Categories: Artists & Writers, Bloggers, Blogging, Brilliant + free, Content Matters, DIY, Micro Marketing, Small Business, Social Media, Social Media @ Work, The Work, Tools, Twitter
I just spent the last weekend grilling my friend’s fourteen-year-old niece about her cohorts’ use of digital media. Did you know that teenagers don’t use email? They love Snapchat and something called Kick? And Facebook — never, ever Facebook! Everything changes so fast. Even my opinions about Tumblr. You may have heard a thing or [...]
Categories: Bloggers, Roundup, Social Media, Social Media @ Work, The Work, Tools, Twitter
So. Gary Vaynerchuk, the digital media guru who launched a thousand brands into the social media sphere, just released a two-part list of “19 Essential Twitter Follows.” And…amazingly, it’s almost all male. Just 2 women in 19. Before you say I’m jumping the gun on his little list — hold up. This is Twitter we’re [...]
Categories: Artists & Writers, Bloggers, Blogging, DIY, How-to, Making Websites, Small Business, Social Media, Social Media @ Work, The Big Idea, The Work, Tools
Everywhere I go I get the same sort of questions and comments from creative people, authors, filmmakers and small businesses. I know I need a website to showcase my (business/portfolio/startup) but where do I start? My cousin set me up with a WordPress site but I don’t like the template and I feel like my hands are [...]
Categories: Artists & Writers, Bloggers, Blogging, Resources, Small Business, Social Media, The Work
I’ve been doing a “strength cycle” down at my local CrossFit gym. What that is is three hours a week of lots and lots of lifting: squats, presses, deadlifts. One of the more surprising discoveries I’ve made in the class is all of the mental aspects there are to lifting. You step up to the [...]
Categories: Artists & Writers, Bloggers, Blogging, Brilliant + free, Nonprofit/Cultural, Resources, Small Business, Social Media, Social Media @ Work, The Work, Uncategorized
I had an amazing corporate training gig a couple of months ago. I was brought in to lead a communications training that covered effective copywriting and social media tactics to a major media company. A very funny media company. One that is wildly, wildly successful in social media. Could basically write the book on building raving [...]
Categories: Artists & Writers, Bloggers, Blogging, Brilliant + free, Nonprofit/Cultural, Resources, Resume 2.0, Small Business, Social Media, Social Media @ Work, The Work, Uncategorized
I have a huge respect for those who “ask” for a living. Fundraising pros, salespeople. It’s tough. I recently had a pretty high pressure job that kept me up at night. Why? I realized after thinking about it that it was the job was about asking, cajoling, negotiating. When I like to be the person who gives, [...]
Categories: Artists & Writers, Bloggers, Blogging, Resources, Small Business, The Work
My birthday is in early January, just after everyone’s finally recovered from holiday shenanigans. Though I’ve considered moving it to June, the one good thing about the January birthday is that it makes me take the start of a new year extra seriously. New Year, birthday, it all happens as one pretty package for me. Lots [...]
Categories: Artists & Writers, Bloggers, Blogging, Brilliant + free, Nonprofit/Cultural, Resources, Small Business, Social Media, Social Media @ Work, The Work, Uncategorized
[pointelleslider id='2'] It’s been a heck of a year. Just in case you’re new around these parts (or would like a refresher), here are Jellybean Boom’s Top Stories of 2012, by pageview:
Categories: Analytics, Bloggers, Blogging, Micro Marketing, Social Media, Social Media @ Work, The Work, Tools
Facebook is now offering brands and marketers the opportunity to pay to get their posts seen more through something called “promoted posts.” You pay a few bucks and ensure that your latest update will get seen by more of your audience. I knew it was coming — I was in a test group that played around [...]
Categories: Artists & Writers, Bloggers, Blogging, Brilliant + free, DIY, Literature Unbound, The Work
Everybody craves stories. And when something manages to rise above the social media fray and grab our attention, it’s usually got story behind it. That’s what I tell my students at least. Last night we were talking “real-time” marketing and the memes that emerged during Sandy and the Election. Here are a few of my faves:
