You Need a Suzanne Vara

Suzanne Vara When I go to Las Vegas, I try my best to get time for a drink with Suzanne Vara. She’s someone who straddles the traditional advertising world and the new media. Suzanne is all energy. Her mind works a thousand times faster than she can ever hope to express through her words, both written and voiced. But none of that is why I think she’s top notch.

Suzanne is a community maker.

Want to see her in action? Any site that uses the Disqus commenting system gives you a view into Suzanne’s comments. She’s out there, tirelessly reading, processing, and reacting to other people’s material. She adds value.

Oh, and she writes really thoughtful blog posts.

You can follow her on Twitter and find out that she’s a Jets fan the levels of which might even rival Gary Vaynerchuk. And you’ll see that she’s a conversationalist, as well. There’s a lot there.

One last thing. What I like most about talking with Suzanne is that she talks about others ceaselessly in the best sense. We talked about lots of friends we have in common, and a lot of the up and coming stars like Marjorie Clayman. It’s refreshing to hear someone have so many good things to share about others.

Connect to this Suzanne, but also, make sure you take time to point out the Suzanne Varas in your world, too. There are people giving you tireless contact and interaction and value that you’re not making into the stars they should be. I know, because I could devote an entire blog to the great people I meet along the way, but instead, I’ll do my best to praise you when I can.

Thanks, Suzanne. I enjoyed our chat.

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  • http://www.joshchandlerva.com Josh Chandler

    Chris,

    I can add to that glowing review of Suzanne.

    Suzanne recently contacted me to invite me to guest post on her blog. I was truly honored to be asked and I worked really hard on constructing the post. Well, I can say that guest post went up on her blog and just spread like wildfire across the internet.

    At the end of it, I got a few prospective customers inquiring about my virtual assistant services. I’m truly indebted to Suzanne. :)

    I really enjoy contributing comments to her blog on a regular basis. I’m so excited to see Suzanne getting such a prominent mention on your blog.

    Congratulations Suzanne, you really deserve it. :)

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  • http://www.kherize5.com Suzanne Vara

    Josh

    Thank you but you did all the work to get the leads. The article was excellent and was very useful and valuable to the audience. Be proud of yourself.

    As for getting a prominent feature here, I am grateful and still in a state of shock. For the first time in what feels like a lifetime, I could not speak for over 5 minutes. That is what makes Chris Brogan even more amazing. He is one of the best people I know and a friendship that I cherish every minute of every day.

  • http://reallifemadman.blogspot.com Marjorie Clayman

    Boy…who’s one lucky lady with some awesome friends? Oh, me.

    Chris is right, Suzanne is most certainly one of a kind. Not only is she brilliant and everything stated above, but she can also *almost* sympathize with the pain I experience through my cheering of the Cleveland Indians. Almost :)

    As for me, well, I’m just honored and humbled that 2 amazing people whom I adore and respect would give me a nod and seemingly endless support. Thanks a ton!

  • http://www.joshchandlerva.com Josh Chandler

    The above comment I’m replying to officially shows why Suzanne is such an amazing person. :)

  • http://www.kherize5.com Suzanne Vara

    You are an awesome lady who inspires me with her writing and is a rising star as Chris has said. My friendship with you developed out of baseball and who knew that we were both ad gals? You are the face of the agency that your family put all of them into and through social media you are bringing us on the journey of an ad mad man. Thank you for sharing your life with me and everyone else. I am lucky to be a part of your community.

  • http://www.kherize5.com Suzanne Vara

    Chris

    This is amazing. I thank you for this as I have never been spoken about so well. I an grateful to you for this as well as all that you and the other thought leaders like Amber Naslund, DJ Waldow, CS Penn, Darren, Brian, Sonia, Beth Harte and of course Tom Martin bring to the community and allow me to think further about so many things. You all lead the way and I am so fortunate to be a part of your world.

    You know what your friendship means to me. You have been such an inspiration and give me so much to work with and think about. I can never thank you enough for this except by providing value to the communities.

    While I enjoy every conversation we have, especially when I ramble and you say never, we know that this is just the beginning as there is a big “never” waiting on the horizon. The sun will set in the west sooner or later.

  • http://twitter.com/wineywomen Kim Kolb

    Chris,

    I have had the pleasure of Suzanne commenting on my blog posts. She is super nice!
    Hey Suzanne, Nice Job!

  • Giannii

    =)

  • http://montrealinfashion.blogspot.com Montreal InFashion

    Thanks for sharing Chris, because sharing is caring!

  • http://www.bizznurse.com/ BIZZNURSE

    I want one!

