Lara Kretler’s blog

How to know you’ve pulled off a successful event: 1. People give you thunderous applause for helping to organize it (totally unexpected and unnecessary, but way fun) 2. Lots of blog posts, Tweets and more raving about it 3. A steady stream of requests about when the next one will take place. Yes, it’s true, the Columbus Tweetup for [...]

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It’s a crazy day in the blogosphere. Twitter is all abuzz over lost followers but if you’re a Twitterhead in central Ohio, you’re in luck. Rocky VanBrimmer, the king of social networking, has created a Twitter “lost and found” page for folks to re-connect with followers they’ve lost. Happy hunting. Oh, and Twitter? To quote the [...]

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My husband sent me flowers at work this week and it was a great object lesson. First, I was so blown away by the flowers that I’m now helping to promote Oberer’s by blogging about them. The lesson? Delivering superb product quality, consistently excellent customer experiences and wonderful customer service results in brand enthusiasts who will tell all [...]

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Let’s get right down to it, because I have a goal tonight, people. My goal is to write two blog posts (this one and one over on The Central Ohio Network) in time to sit down and watch So You Think You Can Dance. I’d like to kick it old school tonight and watch my show straight [...]

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It’s a hectic week so this will be a quick post. First, today’s Ragan.com e-newsletter featured an article about Twitter for PR pros with a quote or two from yours truly. I like the article overall, but I’m pretty sure I said that I follow local media and a Business Week reporter (not a local BW reporter). [...]

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I was interviewed last week by an editor at Ragan Communications about using Twitter to reach the media. She admitted she’s never tried Twitter and didn’t know much about microblogging. By the end of our interview, I think I had her interested enough to give it a shot. The article should be posted in the [...]

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I am happy to announce I’ve been invited to blog over at The Central Ohio Network by uber social networker @Rockson from Twitter. If you’re in central Ohio and you’re not linked to Rocky on LinkedIn or following him on Twitter, you should be. He is one well connected dude. I’m excited about this because I [...]

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It’s motorcycle season again at last, but I’ve only been out on two wheels once this year. Pathetic, right?! But the weather and our schedule just haven’t been cooperating. So, to keep me from going crazy during this rainy, busy week when I’d rather be out on my beloved Purple Grrl, here are my top 3 favorite rides so far. [...]

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There’s nothing worse than an unattended, stale blog. I hate that I haven’t posted in so many days! Yet I am so busy right now that it’s nearly impossible to find the time. So I’m laying down a few ground rules for myself. 1. If I’m too busy to write a real blog post of substance, [...]

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