What Chickens Know About Social Media
Many of you know that I am a wanna-be farmer. If you add up the various animals we cater too you would find a list that I believe would make Noah proud. Starting in the house we have one Pomeranian, one Yorkiepoo, two cats, and one beta fish. As we venture to the backyard the fun […]
How To Shorten A Website Link
I get asked a lot about tweeting out website links and how to make them “less ugly.” My favorite tool for this is called Bit.ly. Bit.ly is a website that allows you to paste a long URL like this: http://socialimpression.net/understanding-the-different-types-of-facebook-ads/ and turn it into something short and sweet like this: . Go ahead – click both links, […]
5 Ways to Increase Views to Your LinkedIn Profile
From personal experience, I believe LinkedIn is a great way for business professionals to make connections. Whether or not you are new to LinkedIn, increasing your profile views can lead to exciting opportunities and new contacts. Take my advice and follow these five steps to increase LinkedIn profile views: 1). Make your headline stand out! […]
3 Public Speaking Tips from Former White House Correspondent, Bob Berkowitz
Recently I had the opportunity to spend the day with a man who millions of people have watched as a television broadcaster, Bob Berkowitz. Mr. Berkowitz has done some pretty amazing things in his life; ranging from being a founding journalist of CNN, a White House Correspondent during the Reagan Administration, to writing a best-selling book. […]
How To Make Your Easter Unforgettable (With Social Media)
I come from a decent sized family. My mom gave birth to four boys whose ages range wildly, I’m convinced that we were planned in sets – the first two, Don and Tom and then the last two Mike and David (me). I like to think that the decision was made that they needed to […]
What Cancer Taught Me about Business
About 11 years ago I was lying under a bench press in the basement gym of my parent’s home when I felt a lump about the size of a golf ball. I was not the least bit alarmed – lumps are normal when living a very active lifestyle. It wasn’t until about six months later […]
3 Marketing Lessons I have Learned from Listening to Elvis
Elvis was one of my favorite artists to listen to when I was a child. My oldest brother Don introduced me to Elvis at a very young age. I believe it was “Teddy Bear” that won me over, then “All Shook Up” and then “Return to Sender.” By the age of 10 I had read, […]
4 Promises About Cancer
The first time a needle pierced my vain to make its chilling and life saving delivery of chemotherapy I took a breath and gripped the fake leather recliner I was sitting in a little harder. I will never forget that first bag of chemical, and the taste of saline as it flushed the line in […]
Weakness into Strength
I realized a long time ago that there were many things I will never be good at. I also realized long ago that some of the things I was not good at I could learn to be better at if I was willing to put in some time and effort. I thought I would list […]
Life Lessons from a Chihuahua
One of my greatest friends was originally from Mexico, had short blonde hair, and loved to tongue kiss. Her name was Gizmo and she was a Jimmy Dean type sausage-shaped chihuahua and she would roll onto her white fur covered side whenever you went to show her affection. Not only did she love to lick, she loved and I […]