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Why More Followers Should Never Be Your Goal
Read more: Why More Followers Should Never Be Your GoalAs I’m rebuilding my business after my maternity leave, I often look at ads for social media consultants. Too often in those ads there is the same statement: “Must get X followers by the end of the year,” and every time I shudder. These people are just asking to be scammed. But worse is that…
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How to Work When You’re Emotional
Read more: How to Work When You’re EmotionalI’m admittedly a person with big feelings. You might even go so far as to say I’m an empath. I take a lot in, which can be a total asset. It makes me actually feel what our social media communities feel. However, it means that I can also get emotional. Sometimes about random things. If…
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What I Am Reading 2/17/23
Read more: What I Am Reading 2/17/23It has been a week for me of illness and trying to muddle through. I think we all have these weeks. Unfortunately, it significantly shortened the amount of time I had for reading (there’s nothing like a snuggly baby who wants to ninja kick your book away). But I did get some in. Reading Social…
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Weekly Results 2/15/23
Read more: Weekly Results 2/15/23I’m going to keep this week’s results post a little shorter than usual, because I simply don’t want to dwell on what didn’t happen. The long and the short of it was that I hurt my back on Wednesday evening while cleaning and cooking. You would think I would rest after that, but nope. I…
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The Perfectionism Problem on Social Media
Read more: The Perfectionism Problem on Social MediaWe have heard so many times about how the perfectionism on social media is harming our mental health. It’s to the point that people are getting plastic surgery to look like Instagram filters. It’s a serious problem and there is thankfully a movement to combat it with the realities of their life, and I frankly…
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Just Say No to Extra Twitter Characters
Read more: Just Say No to Extra Twitter CharactersElon Musk is throwing the book at Twitter Blue to try to get people to purchase it. The latest? A whole 4,000 Twitter characters if you become a subscriber. Four. Thousand. Characters. For someone who likes to write long form and not be constrained by these character limits, it’s probably enticing. But this is in…
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What I Am Reading 2/10/23
Read more: What I Am Reading 2/10/23From story time to work time, reading is just a constant for me. Let’s take a look at what has been a hit for me lately. Reading Social Media News I have been talking with friends about AI a lot, both in how it can help and how it will be misused. So this week…
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Why AI Still Needs a Personal Touch on Social Media
Read more: Why AI Still Needs a Personal Touch on Social MediaAI has been on the top of everyone’s list lately. It’s creating waves that will rock so many industries. Whether that will create more work or less remains to be seen, but it will definitely change the way we work. But what about social media? I think some content marketers have been quaking in their…
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My Weekly Results 2/8/23
Read more: My Weekly Results 2/8/23I’ve been spending this last week working behind the scenes, so even though you might not have seen any changes, there were several. So what were the results of those changes? Let’s take a look. Goal: Keep Doing What I Am Doing This is a deceptive goal, since I was putting the processes in place…
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Why Personality is So Important When Selecting a Social Media Consultant
Read more: Why Personality is So Important When Selecting a Social Media ConsultantI’m of the view that great social media consultants are born, not made. Personality factors in so much in the world that I would rather hire based on that than skills. Okay, so that last sentence sounds a little crazy. The basic skills of social media can be taught. The thirst for knowledge in this…
