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What I Am Reading 6/21/24
Read more: What I Am Reading 6/21/24Is it just me or are these weeks feeling shorter and shorter? I have so much on my schedule right now and it seems like there is less and less time to do it. Maybe it was going away for the weekend or maybe it is the feral toddler who is running circles around me.…
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A Love Note to My Favorite Social Media Client
Read more: A Love Note to My Favorite Social Media ClientI have been blessed with some fantastic social media clients over the years. I have represented some amazing causes and cities I have absolutely adored. And the people I worked with have been so smart and talented. This isn’t a brag. It’s just facts. I consider myself lucky to have called each and every one…
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Take Rest
Read more: Take RestThere is something comical about writing this post today after writing about how I’m a bit of a machine. I fell behind this week, and it coordinated with a time that my family needed me to take rest. So instead of posting a blog post yesterday that was extremely close to being ready, I took…
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How I Create Consistent Content
Read more: How I Create Consistent ContentSomeone said to me recently, “Boy, you write an insane amount of content.” I had to pause, because it rarely feels like a lot. But I have been posting for clients for such a long time that I have processes for putting out consistent content even when I don’t want to. I recently wrote about…
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What I Am Reading 6/14/24
Read more: What I Am Reading 6/14/24It’s been a much slower week for reading in my house. I’ve been sick and we just have been super busy as a family. Somehow I thought summer would be slower for our family since so many of my daughter’s activities were on break. Instead it’s been choosing between multiple activities going on at the…
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Become a Social-First Organization
Read more: Become a Social-First OrganizationWhen I saw this post from a Duolingo social media manager, I cheered. Social-first thinking? Having open communication with your social media manager? Empowering your social team? YES. These are all the makings of great social media marketing and will get organizations so much further. Are you thinking this sounds like a pipe dream? Do…
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How to Do a Task You Don’t Want to Do
Read more: How to Do a Task You Don’t Want to DoWe all have those tasks… No matter how much you know it needs to get done, it seems impossible to do. It’s not because you don’t know how to do it. You are just having a mental block when it comes to this particular task. You probably can’t even explain why exactly you have that…
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What I Am Reading 6/7/24
Read more: What I Am Reading 6/7/24I frankly made some mistakes with reading this week. I once again had too many pages to read and not enough time to get them done. This is not a new problem and I will definitely do it again. I also had read some phenomenal books last week and followed them up with some mediocre…
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On Emotion
Read more: On EmotionI am a person who has always had big emotions. For years, I didn’t know how to handle them and they would take me over in ways that were not healthy. But now? I have a whole set of coping skills and can put these emotions to work for me. Not only is it healthier,…
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Communication Between the Client and the Social Media Consultant
Read more: Communication Between the Client and the Social Media ConsultantOver the years, I have had many different kinds of clients with many different communication styles. I’m adaptable, so I tend to take my lead from the client and make my systems suit them. Is it sometimes like putting a square screw into a round hole? For sure. But, eventually, with lots of listening from…
