Anna Harper-Hess, Social Media, Sociology, Social Commentary

Insomnia

I’ve never been a great sleeper. My parents always tell stories of how difficult I was to put to bed as a baby. I can remember hating sleep as a little kid and as a teenager I always had problems falling asleep and staying asleep. I thought my lack of sleep was relatively normal (my [...]

Tracing My Roots

When I was finishing up my master’s degree I decided my next project would be to trace my family history. I’ve always been curious about where my family is from and what patterns and parallels I can see between my ancestors lives and mine. The show Who Do You Think You Are? also inspired me [...]

2010 Recap and 2011 Plans

I had a pretty great 2010 and 2011 seems like it will be pretty awesome. Here’s my recap of 2010 and my resolutions for 2011. My 2010 highlights: Becoming an Aunt One of the biggest highlights this year was becoming an aunt for the first time. My older brother Brandon and his wife Amanda had [...]

Happy Holidays!

Thanks for reading and interacting with me on my blog; your comments and feedback mean a lot to me. I hope you have a happy holiday!

Finding My Blogging Voice

I can’t believe how long it’s been since my last post. I wanted to start this blog to give a fresh perspective on social media, technology, and sociology. I’m not sure I’m accomplishing any of that, but I’m working on being patient with myself as I develop this site and as I develop my blogging [...]

The Social Network & Valuing Ideas

On Friday a group of social media friends and I went to see The Social Network. As many of you may know, the film is about how Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg came up with the idea of Facebook, how the company was launched, and the drama that occurred as a result of some of his less than [...]

How to Pass the Google Adwords Exam

As many of you know, I recently took a new job with a Search Engine Marketing company called Bizresearch. As part of my hiring process I was required to take the Google Adwords Fundamentals exam and one of the Google advanced exams in order to obtain my Adwords Certification. These exams are challenging and if [...]

Social Media Tracking & Analytics Seminar

For a few years I’ve been friends with Laura Thieme, president of Columbus-based Bizresearch, a search engine and marketing analytics company. Recently, she informed me she will be presenting a free seminar on tracking social media and how social media can feed SEO and PPC search marketing campaigns. I think this seminar could be very [...]

Quick Tips for Securing Your Info on Social Media Sites

Recently, I read an article in INC. Magazine about a study that shows people age 50 and up are the fastest growing demographic in social media. It’s pretty cool to see people in all different demographics getting involved in social media, but I think it’s important new users understand the amount of personal information they [...]

The Travel Bug

For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move. – Robert Louis Stevenson I have the travel bug BAD. I’ve always enjoyed traveling, but it seems the older I get the more I want to pack my bags and head out [...]