Sounds weird, right? Hmmm. Maybe not too weird. I’m an emotional being…sometimes too emotional. But as an artist/writer/creative type, I feed off emotion. It paves a way for me. That’s the first point. Point number two: I’m an entrepreneur…a businesswoman. I help businesses blog and build relationships online. I help teach them how to be real with their audience and help build their audience. That being said, a question that often arises is, “What should my blog be about?” My response? Everything. Now, you may be thinking, “what about target audience?” or “what about business?” Yes,...

Ever wonder where exactly you fit in? It could pertain to work, it could pertain to family, or friends, but do you ever look around and think, “Why am I here?” “What am I doing?” Everyone is talking about changes. Yeah, so it’s a new year. I purposefully didn’t make any resolutions this year.  I have some things I’d like to be more disciplined with, but the biggest thing for me is getting comfortable in my own skin. That may sound crazy but sometimes I’m sitting and working and wondering if I really make a difference. What does it all mean? But then it kinda hit me…the thing...

So, here are a couple of things I learned this week: 1. Love gets you everywhere. 2. True friends tell you the truth and love you in spite of your mistakes. 3. Hard work truly does pay off. 4. Conception in your mind can pave way to reality if you believe. 5. I still wouldn’t change a thing…but I will continue to change inside. No matter where you are in life or what circumstances you’re in, we are all creations of such a higher place…a higher being. Step into your power…in every area of your life…that’s when you begin to see things REALLY happen. Enough said. Now go support your...

So, check it…I’m too lazy to write a blog today, mainly because it’s like 20 below zero and I’m having a hard enough time just keeping warm… ( haha.. kidding, I’m just really busy. ) SO, I asked my dear friend, (and friendly competitor), Erik Deckers if I could steal one of his great posts for a guest spot. He said, “Heck yeah!.” So let’s talk about “klout.” I’ve had a lot of friends ask me about this recently and been asked to write about it…what exactly IS it?…how do you get your klout score up?…is it...

All these blogs have been popping up recently over location-based social media services, and “what’s in it for me?” and “what’s the point?” kinda questions have ensued. Privacy issues, egotism, whatever…stuff like that. Really? Who cares? You know, despite some of the creepers who have recently asked to befriend me on Foursquare (my weapon of choice), I participate in this game for multiple reasons. 1. I love my community, and by checking into my favorite places, you a) get to see who and what I love and b) get a sense of who I am…in a weird way. 2. It’s fun. I love the badges....

So, here’s a classic: Which comes first…the cart or the horse? Seems as though this question arises in pretty much every scenario. Business, personal, whatever. So after a pretty intensive meeting a couple of weeks ago here are my thoughts on the matter. The Horse: I’ll call this blogging. I don’t know about you, but your blog is the meat, or the horse of your business…at least when it comes to online content. You can have the best website in the world, but when it comes down to putting up content and getting Google to recognize you’ve got new stuff, you’ve got to be doing SOMETHING. Blogging...

Social media: The dream job, right? Lots of people want in. Lots of people want to learn. Lots of people want to dive. But one thing that many don’t consider is that it’s a full time job. Wait, not full time…it’s an ALL the time job. Like, 13 hours a day, 7 days a week…for the most part. I don’t consider myself a workaholic because I absolutely love what I do. But I’m on social networks constantly. With the new study out which was completed by Virtue and reported by Mashable, social networking for businesses (if you’re really wanting interaction) will most likely happen in the evening...

Let’s talk real life for a minute. I’m a small business. You know, like…my business is me. I prospect, I sell, and then I do all the work. I know tons of people who do this. Some are one-man (or girl) shows like me, and some have a small team working for them. But it seems we all run into the same type of problem. We ebb and flow through the abundant times…where we get all this business, dive into it, then once the project is complete, we’re like, “Oh crap, where’s my pipeline and is there anyone in it?” We get so involved with client work that we forget that it WILL eventually...

I woke up this morning knowing I needed to blog but didn’t really know what I was going to write about. So, I thought I’d just give it a go. Okay…so, most of my readers, friends, fans…whatever, know I’m in a band. Teamwork at its finest. It’s some of the hardest work I’ve ever done, but pretty much, some of the most rewarding (outside of motherhood (could be comparable though…we all have our moments where we mother one another)). Anyway, so, Neon Love Life is in the studio right now. We’re working on tracking the rest of the album, so we can get a spring/summer release. We’ve...

Last week, my favorite author/cartoonist, Hugh MacLeod, aka Gaping Void, posted this cartoon. How appropriate for how I’ve felt lately. Somewhat lost…knowing I need to do something…anything…but have lost motivation. I’m going through some personal development right now…having to give up something I love because it’s not healthy for me. I get so caught up in thinking one way, that it inhibits my thinking in other ways. Does that make sense? I think all entrepreneurs go through this. Often. And it sucks. We ebb and flow through high times, low times, personal demon times, and times...