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Are you a social media manager? Or are you just trying to navigate the world of social media to promote your own small business or blog? While there’s a lot of great information on the Internet detailing basic tips for how to manage social media, these two tips are meant to assist you with fine-tuning …
I love blogging. I’ve loved blogging right from when I first started blogging, nearly eight years ago. But I didn’t think it was something I could do for a living until I started the Elite Blog Academy last December. Grab the cheatsheet to save 45+ hours each month >> Since then, I’ve been thinking a …
In case you haven’t heard, Periscope is the hot new social media platform. It’s like a combination of Instagram, SnapChat, and YouTube, all rolled into one (from what I understand of it). While I’ve been on Facebook and Twitter for years, and jumped on Instagram a couple years ago, I don’t think I’ll be joining Periscope—at least …
Last week we discussed the #1 mistake people make on Twitter. Today we’re going to look at mistakes #2 and #3! The second thing that people do wrong on Twitter is this: Linking up your Facebook to post directly to Twitter. Don’t do it! It’s going to take you a couple extra minutes each day …
I love Twitter. It’s the kind of platform that speaks to me. I like that I can share a quick thought or funny moment, direct people to an interesting article, and participate in conversations with all kinds of people from around the world—and, of course, I love making up silly / clever hashtags. Growing Twitter …
Being a social media manager is a super interesting job. You have the opportunity to became well-acquainted with awesome brands, there is constantly more to learn about the industry, and you get to see real progress being made based on what the target audiences respond to. One of the big issues with being a social …
When managing social media and doing social media marketing, it’s important to strike a balance between creating vs. curating content. These are two very different things, but they can both make a big impact to your social media platform! Content Creation vs. Curating Content: Creating content… Is when you write the materials yourself. Can take …
Social media management can run anywhere from $500 / month to $5,000 / month and up. It can include anything from social media consulting, to putting together social media profiles, to curating and writing content, to maintaining social media platforms, and more. And one of the main questions that comes up when we talk about …
I’ve been blogging for more than six years, which means that every day I am inundated with requests from PR agencies and companies wanting me to promote their products and services. For some of it, I am delighted to partner on! But there are other things that irk me, and I wanted to share this …
Some of you might find the below infographic interesting! I’d love to know your thoughts: what do you think an online article should cost? Personally I tend to feel that around $100 / article is the “sweet spot” for a brand-new writer, and $150 — $200 / article is more appropriate for an advanced writer, …
I started my blog in 2008 and have been blogging for clients for years. Blogs can be a great deal of fun and an awesome way to share and connect with, and learn from, others. That being said, sometimes it can be tricky to actually manage your blog(s)! Blog management might be one of the …
So you have a few different social media accounts—or you run the social media for several different clients—and you’re wondering about when you should and should not cross-promote between the brands. This is a really important question to take into consideration, because it can help enhance the different social media accounts you’re managing… but if …
After discussing the benefits of hiring a professional editor for your work, now it’s time to talk about how having someone to manage your social media platforms can also be incredibly beneficial to improving and promoting your work! Why does social media matter? Social media can include everything from blogging to online newsletters to Twitter …
Forget about starting a blog or writing guest posts for blogs—what if you want to have multiple blogs of your own? Before SaganMorrow.com, I had four separate blogs that I wrote for regularly: Living Healthy in the Real World, Living Rhetorically in the Real World, Living Fashionably in the Real World, and Health Writer Eats. I …
What the heck is Twitter, anyway? Do I *really* need it? How can I use it in a way that will be helpful for me? Is it going to take hours upon hours of my time? These are some of the most common questions I hear from non-Twitter-users and from people new to Twitter. Let’s …