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Ways to build a community
Read more: Ways to build a communityLike I briefly talked about last week, community is what is going to set brands apart in the answer economy. Why? We can’t necessarily trust the answers we’re being given. When you don’t know what’s real or false, you have to start relying on people. So while you’re investing so much time and effort in…
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What I am reading 8/29/25
Read more: What I am reading 8/29/25I’m writing this with tears streaking down my face after a rough week. But somehow I’ve kept reading. I knew preschool would be hard. It was always going to be a big change for our family, and I think for the most part, we’ve handled that well. Have I turned into a mad woman in…
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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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Why you need to say less
Read more: Why you need to say lessThroughout my career, I have run across so many pages that subscribe to the idea that more is more. When a social network increases their character limits, they cheer because they will absolutely use every character of that character limit. And longer videos? They’re on that as well. None of these pages understand the power…
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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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What I am reading 8/22/25
Read more: What I am reading 8/22/25The reading slow down has happened, and I am back to reading like normal! This was bound to happen. My daughter started preschool on Wednesday. She was excited. Too excited. And in addition to that, we had an ungodly amount of paperwork to do. Why is there so much? And why did they give it…
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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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What to do online when someone else’s mental health is affecting yours
Read more: What to do online when someone else’s mental health is affecting yoursThere are a lot of benefits to being around someone who is on a great mental health journey. You can pick up tips and tricks that might end up helping you. And their calmness might just rub off on you. However, someone whose mental health is in a downhill spiral? That can be enough to…
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How I would restructure your social media
Read more: How I would restructure your social mediaAs I am getting my daughter ready to go to her first day of preschool (tomorrow!!), I’ve started talking to new potential clients. I have more time again, and it only makes sense to fill that time up with work that I’m excited about. So I’ve started thinking about how I would go into these…
