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Recap of BlogWorld Expo, plus a little *sizzle*
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As I mentioned here and here, I was fortunate to attend my first BlogWorld Expo last month. Having never gone before, I was eager to experience this social media conference in all ways possible. Meaning, as a speaker, an attendee, and …
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How the IT Girl found bliss at 35,000 or so feet
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This summer, I had the chance to take the trip of a lifetime. Sure, it was a business trip, but it was still a remarkable experience. I was invited to attend my company’s Asian sales meeting being held in Penang, …
Daddy Blogger ≠ Mommy Blogger, plus a book giveaway
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Recently, I read a post by CC Chapman entitled “I’m a Dad and Damn Proud of It.” Certainly, it was a great post talking about what he feels is the most important role that he plays, which would be father …
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Twitter etiquette – Twittiquette?
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Hello citizens of the Interwebs… Miss Manners is calling! I’m genuinely interested in what people think about the following… Does Twitter etiquette dictate that you must acknowledge follows? …with a DM? …with an auto-DM? …at all? Nothing annoys me like the …
Do I always flap my hands when I talk?
One of the fun things about BlogWorld was getting a chance to talk more about publishing with some cool people. Here’s a link to a video I did in the Southwest Airlines booth – the audio is dreadful, but fast …
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That was before she played a transsexual on "Friends", because I can only IMAGINE what he would have said then.
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Whenever I feel less than together, I think back to the time I had an encounter with the guy who ran the newsstand in my old building. I went down in the early afternoon for some sort of snack break. Not …
Posted in You gotta have friends
Tagged body heat, feeling less than sexy, kathleen turner, serial mom
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Mighty Mighty Weekend – A Marketer's Perspective of the 2010 Mighty Summit
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Two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of crashing Maggie Mason’s Mighty Summit. OK, I wasn’t really crashing, but it does help explain what my role was. The concept behind the event is to take a small group (25+) of …
Books: Not dead, and do you want to write one?
As I mentioned in my previous post, I am going to be a speaker at BlogWorld Expo for not one but two panels. The first panel I talked about here. My second panel is titled “From Blog to Book” and …
Posted in Blogging, Making a Book, Marketing, The Business of Books
Tagged author platform, blogworld expo, brian solis, publishing, simon salt, warren whitlock
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Books: Still relevant, not dead yet
I’m thrilled to announce that next month I will be a speaker at the BlogWorld Expo conference taking place in Las Vegas. I will be on not one but TWO panels… The topic of my first panel is something I …
Posted in Blogging, The Business of Books
Tagged Blogging, blogworld expo, cc chapman, content
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GAP Magic? No, just GAP ROI.
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Last month, I attended the BlogHer Annual Conference in NYC. Among other things, and maybe first and foremost, it’s a great place to catch up with friends and fellow bloggers that I don’t see all the time. One person in …
Posted in Blogging, Marketing, Raves, Retailing, You gotta have friends
Tagged blogher, blogworld expo, brand about town, gap, jeans, retailing, susan getgood
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When your brand abandons you, and I'm talking about you PEPSI MAX
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As a marketer working in the social media space, I spend a fair amount of time talking to colleagues and others about how I engage with my community of customers. How THEY not I determine what my brand is. How …
Posted in Marketing, Retailing
Tagged caffiene, jolt cola, pepsi, pepsi max, pepsi refresh, soda
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Drink of Water
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Yes, a drink of water would be good for the drought around here. It’s been a busy summer, and no, it wasn’t so busy that I couldn’t write about it, but things go that way sometimes. A summer with a 2 …
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"The Evolving Publishing Ecosystem" *
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I cannot believe BlogHer is this week. Just like most everything else in life, it seemed really far away at first, but now it is almost upon me. I figured now was as good a time as any to check out …
Posted in Blogging, BlogHer groupie, Making a Book, Marketing, Rants, The Business of Books
Tagged author platform, blogher, Florinda, Kamy Wicoff, Penny Sansevieri, she Writes
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Some Like It Hot
I’m back from my fan-tab-u-lous tour of southeast Asia, or at least Penang and Singapore. The trip was amazing, certainly something that I will remember for a long, long time. But one of the things that stood out the most …
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Webcam Winner
Classy graphics, I know! Click on the link to see a PDF of the random number generator. But it’s a fact – Adaobi is the winner! Enjoy your webcam – you’ll be getting it very soon! Doc1
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