Kommein

It’s hard to reflect on 2011 without seeming self serving. The truth is, I’m almost sad to see this year end. It’s been an amazing ride, and I achieved goals I worked for my entire career. So while I’d like to give a fond look back, and discuss what’s coming up,  I’ll also do my [...]

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You’re probably going to read a bunch of Thanksgiving posts this week where your favorite bloggers list their “here’s what I’m thankful” for items. I think I’m going to take a different route this time around. Before we get to what I’m thankful for and why, I wanted to explore what being thankful means to [...]

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  So my good friend Andy Hayes and I were sitting in Champions having a drink and some nosh, while decompressing after a day of SXSW, this past March. Our conversation centered around a couple of people who were well known in the blogging/Internet marketing circles whose behavior offline didn’t match up to what they [...]

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I’m going off topic today. Forgive me, but I have something on my mind and I have to have some sort of closure. Over the weekend, I learned I lost my oldest friend to cancer. Linda and I met when she was five and I was four and we were inseparable for five years. She [...]

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So with all this BlogWorld business and book deadlines someone snuck past my radar and hacked into the joint. Yeah. It was bad. Thanks to Lara Kulpa for getting me back up and running. We have the content back up now and we’ll restore the theme and fun buttons and doodads once we get all [...]

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I started blogging as a way to earn more money as a freelance writer. I continued blogging and eventually got into social media because of the people and community. As bloggers and community managers we often talk about our loyal communities, but is this always the case? We don’t have the same readers from year [...]

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The shirt read “Proud to be a b**ch.” I thought about this for a while after spying it on a teen at the mall. If I have a cranky moment, it’s not a source of pride for me, so I wondered why anyone would want to announce a bad attitude to the world. I mean, [...]

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Receiving a long, rambling, hand-written letter from a friend in my mailbox. Telling my parents I’m going “out” with them still somehow knowing where I’m going and when I’ll be home. Saturday morning cartoons. When cartoons were only on Saturday mornings. Handwritten thank you cards. Charleston Chews. Going outside in the summer to cool off. [...]

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A few years ago, I lacked confidence because I lacked a smile. Those of you who know me from back in the day might remember that I had gaps in my teeth and an unfortunate, protruding overbite. This made me feel very self conscious and I rarely stepped up or volunteered, especially when the role [...]

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