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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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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…
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How to retain social media clients
Read more: How to retain social media clientsI’m really good at keeping clients around for awhile. While I’ve watched other social media professionals burn through clients every year, I’m able to retain my clients for years. Do I have some great secret to how I retain my clients? Not really. Most of it is just following through on what I say I…
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Do I need to hire a social media consultant?
Read more: Do I need to hire a social media consultant?If you are asking yourself this question, it’s probably way past time that you hire a social media consultant. But let’s pretend that’s not the case. Like hiring for any position in your organization, it’s hard to decide if it’s time. Maybe you should just train someone to do it and hope for the best?…
