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An Unexpected Benefit of Blogging

MilliGFunk's Boots, photo by Kim Wolterman

A crowd favorite was the presentation by Melissa Gilliam (@milligfunk). Melissa was discussing blogging for a non-profit, but honestly she had on the most awesome boots! [...]

The Funk Takes on Colorado Radio

Later this morning, I’ll make my way up 1-25 to the north side of Colorado Springs, where I’ll meet Tonya Hall to be a guest on her radio program, The Tonya Hall Show.
Tonya was in the audience when I spoke at Jeff Pulver’s 140 Character Conference Small Town in Hutchinson, Kansas in September. Although she [...]

Wordless Wednesday: #140Conf Small Town

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#140Conf Small Town

Just as I finished backing the fully-packed, 14-foot moving truck into my parents’ rural Missouri driveway on Sunday afternoon, I received an email on the iPhone in my lap from Becky McCray, the subject line of which read, “Your speaker proposal is approved”.
Practically bouncing out of the moving truck in my excitement, I shared my good [...]

#GreenWineTweetUP

What: A St. Patrick’s Day Parade Run Post-Race Tweetup
Where: Robust Wine Bar
When: Saturday, March 12th from 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Drink Specials:
“Green” wine specials (one red wine and one white wine)*
$2 domestic bottles
$1 off Guinness
*These green wines won’t be green in color, but green in spirit. These will be Robust’s featured eco-friendly selections, especially [...]

MilliGFunk on Tiny Business, Mighty Profits Radio

Thanks to Russ Henneberry for interviewing me for this week’s Tiny Business, Mighty Profits Radio show. (You might remember Russ from this post about the great people at the Show Me the Blog conference in October.)
During our interview, Russ asked me some great questions about marketing, business branding, personal branding and social media.  Check out [...]

Three Websites You Should Read Today

When I happen upon good website content, it’s usually by accident or because a friend sends me a link.  Now it’s my turn to pass on three Missouri websites that I support:
Off the Eaten Path STL
A few months ago I met a food blogger in St. Louis named Stephanie. Recently, I had the opportunity to [...]

Vote for Me!

Dear Readers,
I feel like I’m running for high school student council all over again, but let’s face it: I rocked those high school student council elections.
I used all the best glitter, all the catchiest and least predictable slogans (a favorite was “Broccoli is good for you. So is Melissa. Vote for her”) and all the [...]

BlissDom 2011

My friends here in St. Louis have come to know me as the funky Southeast Missouri girl who shows up at Social Media Club events or conferences in St. Louis in my rad cowboy boots.
In fact, many of the great friends I’ve made in St. Louis have helped open doors for me to speak at [...]

A Blogger Without Internet

I’m a blogger. I’m a social media advocate. I’m a freelance writer for online and print publications. I’m a full time director of marketing for a large organization by day, and yet I don’t have access to the internet when I’m at home at night.
When I tell you that I blog from small town Missouri, I’m [...]