Month: August 2015

Lights Out! Planning for Storms

 

Ready for Power Failure
Love my crank radio and extra phone charger!

Power outages can happen to anyone, anytime. Summer storms, winter storms, hurricanes or a pick-up truck wrapped around the pole on the main road can cause a loss of power that last from minutes to days.

Are you ready for when the lights go out? Planning and organizing now will keep you from fumbling in the dark. There are so many things you can do right now to get ready for the next big storm. You will be ready!

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How to Have a Perfect Pity Party

Pity Party Cupcake

One of my beautiful nieces posted on Facebook this morning that with a full moon in Pisces this Saturday, she was going to curl up in solitude with tissues and comfort food.

Having no clue why a full moon would be tissue-worthy, I looked it up. It turns out that in astrological circles having a super full moon in Pisces will create some kind of emotional Armageddon. Holy hanky, Batman!

It occurred to me that there are plenty of times a girl needs a good cry, and you don’t have to wait for a full moon.

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Moving? You Need These Tips!

Planning an Organized Move

Packing up and moving is stressful. I’ve moved in and out of apartments, townhouses and single-family homes over the years, locally and long-distance.

My experience has taught me some sure-fire tips that will make your next move less of a hassle.

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The Perils of Periscope – 4 Tips for Protecting Your Brand

Periscope is the latest hot social media app that works as a mobile live streaming platform. Periscope makes it easy to spontaneously stream a live video of your opinions and activities via “scopes”. Participants show their support and raise the host’s ratings by screen tapping to generate “heart” icons that float up the side of the screen.

Connected to Twitter, your scopes automatically show up on your newsfeed, so your followers can tweet and re-tweet your broadcasts. This can be a great marketing tool for your online business with the potential to attract lots of new followers. Or not.

As a new online business owner, I am eager to learn from established webpreneurs, especially when it comes to productivity, content marketing, SEO and the like. Watching an expert LIVE and being able to ask questions is perfectly awesome. When it works.

I  have discovered, and continue to follow, some terrific Periscope hosts. I have also watched hosts who may be hurting their business with this powerful platform.

These are some tips I would offer to the cringe-worthy Periscope hosts I watched this week, and to anyone who wants to avoid the same mistakes.

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