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Cara on November 8th, 2010

How does my favorite  Hot Fuzz clip relate to back surgery & saving puppies? Watch and read on… Recently, I dropped of the face of the earth. Let me rephrase that. I dropped off the face of Google-Earth. After the epidural procedure that I blogged about last summer, I had a  Spinal Fusion surgery on [...]

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Cara on June 15th, 2010

My son is saving my life. Needing his mom at home is the best thing to happen to my near social media burnout. So let’s take a break from my commentary on the world of posers vs authenticity and make spaghetti sauce! Recently my family watched Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution together. It was so powerful [...]

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Cara on February 9th, 2010

How cool would it be to tell your boss you aren’t comin’ back to work on Twitter? That’s what Jonathan Schwartz, CEO of Sun Microsystems did. So the next day he tweets that he wants to write a book about the experience and asking his followers to tell what they want him to write about. [...]

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Cara on February 6th, 2010

Last year  I lost my job. Ten years at one company and my anniversary gift is unemployment. I immediately knew that all the networking I had done for my job was the key to my next career. Small talk always lead to loyal clients. Monster.com was not the answer. My resume against thousands of others! How [...]

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Cara on December 15th, 2009

How did you feel when you got your own first Follow Friday mention? Its pretty  good feeling, right? I think that a Twitter Follow Friday mention is like receiving a Golden Globe nomination. A Follow Friday where you are mentioned with a comment as to WHY you should be followed, is like an Oscar nod. [...]

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Cara on October 6th, 2009

Where is the most unusual  place you have ever posted to Facebook or Twitter?  The bathroom? In line at the store?  In Bed? During a job interview? While driving? In the ambulance? During your mugshot? How about the Intensive Care Unit? Phone Rings.   “Cara, Its Dad. ..Dr says it bad… What are your last words [...]

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Cara on September 7th, 2009

Rude Awakening #2: Kids know more about social media than us! (Could this be true? Do you care?) Here’s my thought process: I’ve been working on launching the Virginia Beach chapter of www.SocialMediaClub.org because I dig their  “If You Know It, Share It” tag line.  Picture events where all walks of life hang out   [...]

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Cara on August 18th, 2009

Did you see my last blog video interview  “Swimming Against the Tide? Part I”? Now read below and let me know if you’ve encountered or identify with these types: Life Guard people say: “Yikes! I don’t want anyone knowing where I am , what I think or to see pictures of my family” Sunscreen will [...]

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