When you login to Facebook, it asks, “What’s on your mind?” But does everyone need to know what’s on your mind? When you visit Twitter, it asks, “What’s happening?” But Twitter isn’t just about what’s happening to you. “We were never created to live ‘publicly,’” says Sarah Markley. No one really needs a play-by-play Twitter…
No Thumbnail? No problem. Ever go to share a link on Facebook and the URL is the only thing that shows up? No picture or summary? Run the link through the debugger and Facebook will update its image: https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug. (You can do this whether it’s your link or someone else’s.) Wrong Thumbnail? Get a WordPress…
Dear Children of Mine, For your future entertainment, I continue to collect and compile some of the funny and random things you say and do. Some quotes are from Facebook, some memories are jotted down here as I remember them. My oh my, you come up with some creative uses of the English language! Two…
I look down and I see my wrinkles and rolls, stretch marks and blemishes. I see legs that are anything but tanned and an outfit devoid of style. I look up and I see their bright eyes and a beautiful smile. I see shoulders that hug and arms that hold. I see hairs that He…
It’s a race. We’re to run with perseverance. And that might mean throwing off everything that hinders us. We’re to run in such a way as to finish the race. And that might mean strict training. We’re to run a good race. And that means not letting anyone cut in and get us off course….
Social media is not about you—it’s about the people you are following and the people following you. There is no “currency” in social media: it’s all about relationships. Don’t forget the Golden Rule, but don’t promote just to be promoted, either. Having an others-first mentality is the only way to use social media. Reply, Retweet,…
Social media is not about numbers. It’s not about how many followers you have or how many likes you get. Social media is about the relationships you’re building. And if you’re looking to go deep, not wide, in your social media relationships, it’s essential to find your tribe. Your tribe is made up of more…
They talk on the radio of “domestic tranquility” and I laugh. There’s not much tranquil around here unless the children are in bed. I try to pick up, spruce up, do the dishes up, but often, despite my best race-around-as-soon-as-naptime-is-over efforts, I welcome him home to a very messy, crazy, noisy house. I hand him…
Unplugging allows me to gain perspective on my computer time and the effect I allow it to have on the rest of my week. -Trina Holden (@TrinaHolden) in “My #1 Sanity Saver” on trinaholden.com When you own your own business, you can never really leave work at the office. When your family business takes place…
I don’t know about you, but too often I tend to visit social media networks when I’m too tired to do anything else. Which can easily lead to me typing Facebook comments that I’ll think better of in the morning. Or Tweeting something that sounds a bit more negative than I would if I’d written…
I ask her to pick up her room and she does anything but. She runs in from outside, fist full of flowers, “I picked this bouquet for you, Mommy!” “They’re beautiful, honey, but aren’t you supposed to be picking up your room?” She comes from the school table, “I drew all my letters!” “Good job,…
It might be tempting to write off-the-cuff posts on social media networks without regard to proper spelling or punctuation, but when you do, please remember that they are a part of the whole of your online presence. If you are committed to serving others online, you will serve with excellence, no matter the venue. A…
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