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How artists engage in social media and touch lives

Posted on January 14th, 2010

Bridget Benton is a super busy lady. She’s a mixed-media artist, art teacher/facilitator and creativity trainer – supporting people in the care and feeding of their own creative spark. If you need inspiration or instructions for numerous art projects, check out her website: Eyes Aflame. Bridget and I crossed paths when I attended a mentoring [...]

conversing with reviewers: Yelp Best Practices

Posted on January 8th, 2010

Yelp has been a breakthrough in reviewing businesses online. Never before could you look up restaurants or dentists in your home town and see how others had experience with them.
There are some ups and downs that come with this responsibility of reviews, especially on the business owner’s end. Yelp is set up so that anyone [...]

Being authentic & sharing through Twitter

Posted on December 16th, 2009

Some folks are really great at connecting with people. Shona Lepis from Eye Design Studio has figured it out. I got to know her through Twitter and have really enjoyed the links and projects she’s shared. How can you personally brand yourself through Twitter?
What’s your business?
I have a boutique design studio called Eye Design Studio. [...]

Reaching out to small businesses -what’s the best way?

Posted on December 2nd, 2009

If you are active on BizNik in the Portland area, you’ve probably seen some good articles and activity from Kaya Singer. Kaya has a very unique background, she’s owned a pottery business, been a family therapist and is now a small business coach. She has recently launched her book, The Entrepreneur’s Handbook to Money [...]

Living a non-conventional lifestyle ain’t easy

Posted on October 21st, 2009

I first discovered Chris Guillebeau at a social media training earlier this year – I checked out his blog and really liked his messages. Very inspiring and against the grain, they grab your heart strings and give you hope to leap from the normal way of thinking and challenge yourself. His website has lots of [...]