Susan Low on February 8th, 2010

This morning I took on the task of sorting the 300 people I follow into user lists. Along the way I unfollowed about 25 of them, mostly because I couldn’t think of why I’d followed them in the first place and because I didn’t have a good list to put them on. It took me [...]

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Susan Low on December 14th, 2009

There are lots of VERY GOOD reasons why business people are jumping on the social-media bandwagon. I’m not going to rabbit on about those, but rather touch on something subtle I’ve noticed throughout the last year about social media and how it changes the nature of business relationships.

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Susan Low on December 4th, 2009

Well, even though I didn’t complete my 30 Days of Marketing Effort, putting my intentions out there for business development seems to have had a positive effect. I find myself right now with as much work as I can feasibly handle for the next month at least, and probably through until February if I count [...]

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Susan Low on November 23rd, 2009

Ok I’ll confess: I’m thoroughly failing with respect to the 30 Days of Marketing Effort. I have done some of the tasks (mostly things I was already doing, like blogging and going to training/networking events) but there’s a lot of work outlined in that list which are simply not getting done. My excuse is that [...]

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Susan Low on October 28th, 2009

As I blogged yesterday, I’m going to make November my month to complete 30 Days of Marketing Strategy. Except I’ve changed the name, because I already do have a marketing strategy so it’s not like I need to make up a new one. I just need to get back in touch with it; since July [...]

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Susan Low on October 27th, 2009

Thanks for the well-wishes via email on my last post. Our trip was wonderful in pretty much every imaginable way. My toddler slept most of the way there and back, our accommodations were simple but covered all our needs, and the people of Australia are incredibly welcoming and friendly. I loved every minute of it!
Coming [...]

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Susan Low on October 2nd, 2009

It’s Friday afternoon, and next Tuesday afternoon I’ll be boarding a United airbus to take me to San Francisco, and from there onwards to Sydney, Australia. I will be gone October 6-23. But first let me tell you the story of a dream coming true.
I’m going because four years and three months ago, I made [...]

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Susan Low on September 28th, 2009

I had a rowing coach a few years ago whose favorite word was “RELAX.” His crews actually made him a t-shirt with the word “RELAX” written across the front. The funny thing is, he would call it out when the boat was feeling pretty tense, and half the people would inevitably do the OPPOSITE of [...]

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Susan Low on August 19th, 2009

A few weeks ago I did an incredibly fun photo shoot with Rae Murphy, as it was well past time to update my professional head shots. She took lots of photos and gave me plenty of beautiful shots to choose from (I’ve never had so much choice – she really knew how to make me [...]

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Susan Low on July 23rd, 2009

I’ve been working on building a model for individual business planning. I tested one last Thursday which combined an examination of values, establishing a business vision (or at least goals), and a mind map of current activities. I’m going to get permission from that client to post her charts and then share them here.
Naming a [...]

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