  • http://www.bizznurse.com/ BIZZNURSE

    I want one too! Well, it is nice to talk with someone who can flourish us with many ideas instead of “hammering” each of our words. Some people with great brains tend to make other people talking to them felt buried 6 feet under. According to Chris description, I’m sure Suzanne is one of a kind. I can see the proves by only looking at her comments down there. It is hard to find people who would express their-self thoroughly like Suzanne. I admire your way of writing Suzanne. By the way Chris, congratulation for having Suzanne Vara ;)

  • http://www.kherize5.com Suzanne Vara

    Hi, nice to meet you. Thank you for commenting as I was afforded the opportunity to head on over to your blog and add that to my readings. I thoroughly enjoyed the offline blog as it was what I went through while the laptop was out to be repaired and I had to fire up the desktop. I am heading back over to read more articles.

    Thank you for introducing me to your blog. So very appreciated.

  • http://www.dubai-mortgages.com/abu-dhabi-finance-tamouh-investment-become-partners/ cathy @ Dubai Mortgage

    Suzzane it is really mind refreshing to read so much good things about you. I want to develop a good connection with you as it is tough to find such a sparkling person who is not envious and happily cherishing others. I can get a glance of your good nature by the following comments written about you and by you. It is really great.

  • http://www.bizznurse.com/ BIZZNURSE

    Thanks for dropping by too Suzanne. Your comment is inspiring ;) I’ve started to think like you too :)

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  • http://www.kherize5.com Suzanne Vara

    Cathy

    It is definitely a bit overwhelming I do have to admit. I share the good, bad and the ugly of others as I try and treat people better than I want to be treated. I do the best I can to provide value to the communities and also lend a helping hand.

    Please, let’s connect. I look forward to it.

  • http://www.kherize5.com Suzanne Vara

    Thanks Kim. Hope all is well with you guys. we need to catch up.

  • http://keithbloemendaal.com Keith Bloemendaal

    I am lucky enough to know Suzanne, she has guest posted for me on 2 of my blogs and we communicate almost daily via Skype, she is a real gem and it is really nice to see you giving her kudos Chris!

    PS: When did you become such a comedian? (saw your video on 1938media :-)

  • http://chrisbrogan.com Chris Brogan

    I know why YOU’RE smiling. : )

  • KAHUNA

    Well I can say that I have known Suzanne the longest! She is an amazing smart person who thrives on learning and has never been afraid to blaze her own trail as long as I have known her.

    and that is a long time-lol

    Chris hit it right with Suzann and there is no one(ok my Mother and the cheesemakers union) who has encouraged me to keep working on my blog more. When I get swamped at home and work and disappear for a few days she always sends me an encouraging message.

    Thanks Suz for all you do-
    Patrick

  • http://raulcolon.net Raul Colon

    Chris,

    Thanks for sharing your thoughts on someone that by just reading a few tweets and blog posts I see has many things in common with you. The most important one is showing gratitude how you also do every day. I already added her into my RSS Reader and look forward to reading her posts as much as I enjoy your posts.

    Thanks again for always giving the spotlight to those superstars that are worth following via these virtual channels.

  • http://www.kherize5.com Suzanne Vara

    Patrick

    Oh, you made my day commenting here. It has been a long time as I moved to SB in 4th grade. You are so near and dear to me and you constantly treat my eyes with your videos. I cannot wait until we can have a gigantic studio like kitchen and you take over the world of cooking.

    You inspire me regularly with all that you do each day as an artist, a father, husband, son and friend. I carry the fondest memories of Larch Avenue as the treat of being near the Petruccello house with the sweet smell of italian food cooking lingers.

    Thank you so much for taking the time to come over here and comment. People that are lucky enough to know you as I am are certainly have a more enriched life.

    PS- yeah of course when I met up with CB the other night, I talked about you. I cannot help myself to not gush about the people I admire.

  • http://www.kherize5.com Suzanne Vara

    Keith

    You are one of the finest! You know that as we do talk regularly. It was a honor to guest post for you as you have your hand in quite a bit of different types of businesses.

    Thank you for supporting me as you do and showing that you do care so much. You are hard to keep up with these days but you are always ready and able to lend a hand. Naturally you are on my must meet list so we will have to make that happen.

  • Anonymous

    Chris… nice tribute to Suzanne. While I do not know her, she sounds amazing in heart and soul.

    I do find it sad in our society that we must call out those people who “talk about others ceaselessly in the best sense……. It’s refreshing to hear someone have so many good things to share about others.” I wish all people just did this naturally.

    I once heard a psychologist (can’t recall who) say “the formula for a happy marriage was five positive comments toward your spouse for every one negative comment”. This goes beyond marriage, and effects all relationships. People who say negative stuff in business relationships sometimes balance with one positive… but negative comments sting more than good things please…. so that “always going positive thing” makes one spectacular (like your friend Suzanne Vara).

