First, let’s state the obvious: you want to create a Facebook page to get people to ‘like’ you, get more visitors to your site, increase brand awareness, and ultimately make a profit from your business… or just to boost your interweb-y ego.  Good for you.  PLEASE don’t turn into a Facebook page admin jerk…

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Every successful business executive and entrepreneur understands the importance of networking, both online and offline. LinkedIn has become the premier source of professional online networking, for professionals, executives, CEO’s and entrepreneurs. In today’s world, if you want to network with others, you have to be on LinkedIn. It’s just that simple. Just as with face-to-face communications, there are some definite no-nos that everyone should keep in mind when using LinkedIn. Read more →

Due to reasons that I’d rather not share here, my husband and I are separated.  I have a 3 month old daughter and a 2.5 year old son, fathered by my husband… Oddly enough, the largest challenge for me is not maintaining the home or caring for the children.  My biggest struggles have been coping with the fear of being alone for the rest of my life and the loneliness of having no one to talk to in the middle of the night.  The situation demands self-examination, and due to the blues that resulted from the change in marital status, I may be a little harder on myself than may actually be true.  Regardless, it’s painful. Read more →

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My toddler got it first… Brought it home from daycare.  He wasn’t sick long, just one evening of stomach pains and vomitting.  Less than 24 hours later, I felt beyond fatigued and the vomitting soon followed. My husband went down shortly after and I received a call from my parents that they were extremely ill.  In my haze of sickness, I noticed my 14 day old newborn wasn’t eating and was acting extremly lethargic.  I gave her about 4 hours and in between trips to the bathroom, I called the pediatrician. I was instructed to immediately take her to the pediatric ER.  My husband said she didn’t need to go and though I tend to overreact, every mama instinct I had was screaming. Read more →