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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…
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Why I Write About Social Media & Mental Health
Read more: Why I Write About Social Media & Mental HealthAs we close Mental Health Awareness Month, I wanted to write about why social media and mental health is so important to me. Whether what I’m posting about this is helping I can’t fully say. I just know that talking about topics of this magnitude is always a good first step to action. And boy…
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What I Am Reading 5/24/24
Read more: What I Am Reading 5/24/24The weather is getting warmer and warmer here, so I’ve been spending a little more time in the air conditioning with a good book. What happened to mild weather? I feel like I missed it somehow. I always have dreams of lounging in my backyard while working or reading, but the weather is never quite…
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When It is Not a Social Media Strategy
Read more: When It is Not a Social Media StrategyRecently, on Threads, a man posted his strategy for the rest of 2024. He then proceeded to list the number of times he would be posting on different networks. A woman reposted his post with the comment, “This is not a strategy.” Predictably, she was roasted by a certain kind of internet dweller with taunts…
