Debworks Business
Picture takin’ day
Today I get my picture taken. By a famous artist, Duane Murray – Fine Arts Man! I’m wearing my #debrocks bright lime green shirt and jeans. It will not be your ordinary ‘just sit still over there’ pose and picture. I’m not sure what it will be. I do know it will be art. You’ll…
Read MoreWhat it takes for me to do my job
I am blessed to be working with clients who need webpages, facebook accounts, twitter and blogs. They hire me to take a hard look at their business, and see if they could use social media and what would work best for them. We create a plan that works within their budget and can be implemented…
Read MoreQ and A with Debworks
Q and A with Deb Brown Why did you leave corporate America in the first place? I had a job as an insurance underwriting assistant. While I was very good at it, I detested working in a cubicle 29 floors above the ground. It’s important that I have interaction with people – and I wasn’t…
Read MoreAll Over the Place
A book: I’m currently reading The Florist’s Daughter by Patricia Hampfl. Her paragraphs are better than poetry. Here’s one: The Midwest. The flyover, where even the towns have fled to the margins, groceries warehoused in Wal-Marts hugging the freeways, the red barns of family farms sagging, dismantled and sold as “distressed” wood for McMansion kitchens,…
Read MoreDown time at the Lake
I was at a party at a cottage on Beeds Lake late last year. I just loved the house! It overlooked the lake, had two bedrooms and a huge living room. I volunteered to house sit if she ever needed someone. I got the call this week asking if I still wanted to house sit.…
Read More140 Conference coming to Iowa
We’re having a 140Conf in Des Moines May 9. Iowa – we are cutting edge! What is the 140 Character Conference? The 140 Characters Conference at the Stoner Studio Stage in Des Moines Iowa is being co hosted by Jeff Pulver , Deb Brown and Nathan Wright. Join them May 9 for the first Iowa 140 Character…
Read MoreThe Power of Community
I’m a Chicago Bears fan. A proud Chicago Bears fan. Bears fan around the world today are one big community. We are thinking, breathing and praying all together. This is our Super Bowl today. Win – and we’ll celebrate. High fives, beers, I told you so’s, tweets, facebook comments — you’ll see us all over…
Read MoreWhy do I want to make lists in Facebook?
Create lists. One for friends, one for fan pages, one for locals, one for social media people, one for news ….. you get the idea. Here’s how: Go to Friends (on the left side) and click. Edit friends. Create a list. Create more if you want. Then when you roll your mouse over the area…
Read MoreMay 9 at 8:30 a.m.
Midwesterners – mark your calendar for May 9th. 140 Character Conference in Des Moines. Sponsors needed. Speakers needed. Listeners and conversationalists needed. Details to follow. Save the date.
Read MoreWhat I Learned on Twitter Today
Iowa has more pigs than people. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/01/07/us/CENSUS.html Six Areas of Your Business That Should be Listening http://www.brasstackthinking.com/2011/01/6-reasons-to-answer-the-new-telephone/ Top 10 Largest Photographs in the World http://arkarthick.com/2010/10/11/top-10-largest-photographs-in-the-world/ 102 year old drives a car 85 years http://arkarthick.com/2010/10/11/top-10-largest-photographs-in-the-world/ What the heck is this Quora deal? http://noteasytoforget.com/2011/01/quora-quora-read-all-about-it/ Twitter is not just mindless chatter – unless you want it to be. …
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