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Archive for February, 2012

This week I have:

Sunday, February 26th, 2012

Source: tumblr.com via Veronica on Pinterest

 

  • Hosted a presentation for an intense (insane) project at work – complete with Margaritas, 2 a clock in the afternoon. Motivation in a glass my friends.
  • Donated large amounts of my possessions to a charity. There will be more.
  • Got my head around AdSense – it’s easy once you are approved :)
  • Bought More Then A Pretty Face by Caroline Cain, where yours truly is thanked in the end of the book from being a participating member of the book’s name team on Twitter. Not only that – with the purchase of the book – 30%  went to the charity Horseability. (You get to choose yourself from 3 different charities – love it!)
  • Posted off my application to attend a Google Engage event in Gothenburg, Sweden. Hooray for me, hope I get a seat to expand my brain and knowledge.
  • Posted off a very, very important letter, and I hope to the universe that that little piece of paper will generate the much sough after outcome. Rad, I tell yeh.
  • Planted a seed for a future trip – LAS VEGAS BABY! not if, but when!
  • The quote of the dead person of the week goes to one of my personal heros – Andy Warhol:“Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.”

 

Compassion

Saturday, February 18th, 2012

Compassion

Definition from Wikipedia:

Compassion is a virtue — one in which the emotional capacities of empathy and sympathy (for the suffering of others) are regarded as a part of love itself, and a cornerstone of greater social interconnection and humanism — foundational to the highest principles in philosophy, society, and personhood.

There is an aspect of compassion which regards a quantitative dimension, such that individual’s compassion is often given a property of “depth,” “vigour,” or “passion.” More vigorous than empathy, the feeling commonly gives rise to an active desire to alleviate another’s suffering. It is often, though not inevitably, the key component in what manifests in the social context as altruism. In ethical terms, the various expressions down the ages of the so-called Golden Rule embody by implication the principle of compassion: Do to others what you would have them do to you.[1]

The English noun compassion, meaning to suffer together with, comes from the Latin. Its prefix com- comes directly from com, an archaic version of the Latin preposition and affix cum (= with); the -passion segment is derived from passus, past participle of the deponent verb patior, patī, passus sum. Compassion is thus related in origin, form and meaning to the English noun patient (= one who suffers), from patiens, present participle of the same patior, and is akin to the Greek verb πάσχειν (= paskhein, to suffer) and to its cognate noun πάθος (= pathos).[2][3]

Ranked a great virtue in numerous philosophies, compassion is considered in almost all the major religious traditions as among the greatest of virtues.”

 

The most successfull digital marketing mix to influence consumer purchases:

Thursday, February 16th, 2012

According to a recent survey published by eMarketer on what type of digital marketing channels influence consumer purchases online, the most successful online marketing mix contains a combination of channels.  Display, natural search and comparison shopping engines all ranked high in the results. However the number one channel – and highest ranking amongst the results is social media:

eMarketer digital marketing mix

 [image source:eMarketer]

Hence – finding the right combination of digital channels for your online marketing activities is key. However I dare say that your target audience online habits will play’s a big part in the process of selecting what works for you. For a luxury brand I’m not quite so certain that comparison shopping engines have the same impact on someones purchase – and if this would influence customers already regularly shopping online from a store, to make switch.

Why you should consider Pinterest

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

Infographic created by Lemon.ly explaining what Pinterest is for the uninitiated, the benefits and growth of this wonderful addictive and magical place on the internet.

Sidenote, love their website.

 

Pinterest Infographic created by Lemon Ly

 

Yeah, baby yeah!

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

The serious side effects of veganism:

Happy Valentines Day!

