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Research your influencer
Read more: Research your influencerI never in a million years thought I would have to write this kind of article again. But every day, I get an email from PR person trying to get me to cover their client. Every. Day. None of these people have realized that I’m not even an influencer, and my audience has nothing in…
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What to do when you make a social media mistake
Read more: What to do when you make a social media mistakeI used to stare at any mistake I made on social media and be so mad at myself. It was a horrible habit. But it was also just my personality because I’m a perfectionist. Now? Although I do my very best to have several checkpoints before content goes live, I know that mistakes happen. I’m…
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Creating trust in an untrustworthy world
Read more: Creating trust in an untrustworthy worldI talk about trust a lot. I think it’s the most important aspect of social media that you should be focusing on besides achieving business goals. But alas, you can’t really monetize trust and it’s difficult to quantify as well, so it’s most likely to fall to the wayside. Here’s the thing though: If you…
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Should you do the latest trend?
Read more: Should you do the latest trend?Trends come and go. But the one thing that is eternal is that there will always be someone outside of the marketing department who will ask why you didn’t jump on the latest social media trend. Is it annoying? Yes. When people who aren’t familiar with brand voice and strategy get really antsy about how…
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Why it’s time to take Threads seriously
Read more: Why it’s time to take Threads seriouslyWith how unserious Threads can be, it’s been hard to take it seriously. It seems like such a small portion of people in the world. And is it really as good as X? Threads is on track to exceed X’s active usage, so if you’ve been holding out hope that X might make a rebound,…
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Are content pillars still a thing?
Read more: Are content pillars still a thing?I’ve been reading that content pillars are in the past. You need to get rid of them now. They’re only going to hurt you in the long run. Says who? The same people who think constantly shooting from the hip is a strategy? Content pillars can still be an effective part of a social media…
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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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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…
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Fall in love with your client and audience
Read more: Fall in love with your client and audienceOne of my great talents with clients is my ability to fall in love fast and hard with their organization as well as their audience. I’d even go so far as to say it is my superpower. Why? Your audience responds to authentic feelings. If you hire a mercenary that doesn’t necessarily care about your…
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You need a why for social media
Read more: You need a why for social mediaI talked with an organization recently, and they said the scariest thing I’ve ever heard: They don’t know what to ask for on social media. What that ultimately tells me is that the organization doesn’t now what their why is. And if they don’t know that, then they don’t know their ultimate purpose. They’re probably…
