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    I just got notification that I am a top 1% Influencer on Kred.  Seems Kred is following LinkedIn’s lead on congratulating top influencers and making it easy for them to tweet about their success. When the LinkedIn congratulatory messages went out my social media feed blew up with people declaring it a scam and a more »

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    The other day I got an email from LinkedIn congratulating me for having one of the top 5% viewed profiles for 2012. My first thought was, “According to what math?” Is that unique views? How are repeat views weighted? I resisted posting their pre-loaded tweet because I wanted to consider it more. That rockstar number more »

  • Social Media: What’s the ROI?

    Is social media a worthwhile time investment, or is it vacuous busyness that creates an illusion of building your business?  Yes.  Which is it for your business? That depends, here are some things to consider. Everybody Does Not Need To Be On Every Social Media Platform Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ Oh My!  I can barely more »

  • San Francisco Bay Kiteboarding Expedition

    If I were to label my relationship with kiteboarding Crissy Fields and the Golden Gate Bridge it would be, “It’s complicated”.  I made a brief attempt to live in San Francisco.  One of the big reasons for my move back to Santa Cruz was kiting at Crissy Fields.  My first time out ended in a more »

  • Pintrest for Business: What It Is & Why You Should Care

    By now, you’ve probably already heard of Pintrest.  If you haven’t, you will soon. In just over a year Pintrest has grown to 45 million users.  I predict this will be the 3rd leg of essential social media for business development (the other two being Facebook and Twitter).  For some types of businesses it will more »

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  • Stop Shoulding on Yourself!

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    One of my all time favorite quotes is from Louise Hay.  I can’t remember it word for word, basically she says. If there is one word I would remove from our language it is the word “should”.  It implies one

    Feb 23, 2013 | 2 comments | View Post

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    Design Your Perfect Average Day

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    Jul 16, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

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  • LinkedIn 1%, 5% and 10% Meaningful or Not?

    LinkedIn 1%, 5% and 10% Meaningful or Not?

    The other day I got an email from LinkedIn congratulating me for having one of the top 5% viewed profiles for 2012. My first thought was, “According to what math?” Is that unique views? How are repeat views weighted? I

    Feb 12, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Social Media: What’s the ROI?

    Social Media: What’s the ROI?

    Is social media a worthwhile time investment, or is it vacuous busyness that creates an illusion of building your business?  Yes.  Which is it for your business? That depends, here are some things to consider. Everybody Does Not Need To

    Jan 06, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post

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    Equal Pay Day

    Would love to see this get as much attention as Pi Day then be relegated to a trivia fact that future children marvel at much as we do the thought that women were once not allowed to vote.

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  • Your Momma Don’t Work Here! Dealing with Dirty Dishes in the Coworking Space

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    Feb 19, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post

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