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Martha Stewart Questions Blogger Validity

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I fell in love with Martha Stewart, the businesswoman, the moment I met her. I love her even more today after I heard a recent TV interview where she gave her opinion about bloggers.

Not everyone has the nerve to publicly say what’s on their mind. Martha has never been shy. She doesn’t give much merit to bloggers. A blogger is someone like me who shares thoughts about life, current events, hobbies, professions, art, movies, food, fashion, tech, and an endless number of topics. Sometimes CEO’s have blog posts where they update the world about the state of their companies.

Most bloggers do not have any journalism background yet they are quick to offer opinions, reviews, guidance on product and services. Year after year, many bloggers have gained notoriety and business respect. That really bothers Martha. She feels that most of them don’t have skills or training. They just blah, blah all the time without the benefit of a high authority guiding them.

I deal with the top 50 to 100 bloggers in the music, tech, art, politics, beauty, and fashion businesses. Many of them are self-appointed authorities that somehow managed to get a following. They police themselves.

It’s a whole new world out there. Some bloggers are now considered industry celebrities. The Internet has provided a world stage where anyone can have 15 minutes of fame

How Google Got Its Name

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In case you didn’t know it, the new CEO of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer, was one of the first people to work at Google when it was first established. Mayer started an uproar last Friday when she told all of the Yahoo employees they now have to work on site at the company headquarters, no longer with home privileges: No excuses! If you can’t work from the Yahoo office, then please quit and go away.

Mayer has been on the job for less than six months. Read all about why she wants all Yahoo employees under one roof in the next post. Meanwhile, watch this video by clicking here to find out why Google is called Google and how difficult was it for her to be a woman in tech at the very beginninng of this fascinating company. Martha Stewart asks the questions.

I’m Curious, Martha

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No one can ever accuse me of being a Martha Stewart groupie. I don’t cook, clean, bake, garden, or create floral boutiques out of cauliflower.

I do, however, think of Martha often because of a short but impactful conversation I had with her on the way to the Consumer Electronics Show many years ago. I spotted her at JFK airport walking alone down an aisle pulling her wheelie.

I asked her why she was traveling without an entourage. She was surprised by my question. “I am just a ‘working girl’ going to CES to seek out the latest in innovation.” In just the few minutes we spoke, Martha admitted to me she was driven by her “curious” mind.

I instantly became very jealous of her. She was “curious” and was doing something about it. How many of us get “curious” about a topic and never do anything?

Now some 20 years later, Martha is still as “curious” as ever. She is in her late 60s but seems ageless as she keeps reinventing herself over and over. She showed up this weekend to give a keynote speech at Blogher, a 5,000 mom, garden and food blogger conference in New York City.

A friend of mine, Andrea Smith, a lifestyle writer for Mashable, a tech blog, interviewed Martha about her life in social media. I am going to share it with you so click here.

“I love Twitter,” Martha told the crowd. “It just made sense to me.”

In addition to being a whiz on Twitter, Martha Stewart has amassed a huge following on Pinterest, with more than 80,000 followers. Andrea asked her, “So how does the master of all things domestic also master the digital?” Please watch the video to find out.