Life Offline

I have known about Working Wardrobes for a while now.  I have donated clothes to them through their boutique stores “The Hanger” and have always known they are a quality organization.  However, I had no idea just how much they … Read More

If, as business owners, we don’t hold a vision for our companies, no one else is going to do it either. Who cares more about KWSM’s success than I do? And more importantly, if I stop caring (or just give it up for lack of time), who will pay the price? Not just me, but every member of our team. I have a responsibility to take time to focus on the business. I need to be calm and clear-headed enough to make smart decisions. And yes, sometimes that means stepping away from the laptop. I’ve realized that having a balance between doing the work and thinking about how we do the work is essential for success – and ensuring success is my primary responsibility.

As business owners, we all play so many roles in our companies. Answer the phone, meet with perspective clients, send proposals, follow up on proposals, check in with existing clients, send invoices, track down invoices, answer emails, return phone calls, do some marketing, keep the books, make appointments…. oh yeah, and somewhere in there, DO the work! And now, because we are all using social media so dutifully to grow our businesses, add to that: update Facebook, update Twitter, connect on Linked In, write the blog, check in on FourSquare, solicit reviews on Yelp, upload videos on YouTube, participate in Linked In Groups, respond to Facebook comments, retweet someone on Twitter, shoot new videos on YouTube… the list is never-ending. Sometimes I dream in a Facebook newsfeed. I swear I do.

Katie Wagner Social Media is proud to announce that our friends over at TAALK (Talk about Abuse to Liberate Kids) have launched their first-ever, proprietary program to help combat child sexual abuse.  TAALK, a worldwide organization fighting against child sexual abuse … Read More

After an excruciatingly long wait, iOS 5 was finally released last week and this gal waited patiently by her phone for 3 hours while it installed (luckily with no connection errors or timeouts – whew!). The latest version of the iPhone software … Read More

Steve Jobs passing away leaves me with an inexplicably poignant and empty feeling, the same kind of feeling I get whenever I finish reading a long novel, like I’m saying goodbye to the characters that I had grown to know … Read More

They say the first step in getting over an addiction is admitting you have a problem. I have a problem. That’s right.  I am 100% through and through addicted to Angry Birds.  Yes, it’s cute, yes, it’s fun, but it … Read More

This weekend, several people mourned the loss of a famous social media celebrity, Trey Pennington. Unknown to most, Trey suffered from depression and was trying to reach out one last time before he took his life in a church parking … Read More

Putting out the content is like wiping the crap out of your eye in the morning. It’s just the beginning. The best person that talks about changing diapers on the Internet is going to make a lot of money. That’s … Read More