Time to help raise awareness for breast cancer! October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and there are plenty of resources with facts and information. Alarming breast cancer stats: 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. One woman is diagnosed with breast cancer every three minutes. One woman will die…
What is content curation? It is the act of finding content to share throughout social media platforms. Finding relevant, interesting, and informative content to post is important for anyone in social media. There is an art and science to finding the best content and it is well worth your time to be thoughtful and careful…
Beginner Blogging: The Prequel Are you interested in starting a blog? If you do, you will join a club with millions of members. The number of blogs created each week is in the thousands. The competition to have a popular, successful blog is enormous. However, do not let that discourage you. Be aware of what…
In summer, the song sings itself. – William Carlos Williams Summer afternoon – summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. – Henry James Love is to the heart what the summer is to the farmer’s year – it brings to harvest all the loveliest flowers of…
Something that many bloggers think about is: How can I get my blog read? We would all like an audience and to think that our writing is being read by someone. Anyone? Here are a few tips for getting your blog noticed, read and shared. Share your blog in your email signature. I use WiseStamp to…
“@leaderswest you’re doing it wrong. #twitter” This was the message that greeted me Saturday morning from some guy I’ve never interacted with at all. I always feel a mixed sense of indignance and curiosity when someone offers their unsolicited feedback like this. What is the intended purpose of a note like this? Is it an intervention of…