Making Things Happen

Making Things Happen

It’s been a fun morning for a social-media-loving home body like me. I spent the first part of my day with some self-proclaimed social media newbies — at home, in my basement, with my 11 year old daughter taking drink orders at one point. A perfect morning for...
Use the Calendar

Use the Calendar

Without a doubt, people around the world today are thinking about the events of September 11, 2001. It is early morning on the east coast of the US, and already my Facebook stream is filled with remembrances and prayers for families of the victims of the attacks on...
Let Me See What You See

Let Me See What You See

As a writer, I love blog posts and I’d far rather read (or write) one than watch a video or listen to a podcast. Part of my issue is impatience, I think; I can read at my own pace but if I’m listening or watching, I must listen to or watch until the end to...
End of Summer Fun: Polls and Questions

End of Summer Fun: Polls and Questions

I love questions, silly and serious. Perhaps you’ve noticed? By combining a blog post with questions on other social media sites, you can extend and repurpose the content. For example, yesterday, I posted about my Twitter Tips E-book and introduced the topic...
Winding Down

Winding Down

Summer is winding down. My kids head back to school next week. This week also marks my husband’s birthday (he’s turning 43 on Thursday.) Our family will celebrate the end of summer with a Major League Baseball game — Go Brewers — and some time to connect...
May I Speak to You Graphically?

May I Speak to You Graphically?

This is the second tip in my new series about repurposing content. In last week’s tip, I encouraged you to write a series of content based tweets from a blog post. In this week’s tip, we’ll use those tweets, or you can start fresh with content from a...