Dec
29
2008
I’m on vacation this week….kinda sorta.
I can’t not check email. I can’t not answer my cell phone. I can’t not check Facebook or LinkedIn or my blog.
I suppose some people might say I have a problem, maybe like Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or Workaholism.
I think I have actually created a life that merges my work and my personal life so seemlessly that there’s not much separation between the two. Since I love what I do, it doesn’t feel like work (well, sometimes it does but usually it’s just doing what I would do anyway.)
So I guess this is a good thing. But in between checking emails and Facebooks and blogs this week, I am enjoying some skiing and time with my family and friends. Last night we had a Scrabble tournament at my house and it was great fun. It’s important to play games face to face with people rather than spending too much time online. I’m going to add that one to my New Year’s Resolution list.
Dec
24
2008
We had our annual office party yesterday. Everyone brought something delicious then we had a Yankee Swap. Here’s Amy Rowbottom, Amy Jean Charette, Sarah Fuller and Rose Whitehouse.
I want to wish everyone a very Happy Holiday season!
Dec
16
2008
Years ago, before the dot-bomb bust in the early 2000’s, I was hired to do a traditional PR campaign for a high-profile Web site. The site promoted fishing legend Ken Schultz and published all the content of his extremely comprehensive fishing encyclopedia. The site that is online now no longer contains all the content that was on the site back then. Continue Reading »
Dec
12
2008
Marketers who can create effective online strategies for their clients will have a golden opportunity in 2009. Dave Wood of Agency Management Roundtable sent me an article in Online Media Daily earlier this week forecasting the dramatic shift from traditional media to online media.
Here’s a link to the article:
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=96194 Continue Reading »
Dec
04
2008
I’ve been doing some tough work lately pulling a group of people together around a new branding effort. It has been a stretch, a challenge, and ultimately a total pleasure to work on this project. One of the keys to the success of the project so far has been the incredible support of my friends and family, and their belief that my agency was totally prepared for this challenge.
I was talking about the challenge this morning with my friend Jenny Taliadoros, the Paper Doll Maven, and she told me how she believes she has been so successful lately because she has faced some of her fears head on. It reminded me of a quote from Marianne Williamson who wrote a book called “A Return to Love.”
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
