Ellie Mirman's Startup Marketing Blog

1. I can become incoherent late at night.  I make typos, spelling and grammar erros, and generally make a lot less sense.  (Case in point.)

or,10 REASONS TO GET OFF Facebook....

My friend recently asked me this question and here was my answer:

Hi, my name is Ellie, and I'm a Workaholic. It's taken me a long time to admit it, and I'm still not sure I completely believe it. Because I think I'm really just someone who loves her job and gets satisfaction out of doing some real awesome work.

This post brings together two of my favorite things: comedy and religion. Oh, and a third I guess: my family. But maybe I shouldn't have given that away...

We are in the Age of the Geeks, where everything "geeky" or "dorky" is actually cool and awesome.  We are all embracing our inner geek.  And my inner geek just can't help but love these wonderful articles:

Where Modesty Does Not Mean Frumpy!

I've spoken about this numerous times before - happiness in your job is all about finding the right company for you. There's no one perfect job for everyone, it's all about finding the right fit between you and the company.

Both what I have heard about writing blog articles that become popular and what I have experienced in terms of the blog articles that I actually read and enjoy involve four things that boil down to the same point: make it easy to scan your article and still get what it's saying. People who really follow blogs (even me, who only follows a couple dozen) have a ton of posts to read every day, and in reality, they're not going to sit down and read every single one in detail. Make it short, sweet, and easy to read, with these key points:

1. When your friend creates a post on FunWall, your feed reads, "[Your friend] sent you message." Confusing! Not so much the "[Your friend] threw a snowball at you! Continue the snowball fight and throw one back!" typical application feed. Use of the term "message" is very misleading and confusing.