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Recipe: SPICY Deviled Eggs
Recipes
Recipe : Gluten Free Banana and Flaxseed Pancakes
Thanks to quick search on Pinterest, I stumbled across this pin from Shannon over at Just as Delish on how to make two ingredient gluten free pancakes. I have been adjusting my diet to include more simple recipes like this and decided to give it a go. You have no idea how hard it was…
Recipe: Apple-Cinnamon and Brown Sugar Pocket Pies
Over the weekend I discovered Sally’s Baking Addiction. If you haven’t spent hours drooling over and making her recipes GO. (after you read this post of course!) She has a little something for everyone from vegan, no bake to gluten free. And yes, you can even search for recipes by ingredient. Love that! The recipe I…
RECIPE : Banana & Pear Salad with Apricot, Bourbon Barrel Smoked Pepper, Bacon and Butter Dressing
Banana & pear salad with apricot, Bourbon Barrel smoked pepper, bacon and butter dressing. Pretty straight forward recipe that is easy to prepare and satisfies any meatetarian (a new word I heard from my friend Eddie Huffman). I was inspired by what I had on hand and a need to find a little summer something…
Technology
5 Things NBC’s Botched Olympics Coverage Can Teach You About Business
It’s no secret that the running joke in much of the online community, throughout the entire 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, was how badly NBC handled the media coverage. Talk around the water cooler today is how NBC and the International Olympic Committee’s efforts to portray a “connected” world thanks to social media was…
7 of the Best iPhone Apps for Business
Even though I love my tech free weekends, I wanted to share 6 iPhone apps that I simply can’t live (or work) without and also include one that I recently discovered. Now, each of us have different needs and therefore different apps appeal to us. By no means is this meant to be the ‘one…
Get Drunk Thumb
Texting while intoxicated requires the ‘get drunk thumb’ – get yours today and enjoy the wtf’s of your friends the next day! The ‘get drunk thumb’ comes with free *ex booty call*, *needless tweets* and *auto correct can’t help this* UPDATE: Paris Hilton sings about the dangers of drunk texting read more to learn your…
Business
plugged in, charged up and ready to go!
Alright. I have spent the last few hours connecting myself to the virtual world that exists at the tip of my fingers. After attending the ASID Spring Conference in Myrtle Beach – Ron McDaniel (BUZZOODLE.COM) convinced me that my Myspace, and Facebook were not enough. . . I needed to Youtube, be a LinkedIn blogger…
Should that be a status update or blog post?
WAIT! Before you hit send on that status update, I encourage you to carefully consider if it should be a blog post. *brace yourselves for some tough love* Yeah I know, you hate writing f*cking blog posts.Well – tough shit. “It takes too long.” “It’s not my job!” “What’s the point?” Look, if you’re not willing…
When should you fire a client?
Do you own your own business? Then you probably have wondered at some point in your life when should you fire a client? Tough question isn’t it? It is for many who don’t see the red flags and warnings that are often present and end up in unhealthy relationships with ungrateful clients. . . or worse,…
DIY
Inspired Design : Letting Nature Guide You
Whether it’s selecting paint for my home, a blanket, piece of furniture or choosing colors for a logo or website design . . . some of the best inspiration I’ve had, has come directly from nature. The natural color partners I discover in photographs that I’ve taken on my nature walks and travels offer a…
Sewing Without Safety Glasses: Adventures in Creating Dangerously
I remember my first BIG sewing project in Home Economics. . . a piece of clothing. Now, up until that point, I was fine with sewing quilts, pillows and other straight line projects that didn’t require me to venture too far out of my comfort zone . . . but clothing?! I was mortified. My…
Project Library : DIY Inspiration from Pinterest
As the holidays approach I am faced with a long list of “TO DO” before the family and friend visits begin. Each evening I work feverishly to finish handmade gifts and started painting the trim and book cases in the library this weekend. I was still not happy with the “feel” that the big black…
Social Media
As I sit here this morning and process through the online maelstrom surrounding Jared Fogle, the grassroots social media/brand spokesperson from Subway, I see vicious comments and quips being posted at a dizzying rate…even from people that I thought wouldn’t be so quick to pick up a pitchfork and torch. There is something I want…
I know y’all are going to get sick of me bitching about inbox spam but DAMN. It’s like the spam dam broke and all the smarmy sales pitches are flooding my inboxes. Every. Last. One. LinkedIn, Email, Facebook, Twitter, and yes, even my post office box. . . gah. Just. Fucking. Stop. Two things. 1. This type…
I was a little late figuring out that Hootstuite templates feature (see video below) is gone for good (for free and pro users) and was replaced with a new, but not so improved, drafts feature on April 15th, 2015. Why OH why would they change this amazing feature? Let’s just say that I found out the…
Well, are they? Chances are you may not know even if they are. How your employees behave while you are around is one thing, but what about what they say to your customers and vendors when you aren’t around? What do they say to their family, spouses and friends about your online efforts? What are they…
Whether you have 1 employee or 1000, here are 7 ways to empower them to become brand evangelists. Educate your employees on how to properly use social media. Give your employees clear examples and detailed instructions on where you need their help and A. Don’t get frustrated that your employees aren’t sharing your content when you don’t make the time…
WAIT! Before you hit send on that status update, I encourage you to carefully consider if it should be a blog post. *brace yourselves for some tough love* Yeah I know, you hate writing f*cking blog posts.Well – tough shit. “It takes too long.” “It’s not my job!” “What’s the point?” Look, if you’re not willing…