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Re: Diversity Advocate Hank Williams Dead at 50 - News & Views - EBONY

Lynne d Johnson — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 11:58:36 -0000

Such sad news but it's great that his work to increase diversity in tech will live on.

Re: [THE UPLOAD] Look Who’s Blabbing - Life - EBONY

Lynne d Johnson — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 13:19:56 -0000

@Cheval John I just did some digging like any other journalist would do. And yes, let's connect on twitter or elsewhere. I'd love to be a guest.

Re: [THE UPLOAD] Look Who’s Blabbing - Life - EBONY

Lynne d Johnson — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 13:41:47 -0000

@Tayo Rockson thanks for the compliment. It's been a wonder to see what folks are doing on Blab.im. It really has the potential to become the next great social channel if the proper resources are put into it to make it work for people in an intuitive and rewarding way. I'm curious to see what it will become once brands find that it's a place to be. Definitely looking forward to following your happenings and figuring out ways we can help one another.

Re: [THE UPLOAD] Look Who’s Blabbing - Life - EBONY

Lynne d Johnson — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 13:39:44 -0000

@Cheval John thanks for making blab.im a great experience. I'm hoping the platform really takes off and you'll have laid down the groundwork of being one of the true pioneers.

Re: [THE UPLOAD] Look Who’s Blabbing - Life - EBONY

Lynne d Johnson — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 13:37:00 -0000

Thanks for checking in @TaShan Parks Twyman. I really enjoyed learning more about this platform and the people who are making it worthwhile. Let's connect and see what we can make happen.

Re: Majora Carter Rocks BlogHer with StartUp Box [INTERVIEW]

Lynne d Johnson — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 09:48:00 -0000

Thanks for that feedback.

Re: [THE UPLOAD] 8 Companies Attack the Digital Divide - Life - EBONY

Lynne d Johnson — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 09:47:39 -0000

Thanks for mentioning Steam Coders. Maybe there's another way we can cover them in the future.

Re: How Your Siblings Affect Your Success According to Science

Lynne d Johnson — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 02:14:01 -0000

Interesting, never thought about this but since my siblings are a bit older than I am, I would say I learned to distinguish myself from them very early on and chose to be different from them in many ways. For instance, they went to college but didn't complete their undergraduate degrees. I not only got an undergraduate, but also a graduate .

They are two years apart, and I would say they had both a closeness and rivalry. But since they are 5 and 7 years older than I am, I would say they were more like a second set of parents for me. They were supportive in many ways that I would say lead to my being somewhat successful in life.

I know my own experience is subjective and doesn't prove a point, but this article has me viewing things differently, even the ways I'm dealing with my own kids.

Re: Podcast: The Necessity Of Unnecessary Creating

Lynne d Johnson — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 19:38:51 -0000

I knew I'd been feeling unfulfilled lately just teaching and consulting and couldn't quite name it. I need to do some unnecessary creating. 3 things this week. 1. Work on plans for website/blog relaunch 2. Work on ideas for articles/book (basically just write) 3. Post all the slide decks I made in the last year to slideshare so I can share my ideas with others

Re: SXSW PanelPicker

Lynne d Johnson — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 18:03:33 -0000

As a so called blerd and blipster, I am really looking forward to understanding this cultural group based on data and insights.

Re: Win a Set of Wireless Headphones from Jabra

Lynne d Johnson — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 00:11:32 -0000

Love jabra and hypebeast!

Re: Developing An Engagement Framework

Lynne d Johnson — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 01:33:13 -0000

Good point Hashim. While it seems we've been talking social media forever now, in reality it's still just early days. I always opt for the test & refine approach. But a lot of digital tools and social network sites nowadays, offer you direct access to what your customers want -- businesses just have to be bold, as you suggest and trust the gut. There's always time to tweak. I always say as long as you're not going off brand, it shouldn't hurt to try.

I'm sure we'll be talking like this still for at least another 5 years. So many brands are really afraid of the water cooler that the Web has become.

Re: What Happened To Knowing More About A Person By The Books And Vinyl On Their Shelves?

Lynne d Johnson — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 01:04:16 -0000

I just remembered back in the day, when I was dating, I could always size a person up by their books and albums. I could somehow figure out if we'd be anyways compatible. At least it gave me some entry into what their interests were. I guess today Facebook could be the alternative to that, but I feel today people can more easily fake it til they make it.

I still keep print around, but I am becoming increasingly all digital. I also miss album and CD cover art. The smell of a new CD the smell of a new book. Being able to read liner notes or look through a books acknowledgments.

