Archive for the Social/New Media
Psssst….!!! It’s my birthday the week of November 1st.
So What? Right?
Well the week is so full of great things that you just have to know about them! I’m one of those people who believes that you should always celebrate your birthday and that if you want to have a good party…throw one for yourself. However, this year, three great folks are having terrific events during my birthday week. And you know what? They really have almost nothing to do with me and absolutely everything to do with you guys. Both of the following events are so good that you won’t want to miss them!
Because many of you working mothers have asked me about my love of social media, I wanted to send out a quick post about Blog World & New Media Expo.
Some of you might remember that last year I attended Blog World Expo. If you are at all interested in learning about how social media strategy can help your businesses 
at warp speed, then this is the conference for you. It is the essence of drinking from the firehose.
My BFF, Shelley Swisher, always knew I’d be a broadcast journalist and she was right!
On April 8, I’ll be live on the air with two internet radio shows on www.wsradio.com. The first show is about entrepreneurism and the second show is….you guessed it, Twitter Talk Radio!
It’s my great honor to co-host a show about small business owners with Rieva Lesonsky. Rieva is truly amazing. She is a small business expert and she writes, speaks and helps small businesses all over the country. We’ll be interviewing successful entrepreneurs and experts and talking about three major themes:
I was pondering writing a post about whether or not I’m a Mommy Blogger this morning. Funny, I hadn’t started writing and then I came across this article at Mashable The Top 10 Misconceptions About Mommy Bloggers by Jessica Smith @JessicaKnows on Twitter.
People always ask me this question when I go to Social Media events. I don’t think I’m a Mommy Blogger but maybe I’m wrong. I’m not sure what the definition really is. In actuality it doesn’t really matter. I’m not a person who likes to put people into boxes or to be classified myself (unless that it, is you want to call me things like Successful, Six Figure Mom, Millionaire, Independent, Entrepreneur, Working Mother 
If you’ve been following along, you know that my love affair with Twitter has been going on for a few months now. This past weekend, I had the great pleasure of meeting the author of The Twitter Revolution, Warren Whitlock…again. Not only did I meet Warren but I also had the honor of joining him at TwitCastRadio when he interviewed Adaptive Blue about Glue, a cool new tool that enhances your web browsing experience. Can you imagine what I asked when it came to my turn for an interview question? Of course, you’re right! I asked how the new tool could interface with twitter! You’ll also hear Mari Smith stepping in for a few seconds too. (You can hear our interview by clicking on the links above.)
Tracy Green just launched a new website, www.smartworkingmom.com. Her site is worth a look if you have a minute. This week, she emailed me and also left a comment on my blog. I’d like to share them both with you because I think you’ll relate to what she’s saying.
Email: “I applaude you! It was so refreshing to see a website that makes it okay for moms to work, and want to work and celebrates those who do! I’m emailing to ask your permission to list www.sixfiguremomsclub.com as a HOT LINK on my evolving website: www.smartworkingmom.com. I’m a full-time, plus working mom of two boys and enjoy having a career. My issue became that I was in complete control and successful at the office, but at home — forget it! I was out of my element. (Snipped)
Six Figure Moms, What are you REALLY grateful for? As I’ve read other blogs and articles, I’ve been thinking about this question all week. I decided I wanted my post to be narrow so I’ve asked myself this question:
“If you only get to give one answer, what ONE thing are you most grateful for?”
My answer is STRUGGLE. I’m so thankful for the struggle I have in my life and for so many reasons.
- Struggle makes me continue to grow and think about things from a multitude of perspectives.
- Struggle reminds me that I’m alive.
A concerned friend called me this week to ask my opinion about putting her children’s pictures on social media sites like Facebook. She knew I had strong opinions about this topic but wanted to discuss pros and cons of both sides of the issue with me. I relayed my thoughts to her as follows:
- I don’t publish pictures of my daughter on the internet….period. Not anywhere.
- Since this has not always been my policy so I ask friends and family to alert me if they come upon a picture that I’m not aware of so that I can promptly remove it.
I was working on another project this morning at my kitchen table with the window open. It’s a typical Santa Ana fall weekend in San Diego where it feels like the threat of fires. When you’ve lived here through both the Cedar and the Witch Creek fires, your sensors are up for that kind of stuff in the fall. Both of those fires came within a mile of my home. Luckily, we survived with minor damage and big messes from both. Comparitively speaking, over 400 homes in my community were lost last year. It was a devastating time.
Since last week’s election, you have inevitably saw some of the statistics covering how President Obama maximized social media tools to connect with his constituents. During his campaign, he reached out to connect with people using the internet through Facebook, Linked In, My Space, Twitter, and other social media tools. He even paused to email a thank you note to his team before his acceptance speech. Undeniably, he had many competitive advantages over John McCain, but one cannot debate that social media played a huge part in his election.