Category: Opinion

Yesterday, we gave you a glimpse of what you can do to optimize your website and profiles for search as well as what a directory listing site such as Yellowbook will do for your rankings. Today, we continue the interview with John Webster. We’ll discuss the different blogging platforms, what to look for when hiring […]

By Rachel Have you ever bought an all-in-one machine like a printer/scanner/copier or a washer/dryer combo? My husband and I recently bought a TV/DVD combo for our workout room. I enjoyed watching TV and he enjoyed watching DVD’s while we were on the treadmill. We thought we hit the jackpot.  Unfortunately, the DVD player stopped […]

By Rachel Strella In our last blog, I discussed some of the challenges business owners face when trying to implement a social media plan, including a lack of time, money, and resources. Many of these same business owners lack a general understanding about social media. Many are unclear about what it really is and what […]

In my last blog post, I described a life-changing car accident that I was in involved in 12 years ago.  The funny part is that I never intended to write a blog about the accident.  It all started with an innocent post on Facebook that read: Today is the 12th anniversary of the accident that […]

Last week, I had the opportunity to speak to local high school students at the HACC Career Information Fair.  I participated on a panel with Beth Romanski from Central Penn College and Darrien Davenport from York College. Our topic was “Tips for Getting Your Dream Job.” I thought it would be fun to share some […]

During this past week, we’ve been evaluating social media ROI. First, we discussed why social media ROI is such a fuzzy topic. A few days later, we highlighted experts’ definitions of ROI.  Today is the final blog in the series as we define ROI as we see it – including how to position your business […]

I find it ironic that – Facebook - the most popular social platform for building relationships - has the absolute worst customer service. Their service is even worse than Comcast and I didn’t think that was possible. Over the past few months, I’ve received notifications that I’ve been banned from sending friend requests for a […]

Many of our best “follows” have been recommendations from friends, colleagues and clients. We decided to pool efforts and share our favorite people to follow and what we love about them! There’s something for everyone – even the Pinterest addicts! Enjoy! Rachel Strella, CEO Jeffrey Gitomer (Weekly E-zine, Twitter) – Jeffrey’s messages are short and […]

I've been battling a sickness since Thursday night, which means I'm only getting top priority work done - client work! I thought it would be an appropriate time to share this blog which originally appeared as a guest piece for Ken Mueller of Inkling Media. Did you ever start something never to finish? Come on, […]