Category Archives: social media

Branding Isn’t Just For Livestock – 2013

This post originally appeared in January, 2012 and I thought it was an appropriate post to dust off for this week’s Going Green with The Mommy Mess. I mean.. I found her originally because of her fantastic post on getting more out of your blog! Most bloggers I know have a decent handle on branding themselves, but if you’re not and you’re looking to make your blog your business, take heed of my advice. I met with a group of co-eds last week who are Entrepreneur majors at UNCG. I was entertained by their questions and surprised by a few things. Namely how unconnected most of them were. Yes, they were all on Facebook and a few were on Twitter but when I asked how many of them blogged, they looked at me like I had two heads. I realize that most of the under-25 crowd communicates by text alone, but … read more

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I Need Your Help and Your Vote

Well, it’s that time of the year again. It’s time for the Shorty Awards. If you’re not familiar with the Shorty’s, they’re an award to honor the best in social media. There are some really BIG awards and some smaller awards. I am nominated for one of the smaller ones and that’s where I need your help and your vote If you’ve been around for a while, you may remember that I was a finalist last year in the Shorty for #Mom in Social Media. I managed to beat Britney Spears AND Justin Bieber’s mom (for reals, y’all) and finished in the top 5. This year, they’ve changed that award and it’s now called the #KeepGoodGoing award and it honors moms and dads in social media. I was in 3rd. Then 5th. Now I’m in 8th. I’m not expecting to win the thing but I would love to be in … read more

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Forget Fifty… It’s Yiftee That’s Nifty!!

So… have you ever been sitting there and wanted to instantly send a gift to someone? I know I have so when I was asked to review a new gift giving app called Yiftee, I jumped at the chance. I was a little nervous wondering if there would be enough merchants available and was pleasantly surprised to find quite a few in our area and they were GOOD places, too. The awesome ladies at Mom Central Consulting told me I was getting 2 coupons to give “yifts” and 2 as thanks for reviewing. I gave them all away I was so excited to use the app. Overall I love the app and the process was pretty easy.One thing that I think they should address is that when the recipient opens their notification, it doesn’t tell them the value of their gift. I sent a $10 gift to each of my … read more

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When Online Meets In Real Life

Rosemary O'Neill

As the co-chair for this year’s ConvergeSouth conference, I had the distinct honor to assemble a roster of speakers that I think is one of the best that the conference has seen. Most  of these people I have never met in person, but many I have met online. Tonight was our tweet up for the conference and I was able to put many of the faces to the twitter handles which is always the best part of any conference. There was Rosemary O’Neill whose path I had crossed earlier this year at SocialSlam, but we never actually met. After SocialSlam, we developed an online friendship and were so excited to finally meet in person. We’re two of a kind – both in business and personal. I have a feeling this is just the beginning of a twitter marriage made in heaven. Look at us.. we both showed up in green … read more

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Social Media and the Death of Social Meetings

This past weekend was my 25th High School reunion. Other than the perplexing thought of “how can it be that 25 years have passed since I graduated high school” we had a great time catching up as most of us haven’t seen each other since our 20th reunion. 5 years ago I was probably one of the few of my classmates on Facebook since it wasn’t mainstream then. This meant that when we planned our 20th reunion the majority of contact was done  ”old school” – meaning we physically had to find everyone. We hunted down our classmates last known addresses and emails to let them know that it was time to get together. We mailed actual invitations and created a private website for people to reconnect. Out of a class of 180 graduates, we had almost half of them and most of their spouses, attend. Earlier this summer, I … read more

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