Morning Inspiration, #AMInspire Round-up: Relationship, Inspiration, Happiness, and more

Every morning, on Twitter we ask a question about life, work or love and collect the wise responses. Here are the most recent replies to our daily #AMinspire questions from our wonderful tweeps! Enjoy!
#AMinspire Gems of the Week

January 19, 2012
“If you were rich, what would you buy for your best friend?”
@matt9322: If I had lots [...]

Crowdsourcing the Brand – A Case Study

The case of the Fleet Feet Sports Chicago Cheer team #RunChi (formerly #FFCheer) shows how to employ user-generated content and the social reach of your fans to create a movement and drive traffic to a website.
Objective:
Fleet Feet Sports Chicago were looking to give runners a supportive environment, a place to applaud their accomplishments, support each [...]

Looking For Part-Time Administrative Assistant

Responsibilities:
Be the boss of anything that involves scheduling, calendars, paper-work, bureaucracy, business subscriptions and certification paperwork, employee paperwork, insurance paperwork, invoicing and billing, office supplies, office budgeting, and other associated tasks.
Skills:

Administrative writing skills,
Calendar management (multiple calendars and tasks)
Managing processes,
Familiarity with billing and payments software,
Ability to quickly analyze requests and work independently,
Outstanding professionalism,
Problem solving skills,
Supply [...]

AMinspire Gems of the Week — Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012! New Year with New Goals for Old but So Important Issues: Health, Environment, Leisure, and Personal

 
We’re proud to present the “AMinspire Gems of the Week” Forth edition! Each of us has our own opinion and sense of humor – which we had so much fun reading about them past week. Some posts can be considered as gems to treasure and to [...]

How Amazon Taught me It’s Good to Shop in a Good Ol’ Store

Gasp! I said it! And it’s a simple story of how my dependency on online shopping turned into more work for me.
Last weekend I ordered an office item from Amazon. I have Amazon Prime, so I went with 2-days free shipping to get it by Wed. I needed it urgently by Thursday so I figured [...]

AMinspire Gems of the Week — Trust, Charity, Anxiety, Colorful Christmas, and lot more

 
We’re proud to present the “AMinspire Gems of the Week” Third edition! Each of us has our own opinion and sense of humor – which we had so much fun reading about them past week. Some posts can be considered as gems to treasure and to share with everyone. [...]

Practical Gifts for the Practical Marketing (Geek) Professional

Gift cards, popcorn and cookies are all fair in the business world but for the practical professional, or marketing professional, or entrepreneur, we’d like to recommend a series of gifts that will remind them of you for the rest of next year.
SEOMoz subscription
One of the best DIY SEO platforms, SEOMoz “combines SEO management, social media [...]

AMinspire Gems of the Week — Gratitude, Love, Morning Habits, Gifts, Dire Circumstances, and lot more

 
We’re proud to present the “AMinspire Gems of the Week” Second edition! Each of us has our own opinion and sense of humor – which we had so much fun reading about them past week. Some posts can be considered as gems to treasure and to share with everyone.  Drum rolls, [...]

AMinspire Gems of the Week – Names, Celebration, Funny, Embarrasing, Wise, and lot more!

We’re proud to present the “AMinspire Gems of the Week” First edition! Each of us has our own opinion and sense of humor – which we had so much fun reading about them past week. Some posts can be considered as gems to treasure and to share with everyone.  Drum rolls, please! Here are the [...]

Chicago Entrepreneurs Rock Bloomingdale’s at Geek 2 Chic Fashion Show

I had the honor of attending the Geek 2 Chic fashion show in Chicago last week and I walked away convinced that we need more male fashion shows for charity. It seemed that our “geeks” had a blast (see videos below), the audience had fun… and the single ladies were enchanted. To top it off [...]