Holiday Stress! Fight Back
Holidays are coming, the economy is down, and everyone is stressed out! Dr. Jerry Gelbart of The Potent Mind provides 10 suggestions to fight off holiday stress.
My favorite is number 1, “GIVE PRESENCE INSTEAD OF PRESENTS !!!” We need to remember that the importance of the holiday season is around family and friends. I know I’m going to scale back this year, but I’m really looking forward to it. I’m determined not to let stress get the better of me and have a nice, relaxing holiday season.
What is your strategy for the holidays? Are you going to be doing anything different?
The 5 Reasons to Blog
One of the first things that I encourage people to do when they want to market themselves via social media is to start a blog. ”But what about facebook, twitter, myspace, youtube, and all the other social media avenues? I want to jump on the band wagon and get in that space now! What can I do?”
“Um, start a blog.”
“WHY?”
I’m back!
Of course you probably didn’t know that I was gone. Actually I never went anywhere. I have been hit with a bunch of client requests and so I’ve been very busy. Fear not, I’m back and I’ve got lots to talk about!
Flash back: The Original Social Media.
Today I thought it would be fun to take a trip down memory lane and enjoy reminiscing about the good old days of the e-Mail forward. This simple phenomenon started almost as soon as the third e-mails account was created (since it takes 3 to play, one to send the original, one to forward that original and one to finally receive the forwarded message). Soon people were passing funny pictures and stories, sending out warnings of everyday dangers and perpetuating urban legends. While the glory days of the e-mail forward are not completely forgotten, this type of information has moved from the in-box to the blog post. Passing trivial information has found a new home in social networks.
In honor of this transition, I introduce this point of humor in hopes to enlighten and brighten your day. With out further adieu, I present this e-mail forward now as a blog post…
5 Questions for Jennifer Goode of JGoode Designs
Artistic Penguin by Jennifer Goode
JGoode Designs is gifts and apparel featuring original illustrations, photography and art design by Jennifer Goode. Cute and girly themed items are the primary focus. I would consider Jennifer a social marketing ninja, both on-line and off, as she can be found anywhere and every where. You can check her out at jgoodedesigns.com.
She took the time out of her busy schedule to answer 5 quick questions about her methods of marketing…