you hit the snooze button but 200 pounds of dogs have decided it is time to get up.

you realize all your income is tied up in Accounts Receivables that are over 90 days due.

you get home from a long day and all three of your dogs have been sick.

you show up to teach a class and the client had forgotten about the class.

What defines your bad day?

Situation:

You were just awarded a new contract. A kick-off meeting is scheduled and the excitement of starting a new project runs through the whole team. Everyone has in their mind what the end deliverable will look like. But…can that be communicated?

Kick-off meeting happens and it was very successful! Client is happy, team is excited and upper management is happy because things are moving forward.  Everything just starts falling into place. But…is it really?

Two months later and the excitement of the project is wearing off. Meetings are starting to be just a long list of what needs to be done. Both sides are starting to feel the frustration. The Client is feeling as if their expectation is not being heard and the consultant feels like they are doing what the client wants. But…is it what the client really wants?

How do you, as the consultant, handle this? Do you tell the client what they want and what they are getting? Do you bang your head against the wall?

Just finished this video for the DMAW Social Media Marketing Event June 23, 2011. You should come!

This is a tricky path I am on right now. Working with my design team to build the brand of White Lion Social. So many things need to be taken into consideration and there is no ‘easing in’ around here. I am determined to have everything in place before the brand is revealed. The benefit of phasing in the brand is lost on me. Why half way do it? Go for the whole picture or go home!

Over the years I have represented different company by taking on their brand and I was expected to put their logo on and more ahead. I did this willingly as that was all I knew. Now the world has changed!

Thank you for sharing this journey with me!

Magic Whites

There are times that I can be hit with as many as 11 auto tweets all at once. Yes, one right after the other! That is the pollution I am talking about! Help keep the twitter stream free of auto tweets and Go Green!

Try using a different tool such as Buffer. Buffer gives you all the control. Tweets are scheduled throughout the day. Allowing the twitter stream to flow by without splashing in my face! And yes there is a Free version. Test it out! You might just like it and I can guarantee I will like it!

See you on the other side of the stream!

Thanks for listening.

It all is a leap of faith into a land where no answers are known. I am here to take chances, here to move myself and here to make this work. Even though I may not know what will come out of the process, I do know I am ready.

Late at night as I close my eyes I remind myself of the fear that I have faced today. The strength that I have used to stand up to the struggle and still come back to struggle again.

I know why I am here and I know I am ready. Are you ready?

I wrote that Monday in my business journal. It is an accomplishment to have arrived at my next step. I have released what was not working and gained the knowledge of changing. I can feel the difference.

White Lion Social has been released from the cave!

For me I say no. It I knew where I was going it might make me feel safe for the moment but I would lose the excitement of when the fog lifts. I would lose the calmness of realizing this is exactly where I was meant to be.

With our environment changing so rabidly through technology we need to hold on to any delayed gratification that we can. We live in a world of instant answers, instant reactions, even instant love.

So again for me I am happy for the butterflies in my stomach as the fog lifts.

Every morning I get up and head into the world as a different person. No longer ‘undiscovered’. I have ‘discovered’ myself but now I need to sell it. Now instead of HR interviewing me it is clients. One after another. The funny thing is I can’t say ‘no’ because I feel I must work to make up for lost time. I am working 12 to 14 hours day to prove I can.

Who do I have to prove myself to? Everyone! From myself to my husband to the unemployment office to society. I am another stat to be counted. One more person that has given up on the traditional process of finding a job. One more person that is making it happen for themselves instead of waiting for an employer.

I want to be more than a ‘stat’ this is why I am doing this. The ‘how’ will come with my success.