Laura Kimball is a word warrior who slays metaphors and believes that if you want to be a successful blogger, you have to market yourself. She has the heart of a writer, the brain of a marketer, and is obsessed with building buzz and motivating communities online. Laura has a background in book publishing and is currently building the social media team at Scrappy Face, a small business consulting firm (http://scrappyface.com). She blogs about life, ambitions, and dreams at lamiki.com (http://lamiki.com) and can always be found on Twitter (@lamiki, http://twitter.com/lamiki).