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What does your word cloud say about you? Freelancer Fun with Wordle

Tracy Ready — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:52:00 +0000

It was fun creating this image for our Facebook page using Wordle:

Word cloud for The Social Freelancer Blog via Wordle

What would yours say?

Why did I do that?

Why You Should Schedule Tweets AND Engage. Yes. It Matters.

Tracy Ready — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:57:32 +0000

A myth: “Scheduling posts to Twitter is impersonal, everyone hates it.”
A truth: “It is important to engage with your followers, interact with them on Twitter so that they know you are a real person, not a “bot”"

Indie Music, Texas Groove: Trace Relations Releases “Prosperity Street”

Tracy Ready — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:47:02 +0000

TRACE RELATIONS RELEASES DEBUT CD WITH SPECIAL GUESTS INCLUDING AUGIE MEYERS AND SHAWN SAHM OF TEXAS TORNADOS AND DALLAS’ BLUES MASTER HASH BROWN

TRACE RELATIONS is just that, all of vocalist Tracy Ready’s musical relations. ‘PROSPERITY STREET’ is a unique listening experience encompassing Rock, Blues, Jazz and Americana styles. It’s twelve tracks of Texas groove guaranteed to improve your mood, produced by Sal Salvador and Tracy Ready.

You are What You DO, Not What You Say

Tracy Ready — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:58:59 +0000

I did a lot of needless yapping before realizing this simple truth: People don’t pay much attention to what you say, all that matters is What You DO.

Lauren's Flowers, Photo by Tracy Ready

Four Tips for Surviving Social Media

Tracy Ready — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:00:24 +0000

What to do with Social Media? Be careful, but have fun… Here are four quick tips for surviving social media, hope you find it helpful.

1. Use common sense. Simple. Don’t put your home address anywhere on your websites, blogs, profiles, anywhere. I keep a business mailing address that is posted on my sites, but it’s no one’s business where I live.

Focus On What You CAN Do, Not What You CAN’T

Tracy Ready — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:25:25 +0000

I had a horrible dream last night.
Riding in the very back seat of a passenger van on a two lane blacktop highway at night, I looked up to see that I was the only one in the van. No driver, no other passengers and the van was starting to veer off of the road. I struggled to unstrap myself from the seat so that I could somehow climb over all the seats, get behind the wheel and save myself from certain disaster. I woke up sweating. When I told my wife about the dream she pointed out how symbolic it was for my life at this time. Strange, I couldn’t even see the symbolism until she pointed it out to me.
The rest of the story >>>

Image courtesy of Why I Adore...blog

Have You Had This Dream?
My guess is you have, in one form or another. I believe we have all had the same dream. It’s the thought of things being out of our control that is the center of all fear. So what can we do about it?

Catch Trace Relations on the Radio and with The S.A. Blue Cats This Week!

Tracy Ready — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:42:20 +0000

ON THE AIR action this week for Trace Relations… I am honored to be invited as on air guest on the radio, first with Gordon Ames’ Big G’s Texas Roadhouse show on Wednesday, then on Jim Beal, Jr.’s Third Coast Music Network on Thursday. THEN, a special Friday night treat in San Antonio, Guitarist Kevin Lewis and myself (vocals) will appear as guests in live performance with the fabulous S.A. Blue Cats!

Top 5 of 2011 from The Social Freelancer

Tracy Ready — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:48:16 +0000

I’ve got the ham and black eyed peas on the burner as I sit here reflecting on the strangeness that was 2011. I don’t know about you but I am happy to have kicked last year to the curb! It was a difficult one on many fronts…
A BIG positive note for me was the development of this blog, The Social Freelancer ™. I have enjoyed posting regularly (a first for me!) and the interaction of people all over the world via social media (Facebook, Twitter, Youtube).

Why Social Media Matters and How Marketing Doesn’t Change (“Old Media” vs NEW)

Tracy Ready — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:57:17 +0000

Not convinced social media matters? Watch ANY news program on television, from CNN to Fox to MSNBC – EVERY SINGLE ONE now will bombard you with invitations to connect on Facebook AND Twitter. Trust me, I have worked in television for more than twenty years. If social media wasn’t having a positive impact on their relationship with viewers, thereby driving up the value of advertising, THEY WOULDN’T BE DOING IT.

Repetitive messaging works with ALL MEDIA, whether we like it or not...

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Who Gives a Twit About Twitter? A LOT of Folks [Infographic]

Tracy Ready — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:56:15 +0000

Who gives a Twit to share a Tweet? What does it all mean? Well, it takes a bit of instruction (or self teaching as I did) to understand it but the numbers don’t lie, Twitter is a powerful news, information and marketing platform. Everyone who is ignoring it, think again, wrap your head around it, it’s here to stay.