From the monthly archives:

September 2009

Securing Your Spot with Social Media

September 30, 2009
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We’ve all heard stories about ignorant Facebook users who have lost jobs because of inappropriate content they publicly posted. The time has come for us to stop pretending that we don’t have fun outside of work and celebrate people like Melissa, who are utilizing the power of all their networks (even Facebook!).

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Being Candid About Canon

September 29, 2009
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I loved my Canon and happily used it until my hard drive crashed. What does my hard drive have to do with my camera? Well, I backed up my pictures, music, and other files on an external hard drive, but I never backed up applications like the proprietary driver that Canon requires its customers to use.

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The Thrill of Being Able to Share

September 28, 2009
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One of the most exciting things about working on Too Shy to Stop is knowing that I have a little corner of the Internet where I can gather and share stories and photographs by like-minded young people. I’m thrilled when someone wants to match the Too Shy to Stop mission and vision.

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Marketing Strategy as Novelty

September 22, 2009
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Over the summer, my brother, our friend Eric, and I collected “Single?” signs from all over New Jersey. These signs, which anyone can find along local roads and highways, are white cardboard rectangles with black text (they look a lot like political campaign signs). I want to know how they attract customers.

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I Can Haz Book Deal?

September 21, 2009

You can’t really plan for your blog to earn millions of dollars, land you a book deal, or grant you offline fame. Any blogger with the intent of taking her online content offline is kind of missing the point. Many articles (try a Google search) yield results that promise tactics for scoring that six-figure book [...]

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Defining Yourself by Your Work

September 17, 2009

Today, Seth Godin published a blog post that made me react very strongly. I wish I could comment directly on the post, but his blog doesn’t allow reader comments.
The post, titled “Chai Wallah”, makes an argument for being a master of one task. He writes: ” It’s so tempting to do a little bit of [...]

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You Don’t Need Grad School for a Thesis

September 16, 2009

I’m working on a new design for this blog. The Clean Home theme for Wordpress has served me well, but I’m ready to try something new. A few months ago, I purchased a license for the Thesis theme, and I never got around to implementing it. I started playing around with it on another site [...]

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The Result of The Great Facebook Ad Experiment

September 15, 2009

On August 5, 2009, I began The Great Facebook Ad Experiment. Per my friend Andrew’s advice to try a Facebook ad, I combined some catchy text with our logo and launched a campaign to advertise the official Too Shy to Stop fan page.
I opted for CPM (pay every time my ad appears), and I set [...]

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Democracy Shuts Down in Philadelphia

September 14, 2009

When I was a little girl, my mom would frequently take me to the Clifton Memorial Library in Clifton, NJ. I would attend story hour, browse the children’s stacks, and check out armfuls of books at a time.
When I was in middle school, I would visit the Montville Township Public Library in Montville, NJ after [...]

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