Day: October 20, 2014
Business
Social Media Marketing
Don’t Feed The Trolls
Trolls are epidemic online. Some view them as online bullies, others view them as online vigilantes. It’s certainly a polarizing topic. Last week on Fox News I offered commentary on the impact that Trolls have online regarding everything from politics to racism. I also had a chance to share my personal story of being a victim […]
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Career
Social Media Marketing
Success
A Confession: I Bought 50,000 Twitter Followers
[av_textblock size=’20’ font_color=” color=”] A Confession: Almost two years ago, on a whim and a prayer I purchased 50,000 Twitter followers. Three months later they were all gone, along with my self respect as a so called “social media expert.” I knew I was cheating, but I did it anyway. As I look back on […]
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Social Media Marketing
Social Media is Still a Shiny New Toy
The gap is getting wider. I see it everywhere. There are smart people, with big degrees, that work at great companies that make very good livings who don’t have the first clue about social media. They think it’s a choice.
They’re not on Twitter, they don’t use Linkedin, and God forbid if they were ever seen on Facebook. It’s still a tinker toy. It’s fun and games, and they’re real business people with limited time. Why would they add to the ever-growing pile “to-do’s” by joining these social networks anyway? They socialize with the people they want to already. They don’t need to connect with those people from High School, they don’t want to know what you had for lunch, and they certainly don’t want to share where they’re eating lunch. They want their privacy. They value one on one interaction. Face to face. A handshake. Look me in the eye. Stop looking at your iPhone and look me in the eye!
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Career
Happiness
Health & Wellness
Life
5 Things My Grandpa Taught Me That Will Change Your Life
He replied from his bed “good morning.”
Those would be his last words. That evening Papa passed away. It was 16 years ago today.
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Frontpage Article
Leadership
Life
Success
What Do You Stand For?
I didn’t expect it to bubble up like that, but it did. I can’t change the emotion. It just came, hard and fast. I buried my face in my Father’s neck muffling my sobs.
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Career
Happiness
Health & Wellness
Leadership
Life
Money
Success
5 Simple Steps to Success
We all have fear. Some are innate, activating our fight-or-flight instincts. Some fear, however, is learned. That fear is insidious. It seeps into our unconscious paralyzing us to the point where we choose “safety” over the pursuit of our passions. I believe that “learned fear” is the disease of our time. Battle it by taking baby steps. My first step was silent contemplation and meditation. Another was obsessive note-taking. The last step was challenging myself to dream as big as I possibly could, imagining that money was no object, and stepping toward that challenge. I had nothing to lose. Neither do you.
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