Article Marketing; A Post-Mortem

What is Article Marketing? I’d like to introduce a fellow named Matt Cutts. Matt is the head of Google’s Webspam, which makes him an expert at both identifying and eliminating any signs of article marketing. He defines article marketing as “…you’re writing an article and you try to … [Read more...]

Am I living in the status quo?

I was talking to a friend of mine recently who is very smart and very talented.  She is getting ready to ramp up her business, and therefore her marketing strategy.  She said her biggest block to taking the next step forward was fear. Fear was filling her with self doubt - making her question … [Read more...]

Drive? I need a Chauffeur.

When you are starting a business, a blog, a website, a marketing campaign you have to have drive.  This is what everyone tells you.  And for once, they are right.  You do have to have drive. Especially if you are starting a business.  You have to have an unending well of energy that keeps you … [Read more...]

Blogworld- What Happens in Vegas will be on Twitter!

So tomorrow I am heading out to Blogworld! This will be my first time going and I am very excited. For those of you who don't know, Blogworld is one of the biggest social media conferences of the year. I will be heading to Las Vegas Thursday morning. The conference is Friday and Saturday and will … [Read more...]

Social Design

As social networks become about not just building relationships but building communities, the way that people and business interact with the online community is shifting. Our close circle of friends is no longer the people in our neighborhood or even town.  They can actively be people from around … [Read more...]

Facebook’s New Downloadable Content will improve Interactions

Facebook held a big press conference on Wednesday. There was a lot of hype surrounding the conference and sites like Mashable were reporting what their readers thought was going to be the big announcement. The press conference was live broadcast by Facebook Live. Though there were some bandwidth … [Read more...]

Project Junkie pt. 2: Productivity Checklist

Matt Mansfield wrote a great post about being a project junkie. He admitted his project addiction and bravely took credit for it and all the professional chaos it can cause. It is my turn. I too am a project junkie. I get excited about things and then just dive in feet first. But as a … [Read more...]

Unselfish Blogging: Building Traffic and Relationships

Blogs tend to be very “me”-centric. I am writing about me or about my business and giving you my advice. This does not mean that I am not providing great advice, of course - there are a lot of great blogs filled with information. But you will still often see the blog proprietor as the primary … [Read more...]

Blog Radio

Lauren on Blog Radio: Build Your Career with Passion

I will be on Dennis Charles blog radio show on Monday August 9th at 11 am EST.  Dennis hosts a great show called Build Your Career with Passion.  He has lots of interesting and informative guests who provide a lot of great information about building your career and your business.  Linda Lopeke … [Read more...]

The Power of Unofficial Influence

A primary goal of social media is to have the initiator become a person or business of influence. Whether you tweet, Facebook or blog it is all about becoming a trusted and valued source of information. Through becoming a source of information you not only drive business, develop and maintain key … [Read more...]