# TurnTheLightBulbOn – Behind The Hashtag

# TurnTheLightBulbOn We all have defining chapters in our life that take us sometimes on unexpected journeys. My entire life has been filled with them. It wasn’t until I moved to Southern Illinois how much I realized someone was turning the light bulb on for me and I just wasn’t seeing it. When I enlisted […]

Business Ownership SUCKS! I Quit

I’VE HAD IT AND I QUIT! If you are a business owner or entrepreneur, you silently say this weekly, daily, maybe even hourly in your head. Business ownership can literally make your pull your hair out (In my case literally.) Clients That Don’t Listen (Check) Employees That Don’t Show Up To Work-TO WORK (Check) Business Partnerships That […]

I Hate Your Business, So What?

We all have them – those mean, nasty customers that are hard to please. Some of them even seem like they do everything they can to make sure you don’t please them. So what happens when that customer makes their way online to review your business? What do you do when that “one-star” review pops up […]

Ain’t too proud to beg – Community Exploitation

“I don’t beg for publicity; I deserve to exploit the community because of everything I do.” Does this sound familiar to anyone? There is a clear distinction between cross promotion, self branding, and unscrupulous exploitation. Society and businesses become more dependent of the online community every day. As a result the individuals of organizations also […]