Category Archives: Quirky Blogging

Highs and Lows of Blogging Stars–Beating the Bloggy Blues

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I was chatting with a friend the other day about Whitney Houston and how difficult it must be to deal with the highs and lows of being a star. One minute, you’re on top of the world, the next people barely remember you exist. And as we were talking, something dawned on me. Bloggers go…

I’m a TWIN! Toyota Women’s Influencer Network

I am excited to announce that I’ve been selected to be an inaugural member of the Toyota Women’s Influencer Network, aka TWIN. Truth be told, my stint started at the beginning of January, but I’ve been kind of quiet about it while I process the information, learn more about expectations and figure out how I…

NaBloPoMo 2011, the Plague and Snowtober

Today I realized that I missed the first day of NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month), a challenge to write a blog post every day for a month. Now, if I had any sense, I’d just keep on walking because I am oh-so-bad at doing anything for 30 days in a row. Ahem. Unfortunately, I don’t…

BlogHer11–No Surprises, Great People, Plenty of Swag

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I go to BlogHer for the networking and relationships. It’s the “place to be” for bloggers, and the one conference each year I make a full commitment to attend. If you’re here to find out what I thought of the sessions, you’ll want to move right along. I am one of those people who doesn’t…

One Essential BlogHer Tip

Tomorrow morning I leave for my third big BlogHer conference in San Diego. I’m not packed. Heck, I haven’t even started my laundry. I haven’t really nailed down my schedule. And, as of yet, I don’t have transportation to the airport or a hotel to stay in my first night. But I do have the…

BlogHer 10 Recap – The Good, the Bad and the Swagly

Finally, my BlogHer 10 recap. It’s long.

Liberty Mutual & the Responsibility Project Treat Bloggers to Ellis Island Tour

When brands get it right, both the brands and the bloggers are happy. Kudos to Liberty Mutual for getting it right!

Life Lessons from BlogHer

Some short and sweet life lessons from BlogHer

BlogHer 09: Looking Back

Conferences are what you make of them and I had an amazing time at BlogHer ’09.

BlogHer and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very-Bad Day

It’s hard to go home. No, seriously, it’s hard to go home.