SocialBling Blog

New blog posts might be few and far between in the next few months as I am concentrating on writing a book. And what a process that is…I am learning alot. In the meantime, I wanted to post something for everyone to look at. This butterfly followed me for a bit on a walk yesterday, [...]

Six Questions to Ask Yourself BEFORE You Travel the Social Media Road:
The Dale Carnegie institution conducted investigations that found only 15% of person’s financial success is based on their knowledge and/or technical skills. The remaining 85% is based on human engineering – the ability to create and build relationships.
The biggest mistake I see people make [...]

Do we understand enough about the present to predict the future? I get asked almost daily to reveal what I believe the future has in store for social media development. I find this topic strange because we barely understand what is happening now in social media. Undoubtedly those of us claiming any kind of expertise [...]

Do you ever wish you could think differently or inspire others to do the same?  Here are my top 10 thoughts. What are yours?
1. Thinking mutually benefits everyone.
2. Social etiquette trumps social caste.
3. There really is nothing to fear but fear itself.
4. Positive thoughts equal positive actions.
5. Love is all we need.
6. A conversation is [...]

The right to bear arms and exploring new territories seem to have a long history of courtship together. It must be basic human nature to fear what is unknown and prepare for conflict.  I see and experience this fear over and over again in social media as this formula seems to be prevalent:
Computer keyboard- face [...]

If a programming genie gave me three wishes for a Facebook or mobile phone application, I would ask for only one: A Noise Discernment application.
Here’s what the application would do:
1. Allow user to preset goals and interest; any information coming in is filtered and screened based on settings. Settings can be changed at anytime.
2. Application [...]

I went to see the movie Avatar over the weekend. It is way too easy to criticize the movie. There is so much in it, yet one could also argue what was there was not enough. As I blog, what I am about to say might sound hypocritical: There is a lot of “noise” in [...]

There are thousands of studies about the power of energy. Our thoughts and feeling shape our lives and create the overall energy we stay in, if you want to increase positive energy you have to consciously make the decision to think positive thoughts. You have to treat negative thoughts like weeds growing in a garden [...]

Some people may find it odd that I, a woman in my 30’s, who has never been married choices a couple’s therapist as one of my greatest idols. His name is Harville Hendrix, PhD. He is the author of the bestselling book, “Getting the Love You Want” and co- founder of Imago Therapy that [...]

Happy New Year to you! We hope it is off to great start.
When we created SocialBling, we did it under the two premises:

If dating and finding new business opportunities (new job and/or customer) are at opposite ends as to why people need to network, can we create a more mutually beneficial network by focusing less [...]