More Reasons to Stop Talking About Yourself on Social Media

by clairediazortiz | Dec 11, 2012 | Business, Social Media

Last week, I shared a social media pet peeve with you: Talking about yourself too much on social media. It’s easy to want to share when great things happen to you, but if you want to keep your followers interested in what you have to say, you have to mix that up...

Why You Need to Stop Talking About Yourself On Social Media (Video)

by clairediazortiz | Dec 6, 2012 | Social Media

I’ve got another installment of my Social Media Pet Peeve video series today, and this time I’m talking about why you need to stop talking about yourself on social media. Self-promotion on social media is a tricky business, and finding the right balance...

How to Use Doodle to Coordinate Schedules

by clairediazortiz | Dec 4, 2012 | Business, Productivity

My girlfriends and I are in the midst of planning our annual reunion, and once again we’re using a nifty tool called Doodle to schedule it. Doodle is one of those cool little planning things I take for granted ever since I was introduced to it, but I realized...

Five Reasons to Be a Night Owl

by clairediazortiz | Nov 29, 2012 | Business

When I wrote my recent popular post, Five Reasons to Be A Morning Person, I could not have envisioned I would then go ahead and write the exact opposite article a week later. But alas, my mother had other ideas. When she received my newsletter in her email inbox (you...

Social Media Pet Peeve #5: Telling Inside Jokes

by clairediazortiz | Nov 27, 2012 | Social Media

Here’s another installment of my Social Media Pet Peeves video series. This time I’m talking Inside Jokes. Why you tell them on social media, why you shouldn’t, and what all those non-“insiders” think when you do. In short? Don’t do...