I really wanted to go on this cruise on July 24th, the night before the BlogHer Pre-con, but I missed the deadline for posting the info – included below – to be entered into a pool of bloggers who could attend. Drat. But as I was doing some PR for a post I wrote about […]
Indulgence and the Art of Prompt
There is a GBE2 blogging prompt for this week, it is a group I follow and in which I take part although I do not engage as often as I feel I should participate. I just could not resist the prompt from this week: Indulgences. Should I treat the topic as it relates to hedonic […]
My Personal Who, What, When, Where, and Why of Blogging
I have written quite a few pieces and posts since I wrote the last post I published here, “I am Daddy’s Girl” as part of a blog hop for Father’s Day by the amazing ladies of Generation Fabulous. But I have not published them here. I did publish a piece on Medium. Writing as […]
I Am Daddy's Girl
Can you be a Daddy’s Girl by default? No one ever called me a daddy’s girl. I was not best friends with my mom either. Afterthought at best, and more accurately, an accident, that is what I was to my parents who in their 40s had an unplanned and unwanted fifth child. Me. A daughter […]
App of the Week – Buycott
As the lead-in on the Buycott app company landing page says, “Have you ever wondered whether the money you spend ends up funding causes you oppose?” Consumer-side market research has come of age with the Buycott app that allows you to find out who owns the product you are thinking of buying. I may be […]
Juice, Juju, Karma, and The Business of Blogging: Part II
Do you every ask yourself, who am I helping with my participation in this ad campaign or blogging network? Perhaps you should. Helping yourself, helping your community, and helping global corporations all have very different reward structures and consequences. Types of Strategic Promotion This is the second post in a series of posts on the […]