Author: Andrea Kelly
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Reflections on My Time at BLISCare: Strategic Growth and Key Learnings
Over the past several weeks, I had the opportunity to work with the team at BLISCare on a consulting project, focusing on strategy, communication, and organizational growth. The experience was both insightful and rewarding, allowing me to engage deeply with their goals, assess their current processes, and help drive initiatives…
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Turning Ideas into Impact: Why I’m Starting a Product Management Consulting Business
Over the past several years, I’ve had the privilege of being in the thick of the product world—taking ideas from a scribble on a whiteboard to full-blown products that win in the market. From scrappy startups to growth-stage companies, I’ve been fortunate to work with some amazing teams, solving complex…
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Why use WordPress for your website?
So, you’re a marketer in the technology industry trying to defend the use of WordPress for your company’s web CMS? I feel you. WordPress is the free, open-source content management system (CMS) many people (ie. software developers) love to hate. But it’s also the most used CMS on the internet,…
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Quick Left Portland Hosts Hack the Dot Hackfest for Name.com
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON QUICKLEFT.COM On November 12, 2015, in Portland, Oregon, a new top level domain was born. Hackable. Humorous. Hippos?Hack the Dot is a two hour hackathon extravaganza. Brain child of Name.com, the idea is to create community engagement while promoting creativity on both sides of the ‘dot’. Quick…
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Dear Meetup Organizer, Here’re some tips. Love, your Host.
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON QUICKLEFT.COM Hosting meetups is a big part of my job as a Quick Left marketer. On a personal level, getting to invite people into my space lets me fill the “Desperate Housewives” in me that rarely gets to rear it’s head in my “real life”. Also, the opportunity to…
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Hack the Arts, Fall 2015 Hackfest Recap
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON QUICKLEFT.COM They say things get better with time and our Fall 2015 Hackfest did not disappoint. We really let loose with an event centered around art and creativity. The rules were simple: the teams were formed night of the event and the same went for your code. In…
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5 Takeaways from Inbound 2015
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON QUICKLEFT.COM When BuzzFeed founder Jonah Peratti took the stage at Inbound 2015, touting that lists had been a major growth strategy for his website’s “most shareable breaking news”, I knew that there was no other way to frame this blog post. After spending a week in beautiful Boston, here…
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