Go-to resource: Project Management Institute

Queued up: Podcast faves include Strangers, This is Love, Criminal, The Longest Shortest Time

Weekend vibes: Hanging with family either at the beach, in the park, or in our comfy home

Go-to resource: I regularly hit up the Content Marketing Institute and Ann Handley for the latest in content marketing—and there's a great “Writing Wednesday” 1-minute feature on LinkedIn that I tune into each week.

Queued up: Audible—books of all sorts. To be the best content creator and editor requires regular reading of all types of content, from fiction to biographies and everything in between. Audible lets me do that even when I'm on the go (or on the treadmill).

Weekend vibes: If I'm not working, I can probably be found spending time with my niece (Aunt YaYa here, y'all!), lifting weights at the gym, or watching (OK, yelling at) sports. I am a huge supporter of women's sports—it's a cause I fully invest myself in.

Go-to resource: My go to resource that helps build skill in my area of expertise lately has been this great WordPress blog by Elegant Themes, which has daily tips for building and designing sites.

Queued up: My favorite podcasts lately are: the Honest Designers Show, On Being, and Sounds Good.

Weekend vibes: My main love, outside of my family, is music. I love writing and playing music with others. And the beach is definitely my happy place. Backpacking in the mountains is a close second though.

Go-to resource: YouTube and platform-specific resources for training

Queued up: My music helps me to get into the groove while working.

Weekend vibes: You can find me trying new restaurants, spending time with family, and enjoying happy hour with my wife.

Go-to resources: When I'm trying to expand my way of thinking about SEO and its role in content strategy, I'll open up Contently's blog The Content Strategist as well as more typical SEO-focused outlets like Search Engine Land and The Moz Blog.

Queued up: YouTube! SEO is all about understanding how people talk about (and therefore search about) different topics. One of the best ways to get insight and learn special jargon or keyword phrases people might use is to watch an expert. Oh, and Google Keyword Planner to help me get the data behind all those great keywords.

Weekend vibes: Stepping away from the computer a bit and putting some practical skills I've learned (from YouTube videos...) to the test. Recently I've been working on my cooking skills, barista skills, and developing a bit of a green thumb.

Go-to resources: For design inspiration, I will check out Dribbble, Behance, and Pinterest. For branding, I have many books and courses that have helped shaped my process including Brand Gap, Story Brand, How to Style Your Brand, and more.

Queued up: I like to listen to podcasts about business and marketing like Online Marketing Made Easy, Vlog Boss Radio, The Mind Your Business Podcast, So Money, and Goal Diggers.

Weekend vibes: If I'm not working, I am rocking my most important job––being mom to my two boys or I'm working out by doing kickboxing, hot yoga, and hiking, but I also love hanging with friends.

Go-to resource: Codecademy, Medium.com, Stackoverflow.com, Laracasts, WordPress.org, Reactjs.org

Queued up: I have my Google News keyed in to give me new programming news related to PHP, CSS, and Javascript from any source.

Weekend vibes: I'm an avid video gamer, coder, gym rat, and craft beer drinker.

Go-to resource: Deep Work for a reminder on focusing deeply. I also am a big fan of the blogs, PPC Hero and Social Media Examiner.

Queued up: I love Amy Porterfield's site, along with YouTube to see new changes on AdWords and Facebook Ads. I also find Facebook groups and masterminds to be incredibly helpful for bouncing ideas off of other professionals and for keeping up on the constant platform changes for both Adwords and Facebook Ads.

Weekend vibes: I love spending time with my three kids and husband, and we're huge outdoors people. We love to spend weekends at the lake, or hiking. I also love doing triathlons, yoga and am an avid reader and podcast listener.

Go-to resource: I frequently turn to Dribbble, Muzli, Codecademy, CodePen, and conferences/seminars such as Adobe MAX to build on my skillset.

Queued up: I love Invision's blog! I find it's super relevant to me as a designer. Muzli also conveniently has a chrome extension that allows me to see recent posts/inspiration every time I open a new tab—I'm constantly reading/getting inspiration from there.

Weekend vibes: As a digital nomad, I'm constantly traveling and experiencing new things/places/communities. You'll most likely catch me carrying around my Canon 5D Mark III camera, several lenses, and my DJI drone. I also love to draw and paint with watercolor and oil.

Go-to resource: Marketing Land, Digiday, Recode.net, webinars, and panel discussions

Queued up: Twitter/Instagram/Facebook. Big media publishers on YouTube, YouTube influencers, NYT The Daily podcast, NYT Still Processing podcast, NPR Up First podcast, Glossy.co, Recode.net

Weekend vibes: When I'm not working, I love to spend time with myself— recharging and rethinking about my personal and professional goals. I also enjoy spending time with my boyfriend pursuing our shared hobbies. Lastly, I love to carve out travel opportunities to reconnect with family and friends near and far from me—and meet new people and ideas!

Go-to resource: Everybody Writes by Ann Handley and anything Content Marketing Institute publishes. When their emails hit my inbox, it’s time for a reading break!

Queued up: Pandora music tuned to Best of the 80s Reloaded channel or classical writing music

Weekend vibes: I love to cook, grill, read history and presidential biographies, jam to 80s rock, drink plenty of coffee and blueberry tea, go fishing, and enjoy time with my 5 kids, 1 grandson, and wife of 27 years. I also enjoy writing the occasional book, and always have an outline for one working.

Go-to resource: Moz, HubSpot, Contently, Hootsuite, Copyblogger, and The Content Marketing Institute.

Queued up: The blogs for the websites above plus Neil Patel podcasts!

Weekend vibes: When I’m not working, I’m enjoying one of my dozens of hobbies. I love hiking, rock climbing, traveling, paddle boarding, photography, cooking, baking, and curling up on the couch with a good book and my two cats.

Go-to resource: To keep up with the current news in the industry, I'll read Digital Marketing Blogs like Search Engine Land, Search Engine Journal and Kissmetrics. When I'm trying to go in-depth on specific tactics and techniques, I find that reading digital marketing consultants' and agencies' blogs to understand what works and what hasn't in the “real world.”

Queued up: Twitter is always always always queued up for me. People are always discussing the latest trends and happenings in the industry, and you'll even get to be part of cool experiments sometimes. I once participated in an experiment by Rand Fishkin to see whether clickthrough rate really did impact organic search results...in one hour, we watched a listing move up from position #4 to #1 just by crowdsourcing clicks.

Weekend vibes: I'm a workout junkie. I love lifting weights, and in my spare time, I'm an amateur boxer, while partaking in kickboxing matches here and there. Besides that, you can catch me laying on the couch watching Investigation Discovery.