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Re: What's Holding You Back

Laura Roeder — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:01:43 -0000

Sounds like you are going through a tough time right now, you have my love and support.

I'm reminded of something that happened to me the other day - I was waiting for a bus and had been waiting for a while when a bus that was supposed to stop passed right by. There was a woman standing near me and she was FUMING! She was stomping the ground and going on and on. I just kind of nodded and did my best to ignore her. I knew that ruining my day would not bring the bus back! Then another woman came up and asked me if a bus had recently come by. I told her what had happened and she actually laughed! She just smiled and said oh yes they do that some times, it is so frustrating!

The bus passing you is always going to be a somewhat disappointing experience, as is losing someone that you thought you had hired for life. But it really made it clear that there are some people that choose to make the worst of everything, and others that choose to make the best of everything. You can't control how other people react, but you can go back to yourself and choose if YOU will choose to make the best or worst of their reaction.

Re: Yay! A new place which to blog from…

Laura Roeder — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:50:02 -0000

I just found this blog via a google alert for my name, I can't believe you put this entire thing together since our conversation! haha But that is what is so incredible about wordpress right? Anyway I'm glad I could be of service in reminding you what you already knew :)

Re: Brea Grant: Actress, social-media pioneer

Laura Roeder — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:40:10 -0000

I am that "Web-savvy college friend" you mentioned. :) Thanks for your post, I think the twitterview is going to be a big success I have already been watching the questions roll in!

Re: 10 Social Media Strategies for The Ivory Tower

Laura Roeder — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:11:22 -0000

Great post. I have done some work with universities and I was SHOCKED to discover that every department is left to defend for itself, just to get a simple website up!These universities have IT departments that are maintaining the main university site, why they cannot throw each department a template is beyond me.

Re: Lemmings

Laura Roeder — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:54:50 -0000

This made me laugh out loud! I am so HAPPY to be out of the agency setting.

Re: 9's First Case

Laura Roeder — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:39:29 -0000

This post got me thinking about ways we might work together - I'm going to email you soon.

Also what is your twitter name?

Re: #21 - Grace

Laura Roeder — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:00:26 -0000

Beautifully said.

Re: A Day in the Life...

Laura Roeder — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:20:09 -0000

Definitely sounds like you need an assistant to manage your email. I have been loving your huffpo series, keep it up!

Re: Tidbit of the Day: Vote for Colonel Tribune to appear at SXSW Interactive!

Laura Roeder — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:37:16 -0000

Thanks for listing my panel on here, good luck with yours!

Re: Britney Spears and her Twitter Team

Laura Roeder — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:48:43 -0000

Great post, as you mentioned I am in the vocal minority in thinking that Britney is doing things more or less right. Her new site looks awesome and has the social media features very well integrated, and they are doing things like posting youtube vids of people dancing to womanizer.

Re: 10-Step Resume Refresher Course

Laura Roeder — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:42:36 -0000

Great advice, I have one more point to add - if you have anything interesting/unusual INCLUDE IT. The potential employer is looking through hundreds of resumes of people who have similar majors and job experience. I studied furniture design in denmark and that was on my resume. When I was looking for jobs the interviewer ALWAYS mentioned that, and pretty much spent more time asking me about that than anything else. It made me unique.

Re: The modern college student

Laura Roeder — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:28:35 -0000

I felt the same way when I was in school. I graduated a year early because I so done with school and ready to get to work. I went to the university of texas where doing a "victory lap"( 5th year) was very popular so everyone thought I was nuts. I have never regretted it for a second.

Re: The modern college student

Laura Roeder — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:02:13 -0000

OMG I think reading your fob blog influenced my grammar "I graduated a year early because I so done with school" haha clearly meant to say I WAS so done with school!

College is a fun time socially, but it's not like that totally dies after you graduate. I definitely don't think you'll regret finishing as soon as you can.

Re: The #1 Value that Underlies Everything I Do on Finance Your Freedom

Laura Roeder — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:35:55 -0000

It's interesting to me how uncomfortable people are with this topic. The truth is that if you live in a capitalist country where you have to pay for stuff freedom REQUIRES money. Even if you live in a self-sustaining commune you still have to pay taxes! The amount of money is different for everyone, but freedom ALWAYS requires money. It takes money to survive, even if only a little bit.

