Nature is my favorite place to go for hiking and spiritual recharge. I live on the east coast and love the lush green of beautiful Northern Virginia. Recently, I was invited by the Greater Phoenix Convention and Visitors Bureau to visit their  beautiful city.  The first time I hiked the Southwest was in Moab, Utah [...]

People often ask me for tips about growing their following on Twitter.  They wonder if I bought any of the over one quarter million followers in my Twitter family.  The answer is a resounding, “No!” The Twitter rules prohibit using sites to automatically add followers. “Twitter reserves the right to immediately terminate your account without [...]

I wrote a post on 7 Ways to Get Re-tweeted and thought a follow-up post on the topic may be useful.  I regularly check my stream to see what tweets get shared the most. By now, most of you may know that using quotes is very popular.  I used to have ten quotes lined up [...]

Spring not only brings new life and the promise of nature’s bounty, it also carries with it the annual task of spring-cleaning.  As spring begins, people everywhere will clean out closets, pack up outgrown toys, and organize their garages and other spaces.  But the savvy entrepreneur should also consider de-cluttering their mind. Entrepreneurs, in particular, [...]

For the past two years, I have been working on my social media accounts, which includes building my community and connections by attending tweet-ups and conferences, as well as reassessing and fine tuning my content on my social media pages and my website.  My blog is just slightly over one year young.  For certain, the [...]