April 2011

Pet Blogging is Officially Here to Stay – Interview with Caren Gittleman

by Tia Peterson April 29, 2011

I have to admit, before I started using Twitter, I had no idea that people were blogging as their pets. It wasn’t until I got a DM from a mysterious someone who said that their mom really liked bizchickblogs. My first thought was, “Cool!” So I went and checked out their blog. It was then [...]

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More Royal Wedding Images of William and Kate – Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

by Tia Peterson April 29, 2011

All Courtesy The British Monarchy of Flickr (yeah, they get it)

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Foto Friday: In Dedication

by RebekahW April 29, 2011

“You do not marry the person you can live with, you marry the person for whom you cannot live without.” – In dedication and in memory.

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Updated! 9 Bestsellers to Add to Your Reading List AND A Book Giveaway!

by Tia Peterson April 27, 2011

I now know what my spring & summer reading list is going to look like! So many bestsellers; I put the ones of interest together in a list for you.

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Updated: Check out the new Facebook Send button!

by Tia Peterson April 27, 2011

How to add the new Facebook send button to your site, what it is, and how to use it. Includes images.

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5 Simple Tips For Customer Profile Success

by Susan Oakes April 26, 2011

Could you give a detailed profile of your key customers or customer group in 60 seconds? That is apart from some demographic information. If you can that is fantastic. If you can’t then you could be missing out and making the marketing of your brand that much harder to do. The reason is based on…

Small Business Marketing

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what to wear: non-black to a funeral

by Teresa Morisco April 26, 2011

Getting ready for a funeral seems like a slam-dunk. Pull out your black dress or black skirt and top and slip out the door. Right?  That’s what most people do.  But why? Why is black so significant to North Americans when it comes to death?
Well, it started with Queen Victoria.  She started wearing black as [...]

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Food Network Chefs I Love to Love

by Tia Peterson April 26, 2011

If you’re looking for Rachael Ray, she’s actually listed over here, at Food Network Chefs I Love to Hate. Sorry! I promised I would follow up that earlier post with this one, so here it is! Enjoy! Ina Garten Why I love her: Amazing food and a calming disposition. Honestly, I feel that Ina’s show, [...]

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Today! bizchickchat live on blogtalkradio!

by Tia Peterson April 25, 2011

A funny thing happens when you take inventory of your life and start to re-prioritize everything in it. Anyway, I’m in the process of that. It’s been an eye-opening and rather peaceful experience, though, not what I would have expected. As I started to re-think things and put everything in the right place in my [...]

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Radio Killed the Video Star? Or was it the other way around…

by Tia Peterson April 22, 2011

bizchickchat now has an official home – on the radio. Join me each week on Mondays as we talk all things bizchick – from business to health, relationships/family to technology, style, food, he says, and just about everything in between.

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Weekend Recipe: Crostini with Olive Relish

by Tia Peterson April 22, 2011

This week’s Weekend Recipe is from Everyday Food – the little Martha Stewart magazine. My copy of it has gotten so much use in the past two weeks, that it is already worn with dog ear marks, oil stains, and sticky pages from when I somehow spilled juice on it. Anyway, one of my favorite [...]

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Colleges holding our children hostage

by Sandy Miller April 19, 2011

Did you ever hear the story of the Emperor who has no clothes? Basically the Emperor is fooled into believe he is wearing beautiful clothes and no one is willing to tell him he is naked. It’s not until he goes out into the streets that a child sees him and points out what everyone [...]

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You know you’re a web addict when…

by John Flower April 19, 2011

I put together a highly specialized test for you to see whether you’re addicted to the web, or blogging, or development (to me, it’s all the same any case; it becomes one after too long). It took me years to refine, and probably decades to re-refine. I hope you find it useful.

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Homemade Vanilla Buttercream Frosting & Moist Chocolate Cupcakes

by Tia Peterson April 18, 2011

As promised, I am publishing the recipe for homemade vanilla buttercream frosting for the yummiest, moistest chocolate cupcakes you will ever make. I got the original recipe for this frosting from The Farm Chicks (thefarmchicks.typepad.com) and modified it only a little bit. Moist Chocolate Cupcakes Follow the recipe EXACTLY as described here on The Farm [...]

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