The most common conversation I have when I go to an event goes somewhere along these lines:
New acquaintance: “Tara, I see your name everywhere, but I still don’t quite understand what you do.”
Me: “Well, I make a living as a marketing consultant, specializing in online communities and strategy, but I spend more of my time [...]
The other day, I was in a meeting with a group of very smart people and we were talking about how to discern a ‘great’ social media consultant from a ‘mediocre’ social media consultant. I’ve never really considered myself a social media consultant, though. I’ve always thought of myself in a more integrated way, since [...]
The last couple of times I’ve come across the border to apply for my TN1 Visa (NAFTA Visa between Canada and US), the border officers have Googled me. And, to my surprise, have actually told me that the results were good enough to back up the resume I handed them. One official actually said, “You [...]
Enjoy this fabulous discussion with Matt Mullenweg of Wordpress.com and Wordpress.org who told me the story of the birth and evolution of Wordpress as well as his ’secret’ to success (hint: it’s right at the end).
Thanks Matt!
I had the chance to sit down with the awesome people at Threadless in December in a very snowy Chicago. They are so brilliant. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
I heart Zappos.com muchly and Rachael and Tony made me heart it even more. I really enjoyed talking with them about the core values that makes Zappos rock so much.
(p.s. Sorry Rachael for my misspelling in the video. I’ll get Alyssa to fix it asap!)
Oh…and btw…I finished my book. Yay me!
I sat down with Patti and Perry of Timbuk2 to ask them about their views on customer service, quality and community. Their answers are pretty cool.
Bonus link: If you think this is cool, check out the amazing video on the Timbuk2 Artist Workshop series by Jennifer Myronuk and Paige Bierma.
I was fortunate to be able to sit down in December with the amazing Austin Hill, Canadian VC and multi-time entrepreneur, to talk to him about the oldest form of economics: The Gift Economy and how Akoha.org (coming soon) fits into this. The video (embedded below) is well worth your time. Austin is a totally [...]
I’m constantly flabbergasted that some people want to give full credit for an idea, movement or event to a single person.
“It wouldn’t have happened without so-and-so!”
Well, they are right, but also wrong. Movements, from my experience, wouldn’t happen without a whole lot of people moving them forward. If there is only one person responsible, [...]
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