankets. They garnered national attention at one point and John Jantsch from Duct Tape Marketing wrote a blog about my business. For two years, my life was about me, a sewing machine and cultivating a life for …

Just a few moments ago, I ventured over to Target.com. They are in the midst of their ‘Camera Sale.’ Since I recently walked into Target for Kleenex and walk out with a $700 digital camera, I try to steer clear of their online website for fear of spending way more than I need. Target has …

  I have an apology for someone very near to me that needs to be said.  Her big brown eyes couldn’t comprehend the guilt I hold, but something tells me that when she is older, she’ll understand. In between clients and personal brand and networking and life… I’ve said too many times to my daughter, …

Look closely at this screenshot below…. In 2010, the article, “How to Maintain Your Integrity as a Blogger Even When Blogging for Money,” showcased an important point last year on how far one might go to sell-out.  The problem was… they sold out.   …..But, it was about INTEGRITY. As others gushed about the article, …

After a wonderfully-long and tumultuous existence, we bid farewell to a cluster of words that are over-used, misrepresented and often misguided. These words, ever-changing in the vocabulary of our daily lives have come to almost a complete halt in our online personas…. maybe, kinda. Recently, on my private Facebook wall, I actually uttered a naughty word. For those that know …

“Brand loyalty is not about winning. It is about giving consumers the opportunity to feel open and converse with you about any issue.” Remember a year ago when we discussed Energizer’s giveaway fail? Seems like more and more, companies are handing over important information to the public without realizing it. Retail giant, Gymboree sent out an …

{Diane} is doing exactly what she should be doing, she’s spreading her cheer and grace around Europe.  I was remarking today how long it’s been since I’ve seen her.  Tonight, I signed onto Facebook and she had me tagged in this photo saying, “Read this and thought of Kate.”  I wondered then, why we let …

per·spec·tive [per-spek-tiv] –noun 1. a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flatsurface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective. 2. a picture employing this technique, especially one in which it isprominent: an architect’s perspective of a house. Do you ever lose perspective?  Sometimes an important problem in hindsight is nothing more than a challenge to be conquered.  I experienced one of life’s greatest lessons this week. Jennifer Brigham, happens to be the owner of the company I …

I’m often amused at “Women in the Workplace!” articles that always strike the chord between silly and purely offensive.  The recent article by author, Ella L. J. Edmondson Bell, PhD is no different. Did you know that women are actually in leadership positions? This article explains that while they are in positions, they aren’t represented as …

Ever had a moment?  You know the one I’m talking about where the hands clench, the jaw tightens and the fingertips run across the keyboard quicker than the intake of your breath?  That’s always the moment I have to remind myself to sit on my hands or what could have taken months to build, can …