According to Bloomberg, Snapchat has passed 150 million users a day. That’s more than Twitter (136 milli estimated). Not bad for a social platform birthed less than 6 years ago. In this short time frame, Snapchat has built it’s $19 billion network on the popularity of young users. Website, comScore.com estimates 69 percent of U.S. smartphone users(…)
A few years ago I made the decision to go back to school. I was 39, divorced, and had 2 kids. That might sound crazy scary but it was one of the best decisions I ever made. Growing up in the 80’s I watched my dad work in Corporate America. He earned an MBA from(…)
With 304 million active daily users, Twitter is a monster machine for promoting, connecting, and staying informed. Every second around 6,000 tweets are tweeted. That’s an average of over 350,000 tweets per minute, 500 million tweets per day and 200 billion tweets per year(!). Twitter is 140-character magic. Although it has changed a bit since its 2006 debut, one(…)
A highlight of my school trip to Brazil was our International Business Challenge. Our class was divided into groups, each team created a business plan to introduce to the Brazilian market. In addition to our 5 LSU team members, we had 2 students from ESPM, a Brazilian University to help guide us about the do’s &(…)
With the heavy influence of social media on the upcoming generations I knew it was only a matter of time before it became an issue with my kids. I’d heard many of Mo’s classmates discuss their social media accounts, but I blissfully hoped the urge would pass my son. It did for a while. However,(…)
I love sharing great mommy finds. I stumbled on a YouTube channel that I love. Ayesha Curry is a mom who makes fun videos with recipes and cool mommy finds. Her YouTube channel, Little Lights of Mine covers: *Tag Videos *Mommy Must Haves *Fitness Fridays *Vlogging (Family Trips) Ayesha has a 2 year old daughter so if you’re(…)
Kim Kardashian recently took to her Twitter to defend herself against the constant rumors and attacks concerning her physique. “I’m seeing all these nonsense tabloids claiming I have butt implants-injections. Get a life! Using pics of me 15lbs skinnier (before I had my baby) comparing to me now! I still have weight to lose. Anyone(…)
I don’t know which happened faster and had the world talking more: Beyonce spitting out daughter Blue Ivy or Beyonce suprisingly dropping a 14 song, 17 video album. On December 13, 2013 Beyonce changed the music game. Without any advertising or promotion Queen Bey released an entire album complete with music videos. It was the(…)
No matter how old we get, we all have our room or belongings at our parent’s house. For me, it would include dusty cheerleading trophies, high school love letters, and a Salt N’ Pepa poster. All worthless to most, priceless to me. If you’re talking Kobe Bean Bryant’s old room it’s another story. The 15(…)
Just call me Thornton Mellon. After 15 years I’ve gone back to school. WOW! Things sure have changed. One of the hardest adaptations for me: ONLINE TEXTBOOKS. Bleh. When I graduated undergrad pretty much the only people who had a laptop were the same ones who had a private plane. I never would have thought(…)