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Wake Up Everybody

Image by p373 via Flickr I went through my 20’s in the 70’s.  We caught the tail end of the Vietnam War, the very very last of the hippies and all of the disco songs.  It was a glorious decade to be young and stupid. One song stands out in my mind today from that…

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Small Business Bloggers to Watch

They are not gurus, experts, mountain climbers or gods.  They are not suits in an office or geeks in tshirts in the basement.  They are real people, doing real work, in the real world. Jay Ehret Cody Heitschmidt Mary Lynn and George Krueger Kim Dushinski Becky McCray Grant Griffiths Justin Levy Deb Brown They were…

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Does it really take a commitment?

I got asked again today.  “Is that social media really working for you? ” Then she said “Well, teach me so I can get more clients too.  What are you doing?” In this age of immediate gratification, she expected a five minute answer that would solve her problems. It appears her biggest problem is she…

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Planning A Conference

I’m planning a Small Business Social Media Conference in June in the Kansas City area. You’d think it would be fairly easy to plan something like this. Decide the dates, find a location, book the speakers, get sponsors on board and put the word out. The speaker part was the easiest – and I’m happy…

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Bio from a time long ago

DEBRA ‘WIZ’ BROWN Citizen of World The basic premise you must begin with is, life is an ontological* process.  One things leads to another.  Having survived the human war for the past 46 years, I am now qualified to talk and teach about those things I learned in  that war. I stepped into the technological world…

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Simon Estes in Franklin County

Simon Estes is coming to our town.  That’s right, Hampton Iowa – is hosting two days of Simon Estes in residency. It gets better – Simon is conducting a 99 county tour of Iowa.  Franklin County (my county) is the inaugural county.  The rest of the counties are looking to us to set the pace,…

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Mark Your Calendars

I’m planning an event, along with some business partners.  June 5 and June 6 in Kansas City. Two weeks ago I read about an event in Kansas and got all excited about it.  Then I realized the marketing for the event did not really match what was happening.  I started to get ticked off —…

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Dreamboard Design

Law of Attraction states that what you think about, you receive. I know if I think about someone who has done me wrong,  I get upset.  I can wallow in it.  Complain about it.  Wonder “why me?”.  What’s really interesting — the person who did the alleged wrong is not even thinking about me.  The…

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Debworks Has Grown

Exciting news! I spent last year defining, revising, and creating my company Debworks.  If you take a look at the About Me page you’ll see some of the things I’ve done. This year is all about you.  Debworks is committed to helping you grow.  We’ll be creating events for you to attend.  We’ll show you…

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Three New Rules

Cover via Amazon I love to watch Bill Maher and his New Rules. These are not those new rules. 2010, twenty ten, two thousand and ten — is the year of living into our greatness. Rule Number OneAssume that you are great. It’s a given. You are. Rule Number TwoWe are all connected. Talk to…

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