Your Words, Your Voice

I’ll start this with a quote I have often read: attitude is everything.
This saying has been much on my mind lately when I talk to business owners or friends. I hear a lot of nostalgia for the old days and resistance to change as lucrative ways of doing business are undercut by shifts in technology, new spending patterns, and clients’ enthusiasm for ideas that have never been tried before. Sounds familiar doesn’t it? Yes! One of those often-repeated patterns is the evil “new media” breaking down old patterns, creating new paradigms and creating pain as everything changes.

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I’ve been asked a few times now why I can’t share with Friends blog post from my Page. Can I ask anyone to Fan me or they have to be Friends first ? How many Friends/Fans can I invite?
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What is the real definition of the word guru? How many real gurus, on social media, could there possibly be? And what is this new emerging trend of having people describe themselves as experts on social media If you run across one, ask them these 10 basics on Facebook page that I will be sharing with you here.
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It’s time to connect the dots between social media, and your bottom line. This used to be an issue for people who are trying to start a business but what about people who are looking for jobs? If this message is talking to you what will your strategy look like?.

In the 21st Century you are the CEO of Me Inc.. The question is how social media can make a dent in the job ecosystem. [Read more →]

by Tobey Crockett PhD

I am almost did not sit down to write this column today, because I am feeling so sad about the loss of a friend. My dear friend Karen, also a writer, just did not wake up yesterday morning. While the rest of Brooklyn was getting their paper, or dressing for church or just sleeping in late, her sister was waiting for the fire department to break the door down and tell her what she already knew: Karen was gone.
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Why people do not set goals, how to set effective objectives, goals and follow through on your realistic goals and action plan for 2010.

“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” Zig Ziglar
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By Ruth Benson

It is time again for the Holidays.  Looking back to the time when we were growing up in Burma I never fully realized how fortunate I was to grow up in the family I was born into.  [Read more →]

A few weeks ago I went to a jewelry party, it was a nice group of dozen or so of ladies, some of whom I knew and a few were new faces.
I spent about 45 minutes seeing jewelry of all colors, shapes and forms. All the descriptions were appropriate I thought. After the show was over I thought what’s missing here?.. [Read more →]

My guess is, you’re probably not in a position to fix the global economy. Few people are.

But you can do a lot to help the local economy. By helping women right here in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties start or expand their small businesses. [Read more →]

Facebook makes it easier to keep in touch with old friends, track your acquaintances’ every minuscule movement, and learn that all of your “cool” pals more than life itself. There is a downside to the site’s sudden rise to ubiquity.
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