{365 Days of Social Media} Day 10: Curating a More Effective Following List

On Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn, who you follow says a lot about who you are. Never underestimate the powerful message you are sending to the world by simply choosing to follow, friend, or link up with certain individuals. When I work with small businesses on social media policy, I help them create a profile for [...]

{recipe} Scalloped Potatoes Au Gratin + Foodie Follow Friday

It’s been a while since I’ve done my blogger Follow Friday and since I’ve posted a recipe… so here’s a post that’s double the fun! I LOVE potatoes, and have been playing around with different measurements and ingredients with scalloped potatoes for a while now. I made the best batch last night, and it’s the [...]

Blog Follow Friday: Poppy Talk

First, I love the name of this blog: Poppy Talk. Second, it makes my eyes & heart happy with regular postings of inspiration that I don’t often find on other sites. Poppy Talk is where I found out about Emily Ryan, who designs clothing I like to pretend I am cool enough (and tall enough) [...]

Follow Friday: Inhabitat – green design will save the world

You know those awesome sites that post a few dozen times a day and overwhelm you? That’s Inhabitat for me, but in a good way. I am overwhelmed with the awesomeness they share in their posts, which focus on sustainable designs. Eye candy, mind candy, soul candy — it’s all there. Inhabitat‘s tagline is “Green [...]

My First Follow Friday: Graphic-ExchanGE

Recently, I posted on Facebook about getting my Google Reader subscriptions down to 88 (it has since grown again to 96). It used to be well over 200. But who has time to read hundreds of blogs a day (unless you get paid to do so, that is)? Nobody. I’ve learned to be absolutely ruthless [...]