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Is it time to quit your job for your side hustle?
Read more: Is it time to quit your job for your side hustle?Over thirteen years ago, I decided it was time to quit my job and to rely on my side hustle as my main source of income. It was the scariest thing I had ever done. I don’t regret a second of it. But would I do it again in this economy? That’s a good question.…
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Include this during your social media consultant meetings
Read more: Include this during your social media consultant meetingsMeetings. They can be the bane of my existence. So many meetings are just not useful. Or they require a feat of Herculean strength for me to keep them on track. It’s rare for me to actually look forward to a meeting, and I wish that wasn’t the case. There is so much potential here…
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Recognizing when it’s time to change your business
Read more: Recognizing when it’s time to change your businessLately, I’ve been looking at what should be next for my business. All the signs are there that it’s time for a change and so it’s just a matter of what kind of change I will make. In this economy, I’m hardly alone. Many people who have worked as a consultant for many years are…
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What does a social media consultant do?
Read more: What does a social media consultant do?A year ago, I wrote about what a social media consultant doesn’t do. It was a response to someone misunderstanding what I do. It just occurred to me that I never wrote about the opposite. So now seems as good of a time as any to dive into what social media consultants do. Why is…
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What you can do to improve your mental health as a social media professional
Read more: What you can do to improve your mental health as a social media professionalYour mental health can be difficult to maintain as a social media professional. You are online all the time and that is just going to affect you no matter what you can do. But minimizing that effect is possible. With a mix of proactive and reactive strategies, you can be much better at your job…
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Questions to ask your social media consultant
Read more: Questions to ask your social media consultantWe talk a lot about what questions to ask a social media consultant before you hire them. But what about after you hire them? What should you ask to make sure that things are on the right track? And what should you ask to make sure you are learning from your social media consultant? Let’s…
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How not to be alone
Read more: How not to be aloneWhen you work as a social media freelancer, you are alone a lot. You probably mostly work from home. I know before I had my daughter I would sometimes not use my voice to talk to another soul all day. I would put the television on in the background to make it feel like there…
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Daily habits to help you be successful as a freelancer
Read more: Daily habits to help you be successful as a freelancerWhen I first started my business, I read every article I could about others’ daily habits, and I asked every one of my friends who worked from home as well. That obsessiveness definitely affected how I structure my days now. Although I’ve shared a lot about how I structure my days, it seemed like a…
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How to cheer on a social media consultant
Read more: How to cheer on a social media consultantWe focus so often on what to do when things go wrong and not enough on when things go right. So that’s why I decided on writing about how to cheer on a social media consultant. Because if there is anyone who probably needs this cheering on, it’s this consultant. Why? They are on the…
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How to start a great relationship with a consultant
Read more: How to start a great relationship with a consultantYou’ve found the perfect consultant for your organization. Yay! Now it’s time to get to work on your relationship. The beginning will set the tone for the whole relationship, so you want to put your best foot forward. How do you do that? It’s different for every consultant, but there are a few items you…
