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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 23rd, 2010

I used to be afraid of needles.Years ago there was a blood drive at Prudential Relocation , where I worked. So I signed up. It wasn’t so bad!  In time, I  had a baby, two back surgeries, foot tendon injections and a foot surgery. Desensitizing complete. Today I received a lower back epidural spinal injection [...]

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Cara on June 22nd, 2010

What to know what  Social Media professionals REALLY do for a living? The answer: Justify. Justify that time spent posting and measuring social conversation DOES lead to sales. Justify dollars spent to pay a consultant like me. Justify that social media is not a race, and that the slow lane is better. Justify that there [...]

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Cara on June 20th, 2010

Does it bother you when you see too much detailed personal banter between friends on Facebook? I’ve seen people post pics of their scars, surgery stitches, details about illnesses, declarations of undying love, even passive aggressive hatred. There is a point when it’s just too much-  but then I think, if I was with the [...]

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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 26th, 2010

Yes, my company “Black Dog Social Media” was named after a Dave Mathews Band Song. My first  love was a black lab , I named him after DMB’s “Crash Into Me.” Crash was from a great breeder: honest, smart, loyal, fun and strong. All the things that are important in social media. Corny, but true. Black [...]

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