Emma Alvarez Gibson

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The Biggest Reason I Love Social Media

January 14th, 2010 9 Comments

It’s not because social media has been the most important factor in building my business. (Although it has.)
It’s not because it levels the playing field in so many ways. (Although it does.)
And it’s not because I’m now very much in touch with the quotidian habits of people I have not seen in twenty-five  years. [...]

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My Co-Workers: You, You, and YOU.

November 10th, 2009 8 Comments

A few weeks ago, my friend Stacy put words to something I’d been thinking about for some time. Appropriately, she said it via Twitter: “…twitter is like the watercooler for the self-employed.” Of course! I thought. That’s exactly what it is. Since I am self-employed, I see very few other humans during an average workday, [...]

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#5 is my favorite.

October 27th, 2009 2 Comments

I use GoogleVoice primarily for business. If I get a business call at home, I can just answer the land line and rest a little easier, knowing the call won’t be dropped due to the sporadic cell phone coverage in my hometown. That aside, I think the main benefit of having voice-to-text messages delivered to [...]

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Lite Sites! Lite Sites! Read all about it!

August 15th, 2009 2 Comments

Have you met my friend Sarah Bray? She’s a kick-ass designer (and entrepreneur, and wife and mama), and she’s recently launched something that’s going to knock your socks off. It’s called Lite Sites. Here’s what Sarah has to say about them:
LiteSites are gorgeous, customized pre-built websites that are packed with functionality and are built for [...]

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Pam Slim’s Big 5 Mid-Year, Game-Changing Questions

July 18th, 2009 4 Comments

A few days ago, the fantastic Pam Slim published a post on her site that centered around the notion of examining one’s progress and direction, six months into the year. I loved the idea immediately (and you should go read it ASAP). One of the best lessons I learned from my five years in corporate [...]

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Top Five Twitter Tips

July 15th, 2009 No Comments

(Originally posted April 3 on Old Soul Ink.)
For those about to Twitter: I salute you. You’re taking a step in the right direction! Twitter will absolutely help you to connect to your audience (assuming your audience is on Twitter, right?), whether that audience is “women over the age of 35 who read AdBusters” or “skateboarders [...]

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