From the monthly archives:

December 2009

Happy Birthday, LAF Blog! (And lots of Thank Yous)

On Friday, this blog turns a year old.
Seriously, what a year it has been. I had a list of goals when I started, and I can humbly say I surpassed all of them and achieved way more than I ever thought possible. I started out on Twitter in Oct. 2008, and the people I [...]

Passion Isn’t an Emotion in the Biz World

Passion in business is entirely different from having emotions in business.
Say what?
When you walk through the office door at the workplace, all personal issues happening outside should be left there. Your number one concern is your organization, corporation or clients. If you can’t put them above yourself and what you’re thinking, than you’re wasting company [...]

What’s up with Community?

Your community defines you – and you don’t define your community. You can shout all day about different topics, but at the end of the day, if you’re truly about community, you’re listening, evaluating, building and evolving.
A couple months back I wrote about how PR professionals have to put the brand first. It’s never about [...]

The LAF Experiment: Breaking Out of the Blogging Bubble

Tomorrow there will be a post about community, and LAF will return to what it was. Contributor Katie Wall will also have a post this week, but for now:
I’ll admit. Last week was rough with no blogging whatsoever – except for my Vanilla Ice post over at MarketingProfs Daily Fix. I blog because I want [...]

Blogger v. Blogger is Getting Old

You know what? Blogging has become too competitive. I wrote about this awhile back on prbreakfastclub.com, but it’s even more apparent now. The arrogance of some is really hiding the genuine of other bloggers that I have grown to respect. It’s starting to cloud, whether we like it or not.
So, how will this blog run [...]