Leaving Comments
Comment thoughtfully. That’s what I always tell those who ask me if they should comment on blog posts simply to increase their own online visibility. Comment on a blog post or article because you have...
View ArticleDo You Have a Company Event Policy?
Does your organization have a policy for employees and volunteers who work at your events? Do they know what’s acceptable behavior and understand you hold them accountable? Are you sure they know, or...
View ArticleJob Advice to Your Younger Self
Wouldn’t it be great to be able to go back and offer professional advice to your younger self? Here’s the list of tips I would offer younger me (who I’m quite sure wouldn’t pay attention to anyone’s...
View ArticlePanic Attacks | Learning to Analyze, Measure Social Media and PR Campaigns.
Believe it or not, panic (anxiety) attacks gave me a lesson about how to set up successful Public Relations and Social Media campaigns for clients. Around the time my sister died I had a series of...
View ArticleCreating a Smart Company Video. Be Yourself.
I turn to online videos when I don’t know how to do something: How to harvest lavender How to apply false eyelashes How to improve presentations How to seed pomegranates I want a video that gives me...
View ArticleDefining Relevance. Resumes.
A kick in the stomach. That’s how it felt when a resume expert told me that the public relations work I had done years ago -including working at a PR firm and doing public relations work in-house for...
View ArticleYour Company Story. Let’s Give Them Something to Talk About
One of my favorite ways to tell the story of a company is by talking about employees. The story doesn’t have to be something that will go viral, it just needs to be one that catches the imagination...
View ArticleTrade Shows. Get Up Out of That Chair.
Words no one wants to hear: Hey, you lost a sale this week. or I decided to vote for your opponent. Want to know why? Because I visited your trade show booth and no one paid attention to me....
View ArticleYou Already Know the Answer. Valuing Your Worth.
I bet you already know the answer. That’s what I say when a client or friend seeks my advice. The answer is already within you, now determine if it is a deal maker or deal breaker. One colleague...
View ArticleWow. You went there. Posting and tweeting about politics.
As someone who grew up in a family of ten, I’m used to listening to heated discussions and varying opinions. I learned how to evaluate the opinions and ideas of nine other people by sitting at the...
View ArticleZeroLandfill™ Seattle Upcycling Event
ZeroLandfill™ Seattle Upcycling Project Provides Free Art/Crafting Supplies to Educators, Artists and Crafters (Media Release) ZeroLandfill™ Seattle is part of an award-winning upcycling program held...
View ArticleBenefit of Twitter: Smoked Salmon Flatbread Pizza
The Old Hen Bed and Breakfast Smoked Salmon Flat Bread Recipe My good friend DeannaMorauski paid me a compliment by revamping a Smoked Salmon Pizza Recipe I served at a Tweetup (a meeting or gathering...
View ArticlePixlr. Online Photo Editing Made Easy.
pixlr Online Image Editor To be good at what you do, you need to recognize what skills you lack and find a way to improve. I’m a little challenged when it comes to photo editing. So when I came across...
View ArticleThe Tweet That Still Makes Me Cry
I read this Tweet on April 19, 2011. I hate myself every time I think about it: Does any Seattle salon/person come to a hospital and do a manicure? BOY I would love that. Let me know twitter friends. I...
View ArticleSocial Media Monitoring. Turn a Frown Upside Down
How Social Media Monitoring prevented me from having a complete meltdown at the hospital. I had a medical procedure scheduled at Seattle’s Virginia Mason this week. Without sharing too many details, I...
View ArticleInsist On Yourself; Never Imitate.
Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life’s cultivation; but of the adopted talent of another you have only an...
View ArticleDo You Have a Company Event Policy?
Does your organization have a policy for employees and volunteers who work at your events? Do they know what’s acceptable behavior and understand you hold them accountable? Are you sure they know, or...
View ArticleStorytelling in Public Relations
I have been entrusted an honor when a person shares details of their life with me. Long after I have left a person’s company – I remember their story. I was lucky to be able to volunteer at United Way...
View ArticleYour Company Story. Let’s Give Them Something to Talk About
One of my favorite ways to tell the story of a company is by talking about employees. The story doesn’t have to be something that will go viral, it just needs to be one that catches the imagination...
View ArticleTrade Shows. Get Up Out of That Chair.
Words no one wants to hear: Hey, you lost a sale this week. or I decided to vote for your opponent. Want to know why? Because I visited your trade show booth and no one paid attention to me....
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