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Stop Yelling At People On Twitter (Social Media Pet Peeve #8)
I've been doing a series of social media pet peeve videos, and today here's another installment, this time urging you to stop yelling at people on Twitter. By yelling, of course, I mean sniping, snarking, and engaging in destructive online arguments with for all to...
Me (In 3 Minutes or Less)
This week I'm excited to announce my new column over at Babble.com, entitled The Business of Being a Woman. I've long admired the fun, classy, light-hearted Moms over at Babble, and it's fun to be writing for them. The first post, "All About Me (In Three Minutes or...
More Reasons to Stop Talking About Yourself on 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 with...
Why You Need to Stop Talking About Yourself On Social Media (Video)
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 between...
How to Use Doodle to Coordinate Schedules
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 recently...
Five Reasons to Be a Night Owl
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
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 it. Online or off.
Six Things Silicon Valley Can Teach Social Entrepreneurs
I recently wrote a piece for Fast Company (and the new Skoll World Forum website) about the Six Things Silicon Valley Can Teach Social Entrepreneurs. If you're a social entrepreneur, or you work in a fast-paced technology environment like Silicon Valley, these might...
Five Reasons to Be a Morning Person
This weekend I was on a great run while listening to a new-ish episode of The Simple Mom Podcast. In the podcast, my friend Tsh interviewed Arianne of To Think is To Create, and at one point asked Arianne if she was a morning person or a night owl. Arianne's answer...
Stop Complaining on Social Media (Social Media Pet Peeve #4)
Here's another social media pet peeve video installment, this time encouraging you to stop complaining on social media. Heck, I even argue that complaining in real life is actually better than complaining on social media. Got a problem? Go ahead and tweet it. Got...
Social Media Pet Peeve #3: Sharing a Private Conversation in Public
Here's the third video in my Social Media Pet Peeves video series. Yes, it's dark. And yes, I need to fix that. In this video, I talk about a niggling, nagging social media pet peeve I see on a near-daily basis: People who have private conversations in public. ...
Why Smart People Prefer Twitter
There's been a lot written about the use of Twitter for writers, and for folks who think in words. As others have said before me, Twitter helps you distill your ideas, refine your thinking, and polish what you want to say into less. If you used to think in words, now...
Social Media Pet Peeve #2: Over-Sharing
Ah, the case of over-sharing. On social media, it (sometimes) appears that over-sharing seems to be certain people's #1 favorite idiotic thing to do. In this social media pet peeve video #2, I share about why over-sharing is so: unnecessary, annoying, and not smart....
How to Get Book Endorsements and Reviews: Part 2
Earlier this week I gave you the top five of my ten tips for getting and managing book endorsements on your next book. (Want the audio version? Check out my podcast on the same topic.) Here are the remaining five tips from the list. 6. If It's a Glowing Review You're...
How to Get Book Endorsements and Reviews: Part 1
I read a lot of books every year (the goal this year is 150 books, and I'm on track so far), and many of these books are not actually purchased by yours truly (or Mr. Yours Truly, when he can't think of another birthday or Christmas gift I'll otherwise gush about). In...