How Can I Help You?
Claire here. You're on my blog, ClaireDiazOrtiz.com, where I write things. Good things, bad things, things in the middle between bad and good. Today, I'm writing to ask you a kinda weird thing. Here goes. What do you need? Yup. Is there a way that I can help you? I'm not being weird. I'm genuinely curious. Many things might come to mind when I ask that question. Here are few ideas: You want to learn to start a blog and … [Continue Reading...]
Why I’m Not Going to South by Southwest
For the tenth time in the past week, I had a conversation tonight about why I’m not going to South by Southwest this year. South by Southwest, of course, being one of the biggest conferences around, and the biggest if you work or live in the technology world. Although I’m not entirely without regret on missing the event (Austin is such a great city, after all), I am decided. In no particular order, here are the five main reasons I’m not … [Continue Reading...]
How to Start a Blog (The Complete Step-by-Step Guide)
Last week, I asked you how I could be of help. Of the hundreds of responses I received, many of you said you were itching to learn how to start a successful blog. Starting a blog is one of the very best things that ever happened to me, and I love to share with folks why blogging is a great way to connect with others, build your platform, and change the world. Seven years ago, I hit publish on my first post. I was holed up in a hostel in … [Continue Reading...]
What the Most Successful People Do at Work
Laura Vanderkam has done it again. Vanderkam, author of books like 168 Hours: You Have More Time than You Think, has become a feature in my email inbox ever since I read ones of her books for the first time and started emailing her incessantly. (I tend to do that. I'm sure she's thrilled. Ha.) What I love about Vanderkam's writing is that it's smart, practical, and immediately applicable. It makes me think, and pushes me to change my life … [Continue Reading...]
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Best of the Interwebs (Links)
Here are some of the best links on the interwebs this week you may (or may not) have missed. Enjoy, share, and try to disconnect from the web on Sunday (if you can). 24 hours offline every week does a body good. Seriously;) Never Waste a Good Crisis: An excellent read from the formidable (and … [Continue...]
Religious Hashtags on Twitter?
While in Nashville this week, I learned this trick from @jonacuff, master of all the things. The trick (in case you were confused) is called "write a tweet on a scrap of paper and then take a picture of the scrap of paper and then tweet the picture." It's very meta. So, answers? If you … [Continue...]
Best Links of the Week
Although some folks use Twitter the whole week long to tweet out their favorite online finds of the week, I tend to like weekly wrap-ups that you can process all at once. The work productivity theory behind this is that your day will be less interrupted if you chunk together your "read cool … [Continue...]
Why I Hate Google +/Google Plus
Firstly, it bothers me to no end that when I write about Google Plus I have to write both "Google +" and "Google Plus" because of fear/confusion/misunderstanding about what the kids are calling it these days. But, I digress. The #1 main reason I hate Google + is because I can't figure out how … [Continue...]
How to Get a Verified Twitter Account (Tips from a Prime Minister)
I wouldn't work at Twitter if I wasn't asked on occasion a lot more than on occasion how to get a verified Twitter account. Suffice it to say the rules on verifying a Twitter account are here, and that's not what this blog post is about. Instead, this post is about the innovative way I saw the … [Continue...]
How to Make a Tea Commercial
So I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that I do not believe this is how you make a tea commercial. First, watch: Now, listen. This video comes from my dear friend @amalia, who emailed me this marketing nugget of gold. That provoked a scintillating … [Continue...]
You Will Love This Video
"Poets, like the blind, can see in the dark." Jorge Luis Borges I swear I posted this last week. (But, apparently, I didn't.) My husband showed me this video recently and I was (as usual) in tears when poignant music and heart-wrenching topics combine. Even if you don't know Buenos Aires, … [Continue...]
It’s Your Dumb Husband, Mom
Last week, I posted the first in what will surely be an ongoing series of weekly, biweely, who-knows-what-frequency posts. Specifically, this post was made up of three of the worst emails I received last week. One of them (#3) was of particular interest. THE EMAIL: So, to summarize your book, … [Continue...]
Social Media for Non-Profits: An (Impressive) Conference
Last week, I had the distinct pleasure to speak at a conference I was thoroughly impressed by. Let me be clear. This is not always the case. Sometimes, conferences dissappoint me. This can happen for a variety of reasons. Bad organizers, bad audiences, incorrect expectations on my part. … [Continue...]