Re: My Liberation Story: Laura Roeder

Laura Roeder — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:49:58 -0000

Thanks everyone for your comments!

Cory I don't know if your comment was for Clay or myself but I'll answer. I find that many people who keep their jobs "because of the insurance" haven't researched the cost of insurance. If you are childless and healthy it is not expensive. I purchased high-deductible coverage for myself for $65/month and paid for dental out of pocket which doesn't add up to more than a few hundred per year. (That statement is in the past tense because I'm now covered under my boyfriend's insurance.)

However, if you have existing health problems or need to insure children I know the rates can be much higher. I'd recommend this site for researching plans: http://www.revolutionhealth.com/insurance/infor...

Re: Real rebellion is going to school wearing a clown suit

Laura Roeder — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:31 -0000

I was just thinking about the INCREDIBLE amount of well-intentioned but terrible advice I receive every single day, some of it directly to me personally and a basically unmeasurable amount if I count what I could spend all day reading online. Thanks for this reminder that others are not going to get it, you just have to follow the path you create for yourself.

Re: 2008/10/20/25-celebrity-twitter-users/

Laura Roeder — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:51:14 -0000

Brea Grant is an active blogger as well - http://www.breagrant.com/blog

Re: Social Media SmackDown: Celebrity Fundraiser Launches at SXSW

Laura Roeder — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:13:01 -0000

I'm proud to be a part of this, on Team Brea! I think it's a really innovative mix of online and offline fundraising.

Re: Gary Vaynerchuk - A big idea I won’t be able to do… So here you go....

Laura Roeder — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:11:33 -0000

FANTASTIC idea. I don't have the passion for this project but someone please do it!

Re: Gary Vaynerchuk - I am a triple Z list celebrity Today I want to...

Laura Roeder — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:59:54 -0000

This is such perfect timing with the post I just published on problogger about you!

http://www.problogger.net/archives/2009/01/19/h...

I have ALWAYS told people you are triple Z list, haha! Seriously it's really funny how nervous people are about approaching folks like and and Chris Brogan. We are all just people. :)

Re: Are You Afraid of Being the Small Fish in the Pond?

Laura Roeder — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:40:44 -0000

You know I LOVE this!

"you are younger, more agile, less tied down to history and expectations" that especially got me fired up!

Re: What Does it Mean to be The Raw Foods Witch?

Laura Roeder — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:56:38 -0000

Thank YOU Nathalie! What a moving post, your passion is shining so clearly.

Re: Home Garden Makeover & Redesign to Grow Your Own Food

Laura Roeder — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:05:18 -0000

You are adorable miss Nathalie! I liked the "before and after" music hehe

Re: How Not to Use a Lawyer - A Personal Case Study (Plus: Protocol Marketing correction)

Laura Roeder — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:56:04 -0000

He spelled "insure" wrong.

Re: Interview with Heroes Star Brea Grant

Laura Roeder — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:09:35 -0000

@Ari - Maybe Britney doesn’t need to make the same time commitment for blogging and twitter. I think Brea gets a great return, but I don’t know if Britney would, I don’t know if that’s a smart use of her time.

@Phil - Your comment made my day! I certainly hope that we can prove to be a model for others.

Re: Guest Post- Twitter- To Converse or to Broadcast-THAT is the Question

Laura Roeder — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:58:03 -0000

I agree to an extent, but I think you're over-generalizing. Any Joe Shmo is not going to make many friends blurting, but for big brands it makes a lot of sense. Many of us are on the email list for our favorite stores, we receive blurts when they have a special sale or promotion. I would have no problem receiving this content on twitter as well.

I personally expect my twitter friends to post about their latest blog post or podcast, it's how I keep up with them. I've found myself spending less and less time in netvibes and more and more reading tweeted links.

Re: Interview with Heroes Star Brea Grant

Laura Roeder — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:49:26 -0000

@John There are no plans to monetize the site, and I doubt we ever will. Looking at it from a purely financial perspective, the main way this benefits Brea is that her fans will follow her from project to project, making her future projects more profitable and creating more buzz.