    If people read this far in the comments I hope they will accept the challenge to mirror her and talk people up all the time. They will stand out from the crowd and warrant this type of tribute someday!

    If find it interesting that those who are always critical of others are the same ones who question why certain individuals are successful. I wonder if you can trace the “praise others quotient” directly to success levels? I bet you can!

    thom

  • http://www.tommartin.typepad.com Tom Martin

    So true. So true. One of the great ones she is…

    @TomMartin

  • http://www.kherize5.com Suzanne Vara

    Thom

    I try to treat people better than I want to be treated. I am not the attention grabber so I like to promote others so they have the limelight. I love to learn about other people as through this I actually learn a lot about myself and also so many other things.

    Negative brings people down. Complaining without a solution is a waste of energy. At the same time everyone has some problems that are incredibly important to them and that should not be ignored.

    For me I love to learn new things and reading blogs and commenting affords me that as I am able to not only meet new people, I am also able to learn things that I may not have given enough thought to independently. Chris is right that my mind goes and goes but it is also a big help when it is directed by some great ones like Chris.

  • http://inchoo.net Toni Anicic

    I first met Suzanne at Inbound Marketing community created by HubSpot. We were both in the first generation of their inbound marketing university students. Among hundreds of people there, I still remember Suzanne, since she truly is a remarkable individual who leaves an impression on you.

    So, I can pretty much confirm what Chris just wrote :)

  • http://inchoo.net Toni Anicic

    I first met Suzanne at Inbound Marketing community created by HubSpot. We were both in the first generation of their inbound marketing university students. Among hundreds of people there, I still remember Suzanne, since she truly is a remarkable individual who leaves an impression on you.

    So, I can pretty much confirm what Chris just wrote :)

  • http://www.webtrainingwheels.com Lucy Beer

    I love this because I recently discovered Suzanne online and have been quietly following her and seeing what she’s up to. As someone who can’t claim to know her in real life, and was ignorant of her apparently extensive reputation, my opinion and appreciation of Suzanne was developed solely by reading her wonderful output via Twitter, her blog and Open Forum. I have found her to be a consistently smart and authentic voice in this crazy marketing-land, so I love that she’s getting these props!

  • http://www.bizchickblogs.com Tia Peterson, BizChickBlogs

    I just discovered Suzanne through a guest post over a joehageonline.com, and I must say I’m impressed by what you’ve written.

    The part that made me smile was when you talked about how Suzanne always talks about people she knows in a positive way. What a difference that makes in people! It’s clear to me now how she is so successful. People who are radiant and who radiate happy, positive thoughts about others are magnets. We all need Suzanne Varas in our lives…

    … and we all need a little bit of that in our own life, too.

    Cheers,
    Tia

  • http://www.kherize5.com Suzanne Vara

    Toni

    Thank you so much for your kind words. We were the first generation last year and we definitely did connect and engage quite a bit. I so very appreciate you taking the time to come here and share you thoughts.

    We do need to catch up.

  • Nicole

    Hi Chris, it’s Nicole, Suzanne’s sister.

    Thank you for writing about Suzanne (I guess you are really popular? I do not really know a lot about blogs or the “online world.”) I text. She has tried to show me but I do not get it; but she tells me to read your blog as it will help my students.

    She is so beautiful and the best mom to my nephew, Andrew, whom I call Biggie. She has taught Biggie so much and never takes any credit for it. That is Suzanne. She thrives on the happiness of others as people that know her know that when you tell her something good she lights up gets so excited, gasps and jumps up and down.Tell her something bad and she solves it as you are right her mind goes and goes but somehow she always has the right answers. I know as never tell her never (good or bad) as when you do, she has said enough to make that impact that you do it.

    Thank you for telling people about. She is so smart, beautiful, selfless and the best friend anyone will ever have.

  • http://www.kherize5.com Suzanne Vara

    Lucy

    Yes we have just met (on LI) but yet your kind words are inspiring, My tweets lately are sparse as 5 yr old on 2 wk break from preschool day camp awaiting kindergarten is wonderful but yet I find that Lego men cannot read and tweet.

    I look forward to connecting further and sharing more. Let’s talk more on twitter and LI to learn more about each other. I welcome that.

    Thank you for coming over here to also comment. Chris is inspiration to us all as he gives so much of himself to so many.

  • http://chrisbrogan.com Chris Brogan

    Super happy to hear from you, Nicole. I’m glad you dropped by. Biggie. I love that. : )

    She’s a very enthusiastic person, and I’m so glad to have known her for a little while. Now you tell all the fun stories from the way old days. : )

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