Mindfulness and Marketing: A Conversation
Posted on May 21, 2015 by Roxanne Darling

If you are old enough, or you’ve studied advertising, you were raised on the seductive lure of appealing to people’s fears: fears of not being included, of not being good enough, of being lazy or dumb, etc. It’s a list without end. Historically, this approach works. I really understand the vulnerability that comes from wanting to be a better version of myself…
Category: Home, Social Media, Strategy Tags: conversation, hangout, HOA, marketing, mindfulness, Strategy, video
Do Your Goals Help You Feel Better or Worse?
Posted on April 22, 2015 by Roxanne Darling

A key element of doing social business mindfully, is the art of filtering. Social media, almost by definition, is about making noise! But in reality, noise does not create or foster relationships, which to me is key in using social for business. So when it comes to determining how you want to use social media, one place to start is in setting…
Category: Home, HowTo, Social Media Tags: mindful goals, small and specific, smart goals
Stop Learning and Start Doing
Posted on March 2, 2015 by Roxanne Darling

It’s not often you’ll hear such a barking-style suggestion from me. But I’ve decided that analysis paralysis has taken on a whole new realm in the world of using the internet to grow your small business or entrepreneurial venture. Webinars proliferate. Joint Ventures and VIP Days are hot. You’ve got to know all about lead capture pages. What is happening in your…
Category: Home, Productivity, Social Media Tags: analysis, doing, knowledge, learning, paralysis, webinars, wisdom
Mindful Social Media
Posted on February 23, 2015 by Roxanne Darling

It’s not an oxymoron!
Category: Home, Social Media, Strategy Tags: barefeetstudios, mindfulness, social media stress
A Love Letter to The Amazing Andrew Sullivan
Posted on February 5, 2015 by Roxanne Darling

I have been reading you, Andrew, since 2004 – 4 years after you started blogging. You were more conservative back then, but always brilliant and weird. Those two qualities really drew me to you. I’ve been talking about you several places, but so much is coming up today that I am choosing a public homage – that also turns out to be…
Category: Aloha, News, Social Media Tags: @sullydish, amazing, andrew sullivan, consciousness, eddie aikau, fan nonfiction, nsfw, pioneer, the dish, weird, wonderful, WWID, youareamazing
It’s Just a Fad
Posted on August 7, 2013 by Roxanne Darling
Peruvian Prison Aerobics from Storyhunter on Vimeo.
Hey, want to join me in retiring these words, “It’s just a fad?” First of all, so what if it is? Fads generate some of the most awesome fun and out-of-the-box energy we have in our lives. Second, many things that are described this way, actually represent newfound changes in our world, and survive to become a permanent part of life on…
Category: Activism, Social Media Tags: aerobics, fads, personal growth, prisons, trends