Goals and Inspiration

November: Two Powerful Days of Reflection

November 14, 2010

In November there are two very powerful days of reflection. One just passed, Veterans Day. And one coming up in 10 more days. Thanksgiving. The following video drives home some powerful points to reflect on for both. These are secular holidays. These are days that effect all Americans and have so much to do with how we came to survive in this land, and how we continue to do so thanks to those who make…

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Ya Gotta have A Plan: Goal Setting and Business Planning

November 12, 2010

To expand on my last blog post about creating a vision, the end of the year is always a good time to examine goal setting techniques, business planning, and creative visualization. This is true both for our personal lives and for our business lives. And the techniques are surprisingly the same. There are a couple of key points to include when creating business and personal goals for yourself. This is part of the road map…

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Don’t Know If You Noticed But…..

November 7, 2010

I took about a month off of blogging, and clammed up on tweeting as well. I’m not going to lie, the bluesfest took a lot of energy out of me. Doing it all was exhausting and I’ve taken the last month to regroup. The Bluesfest went from vision to reality because I set a goal for myself to do it, and then progressed through the process of visualizing it, and creating it. While it was…

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Blue Gypsy Bluesfest: Success! Planning for Next Year!

September 30, 2010

The first annual Blue Gypsy Bluesfest was a success!!! We had 350 people at the event and we were able to raise money for both charities! It was no small feat to put together an event of that magnitude all by myself, but as I’ve said before I had so much help from all the positive feedback and energy and ideas that were generated by those who participated. But only one person truly knows all…

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The Energy Is Building! Can You Feel It?

September 23, 2010

It’s amazing, the positive things that can happen when people come together under the umbrella of a great cause. Blue Gypsy Bluesfest is almost here. I can’t believe this event that started with me saying, “Let’s Have A Party and give back to Habitat for Humanity” Has taken on such a life of it’s own. It’s funny. I’ve had people ask me if I’m the Promoter for the event. Well, I guess so…I mean I…

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Do You Have your Ticket’s Yet? I Have Mine!

September 19, 2010

Do you have your tickets yet? I have mine! In fact I was the very first ticket purchased online for the Blue Gypsy Bluesfest, and at the rate my procrastinating boyfriend is going, he’ll be the last! Here’s the ticket site! Click here for Blue Gypsy Bluesfest Tickets. Use the discount code: habitat4blues and get 20% off tickets online. If you are a last minute shopper the code will take $15 off the prices at…

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10 Days Until The Blue Gypsy Bluesfest: Giving Thanks to The BBQ Competitors

September 15, 2010

Six months of planning is coming to fruition in just 10 more days. This has been one of the steepest learning curves putting together an event of this magnitude. The thing that has kept me moving along is that it’s for such an amazing cause. Habitat for Humanity. I’ve met so many wonderful people who have put their great energy along side mine, not just for the advertising, but also because they believed in the…

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Social Media Marketing: Like Herding Cats?

September 14, 2010

This just tickled my funny bone and I thought I would share it for all those social media marketing pros out there.

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From The Archives: Social MeetUps and TweetUps – Are They Like Online Dating?

September 6, 2010

Attending a meet up is a great way to meet people in-person who are interested and involved with social media in the Tidewater Area. It also reminded me a bit of the time I spent internet dating… When I embarked on my social media exploration I began following people with knowledge and expertise in several fields of interest. The great thing was I was not bound by their locality. I could follow, friend, and learn…

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Face Of Fox 43: Sirece Dugard and Blue Gypsy Bluesfest

August 31, 2010

I’m really excited to have Fox 43 involved with the Blue Gypsy Bluesfest. They are our newest media sponsor and they are going all out. We have the brand new Face of Fox Sirece Dugard coming out to the event, doing some giveaways and having some fun with us. And she’s going to be announcing the event on the Hampton Roads Show as well. Here’s an interview with her about her new job and her…

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