As for your second question, it isn't necessarily true that new actors don't have money to pay for this. You'd be shocked at how much actors pay for headshots, training, acting coaches, lawyers, etc. That's sort of like generalizing that small businesses don't have money to spend. That being said, my focus is not only actors but anyone who wants to establish a "cult of personality" using the web.

Re: You Cant Just Have Peanut Butter

Laura Roeder — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:35:13 -0000

When I read the beginning I thought you were going to say the "jelly" is your website. I agree with metrics, but I think anther overlooked "jelly" is what all that social media is driving people to - your site. Sometimes you will see people who are very active, popular tweeters with ugly, confusing, or poorly-organized sites. I always tell people to focus on the site first, because that’s what all your online marketing is leading to. I dod recognize that this can be a budget issue though, as social media is generally free and websites are generally expensive.

Re: Using Outposts in Your Media Strategy

Laura Roeder — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:42:00 -0000

Checking out this post as referenced in http://www.chrisbrogan.com/you-cant-just-have-p... . . .

I actually think this supports my point even more! In this post you don't suggest creating NEW content but linking back to your blog on facebook, linkedin and twitter. If that blog is bad (in either content, design or function) you have wasted your time, no amount of cross referencing will save you.

Re: Guest Post- How to Keep Your Conversations From Turning Into Broadcasts

Laura Roeder — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:48:07 -0000

Great article, the point about learning who your audience is is important. If you have someone who always leaves you valuable comments, look them up on twitter and facebook and add them. People will be very excited that their favorite blogger (who is a VIP in their eyes) took the time to find them.

Re: Bob- The Next Chapter

Laura Roeder — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:21:59 -0000

Bob is a textbook example of someone who is just itching to get out and do their own thing. I was at a conference with hundreds of entrepreneurs this weekend and heard so many stories of people who could never stay in a job because they shook things up too much - they wanted to actually transform the company instead of just going with the status quo. It sounds to me like Bob should go out on his own or find a company that actually values innovative thinking.

Re: Own the Crowd With Better Speaking

Laura Roeder — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:54:00 -0000

Thanks Chris. I think the key theme running through all of this is to always recognize its about your AUDIENCE, not about YOU.

Re: Sell Benefits Not Features

Laura Roeder — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:42:54 -0000

I am constantly trying to explain this to people. When I tell people that I work with social media sometimes they think that facebook would be a "magic pill" if only they understood how to use it. Each medium is just another place to stick your message, and another place to form relationships.

Re: Own Your Store

Laura Roeder — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:42:18 -0000

Loved this. Starting out as a solopreneur, for a long time I didn't think of myself as a "real business". The more I've been able to mentally separate myself from my business the more successful I've been. The store is a great analogy, it allows you to think in most basic terms: buyer/seller and supply/demand.

Re: Guest Post - Generation Y in the Workplace Explained

Laura Roeder — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:56:01 -0000

I think this post is dead-on.

It will be interesting to see how corporate culture adapts to the needs and wants of generation Y. I see a lot of friends get extremely frustrated with workplaces that operate the "old fashioned" way. I fear that there will be a lot of head-butting for a while, but Gen Y is already getting old to be managers/owners of companies. I think we'll see the most significant changes as more Gen Y'ers start their own ventures or take over.

Re: You're Racing- I'm Improving

Laura Roeder — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:11:22 -0000

Some people think it sounds strange, but I truly don't believe in business competition. The concept of competition stems from the belief that there is a finite number of customers to be had, or money to be made, which isn't true. First of all no two products or services are exactly the same. And secondly customers can and do buy the "exact same" product or service from two different providers all the time. I think worrying about competition is a total waste of time and energy, and will lead you astray because you get stuck copying others instead of being true to your own style.

Re: Your Lead Generation Methods Have to Change

Laura Roeder — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:20:05 -0000

Hmm, I agree and disagree. I think as far as the ACT of "pounding the list", social media is doing even more of that. Instead of just pounding the list we are now pounding the list, the twitter, the blog, the youtube and the facebook. We do these things because we learned from old-school marketers that you need to your message in front of people many many times and I think that will always hold true.

What needs to change now is the content. It's getting to know ME, and in getting to know me you get to know my expertise and offer.

