Archive for the Social Media Category
Guest Post: Using Wix.com to Promote Yourself
Recently I had the pleasure of spending a few hours with recent University of Texas graudate Hunter Nelson. Like many recent graduates, Hunter is in the process of exploring internships and applying for graduate MBA programs so we spent a few minutes discussing how he is marketing himself. Hunter mentioned …
My 10 Year Old Son Has a Blog
Last week my 10 year old son announced that he wanted to learn how to earn his own money and asked me if I could help him do it. We sat down and brainstormed on ways that he could earn money including selling fruit from our back yard, walking neighbors dogs, and teaching other kids how to …
Arrow-Tips #59 Categorize Your Contacts
This Arrow-Tip was inspired by Mashable.com writer Dan Schawbel in his June 3rd post HOW TO: Organize Your Contacts for Networking Success – thanks, Dan! He has some great tips in the article especially regarding capture of social media contacts, but one of my favorites is the concept of taking the time …
Social Media Presentation to Partners in Wealth Group
Another big thank you to the folks at Partners in Wealth who invited me to speak about social media during their May luncheon at Ouisie’s Table. You can check out the slides from my presentation on slideshare. I also thoroughly enjoyed their other presentation that day regarding Financial Assistance to Grown …
Nutshell Mail Acquired by Constant Contact
A huge and heartfelt congratulations to my friends and hometown Houston boys David Lyman and Mark Schmulen of Nutshell Mail on the acquisition of their company by Constant Contact. Arrow-Tips readers know that I’ve been a huge fan and client of both of these firms for years (or in the …
Houston Business Connection Presentation: Social Media 302
Thank you very much to Darrell Hail and all my friends at The Houston Business Connection for inviting me to speak at their breakfast meeting this morning. A year ago this group asked me to give a Social Media 101 presentation to introduce them to Social Media. They’ve come a long …
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
Please note that I made a mistake regarding the date of my presentation to the eWomen’s Network when this post was originally published – my apologies for any inconvenience, I have corrected the date of that engagement as well as added another one below.
Fresh off my Mom 2.0 Summit high, …
2010 Mom 2.0 Summit Link Post
Wow – what an amazing conference! Congratulations to Laura Mayes, Carrie Pacini, Marla Trevino, the ladies from MMI including Amanda Hansen, Melissa Campbell, Lauren McKechnie, Maggie McDonald and the rest of the Mom 2.0 Summit crew! I’ll be blogging about my Mom 2.0 experience in a separate post, but in …
Social Media From a Parent’s Perspective Presentations
Yesterday morning I gave a presentation (click here to view the presentation on slideshare) to parents from Yorkshire Academy regarding the benefits of social media as well as issues to watch out for. My presentation focused mainly on Facebook, however, yesterday evening I had the good fortune to attend another …
Facebook from a Parent’s Perspective
Tomorrow morning I will be giving a free seminar on Facebook and other social media from a parent’s perspective. We will discuss the positive aspects of Facebook as a communication and marketing tool along with what to watch out for as your children start to participate in social media. I …