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Tag: silly pop culture references

Fence Post in South Carolina
Mommess

From post to gatepost: why “engaging” social media strategies don’t always get people to show up

and what to do about it. Focusing on social media engagement stats can be antithetical to actually helping people show up in real life. Because “engagement-based” social strategies…

April 10, 2026April 10, 2026 · 7 min read

Creativity

What’s your best marketing plan?

Answer: the one you will actually do. No one needs to elaborate any more than this, but I will write like wild anyway because I’m a human who…

March 31, 2026March 31, 2026 · 9 min read

Artwork by EM Matteson, looks like abstract figure
Best of Mommess

Ai Ai (for now)

[Update 12/21/20255] I’ve stopped using AI as an administrative tool, because, it is has been more trouble than it has provided innovative solutions, AND it uses ridiculous amount…

November 15, 2025December 21, 2025 · 6 min read

Culture

Regress, or Congress?

In 2016, I wrote letters to a number of GOP Senators asking them to hold the line against the destructive tendencies of Trump. It seemed clear that his…

November 4, 2025November 5, 2025 · 9 min read

Creativity

Road Songs, Libraries, and Hard Work Hassles

After dropping my 15 year old at drivers ed, I drove around listening to classic rock and landed at the library. Before I forget, Bob Seeger is an…

October 25, 2025October 25, 2025 · 4 min read

phone markup art of an abstract bird on pink background by Elizabeth Matteson
Mommess

3 little words… on my doorstep

A multi-media pairing for a multi-media life. Thank goodness for music, art, and poetry. In three words, I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life. It goes…

September 1, 2025September 1, 2025 · 1 min read

Creativity

Validation & Credentialing ~ Terms of Endearment for oddly-credentialed kin

I’ve been pondering the value of credentialing and validation for someone to get recognized for mastery in action, but have personally not chased either; preferring instead to practice…

June 10, 2025June 10, 2025 · 4 min read

Mommess

IT

I have had a love-hate relationship with the word “it” in all of its permutations. There, I admitted it. In my book, it is not exactly a Term…

May 17, 2025May 20, 2025 · 4 min read

Coaching

Networking with a beginner’s mind

Backdrop: In 20+ years of my marketing business, I didn’t need to “do networking” because the right people found me at the right times, and my business (and…

April 10, 2025April 10, 2025 · 7 min read

Mommess

Duality: a coin parse

Inner Struggle, and a Flip Side of Self-identity About a year ago I went through a tough time. While reaching out, one of my more perceptive friends said…

April 1, 2025April 1, 2025 · 3 min read

Culture

Alt Empress E

We’ve always had “royal” notables in our culture. I’m talking the King of Rock n Roll1, The Queen of Soul2, The Prince of Pop3, The Godfather of Soul,…

March 19, 2025March 20, 2025 · 5 min read

Coaching

project project & on demand on you

This is about putting the marketing cart before the horse with Human Design, and it apparently working.1 Oh yes, and moonlighting…And examining why anyone would put pressure on…

November 24, 2024November 25, 2024 · 5 min read

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