This past Saturday, the #Strella team - and their families - gathered at Rachel's house for the annual holiday party! We enjoyed food and drinks, a fun white elephant gift exchange, and some relaxed time together. Below are a few photos! To see more, check out our Team #Strella Pinterest board!

By Joel Don Earlier this year, hackers broke into LinkedIn and made public more than 6 million passwords. Including mine. Welcome to my (very personal) war with online security and some tips on how you can protect yourself from the sometimes Jurassic practices of high-powered Internet entrepreneurs and coding geniuses. If social media behemoths such […]

By Rachel This past year has been a little busy. Among them starting a mastermind group, and working through client turnover, it’s sometimes difficult to establish a rhythm, let alone set aside time to reflect on where I am and where I want to go, rebranding the business, launching my new product,. I admit to […]

Every other month, we interview one of our management clients to ask them about their experience in social media. This month, we are delighted to interview, Justin Leader of Special Risk Insurance Services, Inc. Be sure to connect with Justin on LinkedIn and follow Special Risk on Twitter. Justin, tell us about your business, your […]

By Rachel I've found that some businesses fail to realize their full social media potential because their goals are simplistic, misguided, or unrealistic. My favorite example is the goal you’re probably thinking about right now: getting more sales! Make no mistake – increasing sales is fundamental to business success. Sales growth is also one of […]

by Ric Albano Next Saturday, November 24th has been deemed Small Business Saturday, positioned between Black Friday and Cyber Monday in the post-Thanksgiving shopping spurt. On the surface, this is a very good thing. It brings widespread awareness to small business in general and should cause consumers to think of the little noticed shops they […]

by Rachel There has been discussion between Gini Dietrich and Mark Schaefer, which I have been calling, The Great Debate. Essentially, the argument is whether or not social media really levels the playing field. According to Gini, it does because as a business, “no longer do you need millions of dollars to spend on PR […]

By Joseph Baxter Retired Chief Petty Officer in United States Navy Boot Camp, 1983 A century ago, in a place many people would find challenging to identify on a map, the presumptive heir to the throne of a fading empire died at the hands of an assassin.  Within a month, one country had declared war […]

By Rachel I like to give myself deadlines for everything. It helps to keep me on track with my goals. Sometimes, however, I am a little too ambitious. Having set a launch date of November 5 for A Small Business Owner’s Guide to Social Media – when I just started in August – is a […]