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

Valentines Day

Eclectic, elegant, calm or plain weird

Sunday, February 12th, 2012

I’m packing up our home for the last move in a very long time (I desperately hope). I’m all over the internet looking for interior design inspiration. I don’t know what to do with the foyer. According to Feng-Shui it’s the most important room in your house, the first thing you see when you get home and the last thing you see when you leave. Connecting the space with your career and prosperity.Here are some inspirational images I found at one my of my favorite inspirational interior design websites Elle Decor:

 

Interior Inspiration

 

 

Interior Inspiration

 

Interior Inspiration

 

Interior Inspiration

 

Interior Inspiration

IMAGE SOURCE: Elle Decor

Weekend accomplishments

Sunday, February 12th, 2012

Easy Digital Marketing

A better landing and holding page for my book in progress. This is it, now I will focusing on finishing it, rather then playing around in Photoshop and pulling my hair with Dreamweaver 4.  I’ll save that for another day :)

How to create your own universe

Sunday, February 12th, 2012

Image by Vision Widget

 

I don’t own a TV, I don’t listen to radio, I don’t read “newspapers” either. Especially not Aftonbladet nor Expressen (the two “major” newspapers in Sweden), since that is more people bashing crap then news. So what do I do? I avoid so called mainstream news sources, I rarely buy any books anymore (paper one’s at least) and I aim to create my own world, around positivity, knowledge and self-development:

YouTube – contrary to the mainstream (in Sweden at least) I don’t use YouTube as something to waste away my previous life watching kittens riding turtles in circles around in a room.  I use it to learn new things, like watching tutorials on SpryAssets, or how to learn new tricks in Photoshop. There’s always another geek out there, sharing. And I use YouTube for learning how to apply eyeshadow, catch-up on my favorite vloggers channels and my fav SELF-MADE comedians. Whilst living in the UK, I used to watch Channel 4OD – yepp that’s right, one of the major networks in the UK, posts shows on YouTube. Smart.

WikiPedia – if there is something I don’t know. Then that would be my fist place to look it up.

Twitter – I connect with others, with similar interests, amd the only channel where I can truly combine all my interests from veganism, health, fashion, marketing to digital industry news. Whilst managing to get me in touch with so many new interesting & inspiring  people.

WordPress – a great tool for publishing and creating your own world on the internet. I spend a lot of my time building, fixing, publishing and creating in WordPress.

Facebook – catching up with friends, which I have on all corners of the globe. But not so much more.

Pinterest – pictures is my big addiction, this is such an addictive time consuming yet magical place. Watching all the beautiful content people create and post on the internet. I love it. And it’s a great source to get your own photos, illustrations, tutorials etc out there. Pinterest is now one of the major sources of referral traffic to my websites.

Google – certainly is a big part of my world and a tool for me to create, manage and find new things. From being part of managing websites to projects.

GrooveShark – bye, bye Spotify. I went over to the dark side as soon as I had to start paying for listening to their radiostations. Wherever iTunes are blocked I hook up to GrooveShark an my day gets better.

iTunes – for radio, I listen to obscure 1920′s channels, classical compositions to dark industrial tunes, from all over the globe. It helps me discover new music.

LinkedIn – I don’t hang here so much, however, a neat way to keep in touch with old colleges, build your network and access new pieces of information.

Polyvore – this is so awesome since I can create small collages of shoes AND bags! and everything pretty. Love it! The only part of my world where I can afford Alexander McQeen & Vivienne Westwood :D

Instagram – everything that allows me to watch photos, feeds my image addiction. Istagram does just that but more, since it enables me to connect with new people from all over.

SlideShare – a great source of learning material, as well as a great source to share your own knowledge. I use this as a trial for my sample chapters for my eBook and edit the material.

So there you go, I don’t really have any time for TV or reading papers slagging off celebs and general people. I’m to busy learning, creating and connecting online :)

 

 

I’m not impressed: The Three Musketeers

Sunday, February 5th, 2012

I quite enjoy period piece movies, especially if it has sword fighting men in neat clothing and Orlando Bloom in it. Since the original poster of The Three Musketeers sports a huge picture of Orlando Bloom, looking quite dapper if I may say so, I kind of expected to see – that’s right Orlando Bloom. To my fellow females out there, I feel obliged to warn you.

The movie has about 6:47 minutes in total of Orlando Bloom in it. Which makes the remaining 103:53 minutes quite unbearable. So if you want to look at a dapper and handsome Orlando Bloom with a husky voice for about 6:47 minutes, I would advice on fast forwarding the scenes where he is not included to avoid the predictable lines and general silliness of the rest of the movie and characters. Or just stare at the image below for about 6:47 minutes, it will be a much more pleasant experience.

 

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