The Biz of SM

Nov 28th, 2011 / Wine Country + Movies + Clevers = AMAZING

Clever Co-Founder Kristy Sammis was a featured panelist at the Buick Tweet House at the Napa Valley Film Festival. Lizz/@CanBeAFunnyGirl from “Am I A Funny Girl” shares all the details in this guest post. Enjoy!


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Oct 3rd, 2011 / Clever Girls Collective—Now One of the Largest Blog Networks in the World!

You may have noticed that our website has gotten a little HTML “Botox” lately as we’ve adjusted the messaging to more accurately reflect what the reality of Clever Girls Collective is today. We’re not just a network of amazing bloggers. [...]


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Sep 14th, 2011 / Nielsen’s State of the Media: Women Rule Social Networks, Blogs Are Influential (Duh!)

Earlier this week, Nielsen published their State of the Media: Social Media Report (Q3 ‘11). Four key take-aways for us here at Clever Girls Collective were: Social networks and blogs continue to dominate Americans’ time online, now accounting for nearly [...]


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Jul 23rd, 2011 / Do you have Klout Pout?

Last night I was poking around on Klout, the site that assigns a score quantifying one’s online (social media) influence, and I finally realized what has been bothering me about the site: it makes me feel “unworthy.” Like I’m never [...]


Jul 14th, 2011 / Five Reasons Why Bloggers Should Get Paid

As someone who has been blogging since 2003, I’ve seen blogs progress from online diaries shared with interested communities to full-on revenue-generating powerhouses. I’ve also had to struggle with the notion of being paid to blog and where I would [...]


Apr 14th, 2011 / Paradigm Shift: Want to Connect with Bloggers? Ditch the Pitch!

Not only am I a Clever Girls Collective co-founder, but I’m also a long-time personal blogger. Every morning when I go through my email, the first thing I do is delete (or, rather filter and automatically send to trash) the [...]


May 12th, 2010 / Do You Pay for Social Media? We Think You Should.

Recently I had an exchange with business acquaintance, where I was asked to leverage my social media contacts to help gather people for an event. Naturally, because I have first-hand experience with the power of our social media power user [...]


Jan 14th, 2010 / Start – and Finish! – with a Goal

This week Clay McDaniel posted "5 Tips for Creating a Successful Social Media Contest" on Mashable. It's a brilliantly simple summary of the best way to manage any kind of social media program — not just contests! Here are his [...]


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