Fiddler’s Green, My First Dance with AI, and Why You Still Need Your Own Voice

I remember the first time I used AI to help me write and organize something. It was June 2023, and I was finally thinking seriously about putting my house on the water in Virginia onto the short-term rental market. My dad and I bought this house while I was still working on wooden schooners, and it was my place to go between boat jobs. Up to this point, I was an expert at couch surfing. Later it became my peaceful retreat, and I even lived…

Read More

From the Archives: 5 Twitter Duh’s and No Brainers….

August 10, 2010

Since it’s a hectic month of planning for the Blue Gypsy Bluesfest and I’m sure there’s lots that I can tell you about that and it’s connection with social media moving it forward, right now….I’m pulling some oldies but goodies from the archives. Here are just a few things to think about as you get up to speed with your twitter account. 1) If you have multiple twitter accounts (And I mean like 3,4 or…

Read More

How To Use A Facebook Personal Page For Your Business

July 31, 2010

I know all the experts, gurus, and Social Media Ninja’s are going crazy over the headline of this post. I can hear them yelling at me and I’m sitting in a quit room writing this. Haven’t we yet learned that all the definitive statements about Social Media are wrong? The only reason people write rules is so they can be expertly teaching their rules and by creating a wrong way to do something they create…

Read More

Social Media: Building Community or Building a Nation

July 26, 2010

Build your “Nation” one brick at a time. Take a page from my personal trainer when it comes to building community and Social Media. Sometimes there is an important element missing in many Social Media campaigns. The “Social.” Many people out there using twitter, facebook and the like are not building a nation, much less a community, they are pushing out their message. From time to time I’m sure we are all guilty of informing…

Read More

The Power Of Positive Thinking: How Are You Going To Use It

July 23, 2010

If you knew you couldn’t fail, what is one thing you’d like to do in your life? The power of positive thinking and positive energy is a real element in the universe. I truly believe this. I’ve climbed mountains with this energy, I’ve jumped out of planes with this energy, and sailed around the Caribbean with this energy. These are just a few of the many achievements I’ve attained by implementing this method of positive…

Read More

Grassroots Efforts: Cold Calling Under Rated Along With Other Outbound Marketing

July 20, 2010

I know, you are all cringing right now. Yuck I hate it when someone calls me unsolicited and asks me to do something, pay something, buy something, or well…something! You hear so much about inbound marketing these days, is outbound marketing dead? Just one aspect of outbound marketing is cold calling. These days it seems that people are not only against cold calls, but they are into scheduling their phone calls as well. It is…

Read More

Not Created Equally: Find Your Unique Teacher, Coach or Social Media Advisor

July 15, 2010

Not all business coaches, consultants or social media “experts” are created equally. Much like a personal trainer focuses on the individual, so too do you need to find a business specialist that focuses on your business as if there is no other business out there just like yours. Recently I started to go back to the gym to take classes with a trainer verses DVD’s at home. I just wasn’t meeting my goals and it…

Read More