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No More Mad Dashes: And That’s No Bull

No more mad dashes to the office. Well, my office is only upstairs, but whenever I heard the phone ring I was off and running. Nothing like answering the phone breathlessly, “May I help you.” Unless of course your business is an adult chat line. But mine’s not. When I started up Blue Gypsy Inc,…

Embracing a Smart Phone: Removing My Head From The Sand

I’m finally stepped out of the dark ages…. I changed over to an iphone today. I’ve been waffling on this decision to move from a “dumb” phone to a “smart” phone for a while now. It’s funny, I don’t mind change when it comes to traveling. I love changing from country to country seeing new…

Do Years Always Equal Experience?

Recently I read a tweet, “Wait, ur biz is paying 2 learn from someone w/ less than 2 years of experience. Isn’t that called an intern, at best an associate?” Interesting point, however experience comes in all kinds of forms. Life experience, people experience, job experience, and many skills cross over from industry to industry.…

Jeff Turner: "Social Media Is Value Driven"

Yesterday at Social Media @ the Beach, a local SM event in Hampton Roads, listening to the Keynote speaker, Jeff Turner, was like listening to an old friend. Actually one of my best friends…my Dad! Let me explain. My father has always been one of my mentors. I’m lucky. Not only is my father a…

2 Blogs, Or Not 2 Blogs…That is My Question 2 YOU!

Last night I attended “Entering the Blogosphere” at the Social Media Club Virginia Beach. Now of course if you are reading this blog, you know I already blog and you may know that I have two blogs! Now here’s my dilemma, and I need some insight and feedback from you all if you are reading…

Social Media Suicide May Only Be A Mouse Click Away:Think Before You Tweet

I just read a great blog post by Sara Meany of Comet Branding, 7 Surefire Ways to Sabotage Your Professional Brand in Social Media. For the most part I think these are 7 very solid points about professional branding. When you have a social presence out in the online stream of information, both your own…

Cross Marketing and Social Media: Two Peas in a Pod

Cross marketing and Social Media just go together like peanut butter and chocolate… I work for a local builder who buys local, hires local, lives local and stays local. I also do all the social media for the builder. Lately I’ve been on a quest to promote local businesses. It just makes sense. If you…

Hammer Happy Hour: How to Tweak Your Social Media Plan on Facebook

While I know I haven’t hit expert status yet, I’m just itching to start a social media consulting business. That, or at the very least, I’m ready to offer some free ideas to a few businesses that I’ve “fanned” because I think they may be teetering on the edge of losing their audience… I’ve quickly…