Re: The Small Talk of All Brands

Laura Roeder — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:01:57 -0000

I think small talk and ambient noise are incredibly important for a brand. I have seen a huge increase in my business since I began doing a weekly mailing. This mailing provides valuable content, but I think more important than that is reminding people that I exist week in and week out. It's the same with twitter, it's mostly just "small talk" but it keeps me and my business on people's radar.

Re: The “Freedom Business” Blueprint

Laura Roeder — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:12:07 -0000

"E.g., I am passionate about helping disabled people find jobs and live independent lives. But wait, maybe I could write a book with tips on how they can find work."

That sounds like a fantastic info-product to me!!! Think of all the people you could help with a product like that. From the discussion I'm guessing that you're feeling bad about "taking money" from these people but if your product truly helps them find jobs and lead independent lives you are only helping them!

I think that is a GREAT place to start for your infoproduct. What are some magic bullets that these people need? A list of the most disability-friendly employers in america and instructions on getting a job there maybe?

Re: Startups: your web site sucks

Laura Roeder — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:12:43 -0000

I am constantly SHOCKED at this. I get how old school legal firms wouldn't understand that they need an effective website but tech start-ups? These are just embarrassing. And they owe you a huge thank you for calling them out.

To the start-ups who are reading this and cringing at the thought of your own site - hire us! http://www.roederstudios.com

Re: Building your twitter network

Laura Roeder — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:26:41 -0000

Roeder Studios has designed a new model for leveraging the web to create a snowball of brand momentum and transform your tribe into a vibrant, engaged community. Our clients are innovative companies and personalities that are seeking to create magnetic, exciting online experiences for their customers and fans.

Re: Goals Suck!

Laura Roeder — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:12:37 -0000

I love that you've been asking for help and getting a big ol YES! It's really amazing what happens when we step up and ask!

<abbr>Laura Roeder’s last blog post..How To Form an Online Accountability Group</abbr>

Re: Why The Job-ification of Your Passion Can be the Ticket to Hating Your Life

Laura Roeder — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:43:25 -0000

Really smart post, this would have been a great resource when I started my business! I think many focus on things like blogging or marketing because there is no outright rejection or failure. Asking someone to buy from you is a much scarier prospect.

Re: The #1 Value that Underlies Everything I Do on Finance Your Freedom

Laura Roeder — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:35:55 -0000

Re: My Liberation Story: Laura Roeder

Laura Roeder — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:49:58 -0000

Re: Monetization is For Amateurs

Laura Roeder — Fri, 08 May 2009 19:31:11 -0000

Stating on the record that this comment cracked me up!

Re: Twitter Wisdom: How to Use TweetLater Correctly

Laura Roeder — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:57:50 -0000

Great advice! I get so many messages that @breagrant should be using tweetlater or a service that automatically updates twitter w/ her wordpress posts. I disagree, I think the less automation the better and the tips you've suggested make the messages look natural.

Re: Want Social Networking ROI? Read This

Laura Roeder — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:37:49 -0000

This is always an interesting to discussion to me since I'm in the weird position of having clients who are actors and are genuinely not looking to sell anything for money. Makes things very difficult to quantify, but easier in the way that we don't even have to worry about increasing sales!

Re: Facebook Notes: An Easy Strategy for High Visibility

Laura Roeder — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:45:34 -0000

I like that notes pop up in the feed, but I am actually not a fan of RSS import to notes because there's no blog link or any kind of mention that this article came from a blog. What are your thoughts on that?

Re: Ch-Ch-Ch-CHANGES!

Laura Roeder — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:47:00 -0000

Say it sister!

Re: Why The Job-ification of Your Passion Can be the Ticket to Hating Your Life

Laura Roeder — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:43:25 -0000

Re: The #1 Value that Underlies Everything I Do on Finance Your Freedom

Laura Roeder — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:35:55 -0000

Re: My Liberation Story: Laura Roeder

Laura Roeder — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:49:58 -0000

Re: Monetization is For Amateurs

Laura Roeder — Fri, 08 May 2009 19:31:11 -0000

Stating on the record that this comment cracked me up!

Re: Ch-Ch-Ch-CHANGES!

Laura Roeder — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:47:00 -0000

Say it sister!