Creative: Having the quality or power of creating. Resulting from originality of thought, expression. (Dictionary.com) As you can imagine, a creative agency like Shift Collaborative is full of creative professionals. I am not one of them. Not in the traditional sense. I can’t draw a stick figure. I don’t sketch or doodle during conference calls. […]
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Be Creative Every Day: Tips From the Non-Creative
How to start your awesome blog (for the absolute beginner)
A few weekends ago, I presented a couple of sessions at PodCamp Pittsburgh 9. The first was Blogging 101, a novice-level session. Here’s a video of the session, plus the written notes I prepared ahead of time.
Continue Reading“Find your niche”: Thoughts from the Pittsburgh Women Bloggers panel
Back in June, I spoke on a panel of Pittsburgh-based women bloggers put together by NAWBO of Greater Pittsburgh (National Association of Women Business Owners). The panel included a great mix of savvy women: R’Chelle Mullins of Creatively Yours by Ro Media and fashion stylist Suzanne Mauro Mercedes Howze, the Movie Scene Queen Heather Hopson […]
Continue ReadingThe joys of not always being on-message in your blog
Jenna McGuiggan at The Word Cellar shares a sweet and thoughtful post about how blogging can be surprisingly loaded.
Continue ReadingWhat to do now that Facebook won’t let you force people to like your page
The folks at ShortStack — a service that helps you create apps and interesting things on Facebook Pages — have some excellent thoughts on what Facebook’s decision to ban fan-gating on Pages, and tips for how to adjust your Page. At ShortStack we have over 350,000 customers, all of whom are Facebook Page Admins. I’m […]
Continue ReadingCynthia on AwesomeCast 212: “Commercial Weeds”
Please enjoy another fast-paced and super-informative episode of AwesomeCast with Cynthia joining the panel: Topics include: An app that can help you with your to-do list; Timeful. – 2:40 A roku built right into a TV. – 5:15 The WWE Supercard app. – 10:20 The Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS. – 15:15 A replacement for […]
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