Category: My Life
Moms Are Awesome. Happy Mother’s Day, Yall!
Moms are at least 15 different types of awesome and today is their day to be celebrated, e’em though every day is a day for them to know they’re amazing. Moms are life-givers, therapists, nurses, wig snatchers and much more. So they deserve ALL the props and flowers and chocolates and spa days. I was blessed [...]
Watch Our First Live Recording of Ratchet and the Geek from Portland
Hey folks! I’ve been in Portland, Oregon all week because I was invited to speak at the NeighborWorks Symposium. I presented on “Creating Great Content for Social Media: A Strategy Workshop. Had a great time giving this workshop. Anywho, my friend and podcast co-host Scott Hanselman lives in Portland so I went over to his [...]
Chescaleigh’s “Draw My Life” Video Preached My Life
I’d seen a couple of Franchesca Ramsey’s (Chescaleigh) videos but I didn’t get familiar with her until last year when Shit White Girls Say About Black Girls came out. I loved it, just like everyone else because we all identified with it and it was so doggone funny. And I think I started talking about it [...]
My Holland Taylor Story and Why ANN Rocked
Almost a year ago, I was loitering on Twitter talmbout randomness and being the fool I am when I got a tweet that made me almost fall out my chair. I went to her page and saw the verified checkmark and ALMOST fell out my chair. Holland Taylor thinks I’m funny! WHAT IS MY LIFE?!? [...]
My Spring Webinars on Blogging, Branding, SEO and Getting Traffic
Hey folks! Yesterday, I released my newsletter announcing the 4 webinars (online classes) I’m having this spring! My goal is to have those who just started blogging and those who’ve been blogging for a while but don’t feel confident about it walk away knowing they can do it effectively. AND you can take them from wherever [...]
5 Highlights and 5 Lessons of my First SXSW
I’m just getting home from Austin from my first SXSW Interactive Conference and I had an amazing time! So much fun in the 5 days I was there and I also learned some lessons while there. Saddown and let me share them. The fun began after I picked up my badge with the homies Chescaleigh [...]
My March Madness: SXSW, Red Pump Rocking and Other Stuff
My peoples! I’ve been a bit more MIA than usual here and that’s because I am in the middle of my version of March Madness. The next month is NUTS for me with everything I’m doing and speaking engagements and events so be cool if I don’t post as much. Lemme tell you what I’m [...]
In Case You Miss Me…
My peoples. So don’t put out an amber alert on a G, but I will be missing around these parts for this next week because I’ma be in Nigeria for Social Media Week Lagos. YASSSS GAWD, hunny! I organized a panel called “Entrepreneurship in the Digital Age” and will be joined by two dope folks, [...]
The LuvPrah Giveaway was Awesome! And Giveaway #10 Winners
Two weeks ago, I got the crazy idea to do a massive giveaway thing when I hit 10,000 fans on Facebook. I wanted to do 10 giveaways to thank the folks who put a “like” on it. Two days later, I got that magic number. And today, I have over 10,600 fans. WOW! Where did [...]
10,000 Fans, 10 Companies, 10 Giveaways: My LuvPrah Moment
On Sunday, one of the folks on my FB fan page (hey Eleanor, girl) mentioned that I was almost at 10,000 fans. I was about 150 people short, and she wondered what I’d do to celebrate when I hit that mark. So someone else (hey Day Mo) suggested I do a giveaway. And me being [...]
Overheard at the Airport: Hoodrat Chronicles
When I was headed back from DC the other day, I managed to get to the airport a full hour before my flight. Y’all know DAMB well that never happens. I expected a gift or something because I’m usually running through security with 10 minutes left before my flight leaves. Anyway, I got on my [...]
Social Media Week Lagos, Here I Come!
Social Media Week is a global event that happens in multiple cities all over the world at the same damb time. The goal is to explore the “social, cultural and economic impact of social media.” So it’s basically All Social Media Everything. It happens twice a year, in February and September. This next one is [...]
I Was on WGNTV’s “People to People” With Micah Materre!
My peoples! I somehow failed to give y’all a heads up but I was on TV this weekend! It was WGN-TV’s People to People with Micah Materre, and I had a GOODT time! I was invited on to speak about my work with my nonprofit organization The Red Pump Project as well as my blogging [...]