With the teen's books though, we have donated some and might sell some too. Funny, I try to get her to go digital with books and music and she still wants print copies and CDs. Funny times these.

Re: Lynne d Johnson || Relaunching My Website. This Time, It's True

Lynne d Johnson — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 00:58:16 -0000

Cali. I'm three months late with a reply, but so happy you stopped by and hope you continue to drop by here when you can.

Re: Lynne d Johnson || Relaunching My Website. This Time, It's True

Lynne d Johnson — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 00:57:52 -0000

Thanks Krista.

Re: Lynne d Johnson || Relaunching My Website. This Time, It's True

Lynne d Johnson — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 00:57:44 -0000

Thanks Alice. I'm trying to keep things going over here on my site and out there in the social media world in general.

Re: Lynne d Johnson || Relaunching My Website. This Time, It's True

Lynne d Johnson — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 00:57:16 -0000

Thanks Lena. I'm happy to be back.

Re: Lynne d Johnson || Relaunching My Website. This Time, It's True

Lynne d Johnson — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 00:56:59 -0000

I wasn't coding my RSS feed by hand, but almost as bad, I was coding my site by hand. I was writing posts in complete HTML until I got a CMS and had some folks use some CSS. I've still got a ways to go into my new design and CMS, but I'm happy to be writing again.

Re: Let the 7-Day Detox Begin

Lynne d Johnson — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 00:55:35 -0000

Not sure if you want to full on be a vegetarian or not, but Vegetarian Runner has some resources http://www.vegetarianrunner... as do a few other sites out there. With it being fall you could make some really good vegetable soups and chill them to stock them. All kinds of soups that you can use to fuel such as potato, or sweet potato or yam.

Re: How A Lack Of Focus Can Be Attributed To Fear

Lynne d Johnson — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 00:52:18 -0000

Kudos to you Amani. Sticktoitiveness is really hard, especially when money is an issue. Hey, I don't know that I won't take a FT job at some point, but it will have to be a very special FT job.

Re: How A Lack Of Focus Can Be Attributed To Fear

Lynne d Johnson — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:16:37 -0000

I think that's a great plan of attack. Sometimes you just have to put away those other things to focus on the one thing that will have the biggest payoff for you. I definitely hear where you're coming from on this.

Re: How A Lack Of Focus Can Be Attributed To Fear

Lynne d Johnson — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:38:01 -0000

Anjuan, thanks for sharing your story. And that's the point, I think, in the end. Not being afraid to fail because each failure leads to success.

And like you, I have hella reasons why a FT gig with all of its comforts makes sense. I think I'm just jaded at times, because I have been laid off a few times. I'd take a FT gig in a hearbeat, especially one that enabled me to be more of an intrapreneur. Have you seen this David Armano video? http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Re: How A Lack Of Focus Can Be Attributed To Fear

Lynne d Johnson — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 13:31:23 -0000

And I'm hustling believe me. Just not on your level yet. :-)

Re: No, Your Company Doesn’t Need a Chief Digital Officer

Lynne d Johnson — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:06:42 -0000

Ok let me summarize what I was saying, because I do think we're saying the same thing. The focus isn't on which medium you're using but on the community you're trying to reach. So it's not about shiny new tools but what the people you want to reach want from you or expect from you. And to that end, marketing needs to get better at understanding customers and building communities. Am I still wrong?

Re: No, Your Company Doesn’t Need a Chief Digital Officer

Lynne d Johnson — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:02:22 -0000

I'd have to agree Jeremy, it should be about people and their behaviors, as well as their likes and interests. Today I was just talking about why Taco Bell's Doritos Tacos have been so successful within social media, it is because the brand decided to go narrow and focus on a core audience -- young males -- and speak to them in their language and make them included in the story through the marketing.

I was also talking with some other folks this past weekend, who showed me their startup ecommerce platform that enables any retailer to bring the platform to their site with a snippet of code so that the user can bring their friends into the shopping experience with the. I asked them to be mindful not to focus on conversions as they think about the usability of the app, but on the engagement and peer-to-peer interaction. If they focus on that in their UI, then sales will come. The guarantee a 5X conversion by the way, and while the sales guy was pitching me on the conversions, the Founder agreed with me.

Give people experiences they can remember, because relationships with a brand is about experience and what beter way for me to have an experience with your brand than to be included. And that doesn't matter if it's digital, social, mobile, it matters that it's a strategy built solidly on knowing who the brand is speaking with.