Are You a Mompreneur? Some Think You Shouldn’t Be.

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I started a post a month ago while at SocialDevCamp Chicago regarding my feeling of being the only Mom in a see of young, single, kidless, time rich men and women in the Web industry. How would I ever compete? How would I ever know as much? Maybe I shouldn’t even bother, I thought. Those [...]

6 Reasons Why You Should Use WordPress (self-hosted) for Your Website

If you already use the WordPress self-hosted CMS platform to power your website, kudos to you. Somewhere you stumbled on some good advice, or maybe you just got lucky. But now, assuming you’ve continued to make good choices on your functionality and content, you are blessed with a solid website that you can update yourself [...]

Facebook Pages 101 – How to Add Links in Your Updates (video)

This video was created as a tutorial in adding links to a Facebook Page for a friend that I’ve been helping with her WordPress blog (so no, I don’t think you’re all named “Stacey”). I thought the lesson might be helpful for other Facebook Page newbies, also, so I posted it here.

Facebook Pages 101 – How to Create a Facebook Page (video)

One of the questions I’ve answered the most in regards to getting started in social media is, “How the heck do I create a Facebook Page for my organization?” I always chuckle a bit, as truthfully the hardest part of creating a Facebook Page is finding that darn “Create Page” button on Facebook! I show [...]

Chicago COUNTs Nonprofit/Tech Conference

NetSquared Chicago‘s Heidi Massey, Michael Maranda, and Matt Stone put on an awesome event yesterday called Chicago COUNTs (Chicago Conference On Uniting Nonprofits and Technology). We talked everything from blogging to enrolling and empowering volunteers, and even had a wide WIDE open group discussion on Open Stewardship. Everyone left exhausted but busting at the seams [...]

The Impact of Sun & Sites on HeatherActon78

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I have been notably slow on my favorite social media sites Facebook and Twitter lately, but that doesn’t mean that there’s been nothing going on in both my real world and my web world! To make up for my absence of status updates and tweets, I’ll get everyone up to speed here and now. Home/Family [...]

ResellerRatings.com for Safe(r) Online Shopping

If you purchase any items online through independent websites, ebay, Amazon, or others, always be sure to check out the ratings the retailer has received on ResellerRatings.com first (you can also now “like” them on Facebook). ResellerRatings.com has been around since 1997 and has over 400,000 reviews of almost 23,000 online retailers. ResellerRatings.com reviews will [...]

Mom 2.0 Summit 2009 – I really did go!

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So I am staying true to my promise that I would talk a bit about my trip in February to Houston, TX for the Mom 2.0 Summit. While I’m not going to type in the six pages of post that I wrote on the plane ride home, I am going to share this short highlight [...]

I Never Knew Motherhood Would Be Filled With This Much Guilt

I recently attended Mom 2.0 Summit (yes, my posts on that event are coming soon), and spent the entire trip riddled with guilt. So much so that it affected my ability to learn, network, and really let loose and have a good time with this group of like-minded and motivated women. To a degree, it [...]

Review of Active@ Kill Disk Hard Drive Eraser

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Many of you know that Mike and I are the goto people in our circle of family and friends when it comes to computer repair. We’ve had about 40 computers pass through our home in the past year. Every one left in like-new or better condition save one, only because the owner chose not to [...]

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