Facebook is a fickle friend (pun intended … sorry not sorry) when it comes to promoting your website or blog. Sharing a blog post on Facebook can create a lot of interaction and boost your website traffic, but Facebook doesn’t make getting that traffic easy. Let’s say you’re a blogger. […]
I’m certainly not an expert podcaster, and I was hesitant to write this blog because I’m not in a position to be telling anyone what to do as far as podcasts go. But I’ve had quite a few people ask about which tools I’m using, so I figured I’d share. […]
One of the warnings against self-publishing is that all the marketing for your book will be on your shoulders. I agree, but only kind of. If you’re a successful self publisher, you’ll be doing a lot of marketing. But if you publish the traditional way, you’ll … also be doing […]
Technology does not stand still. Practically every day, there’s a new hot thing that promises to change our daily lives, revolutionize the way we communicate, set the earth on a new axis, etc. I’m sure there are certain people who find these changes exciting and invigorating. If those people are […]
It sucks to get slapped by social media. I don’t mean targeted personal attacks (although I know about those, too) — I’m talking about what happens when you’re scrolling through Facebook just to decompress and see a post that challenges your worldview, and not in a good way. Maybe it’s […]
While scrolling through Instagram posts while still in bed this morning (no judgment — I did it, too), you might have seen the hashtag #keepinstagramchronological, accompanied by messages by a few users posting that they’d be boycotting Instagram today. So, what’s going on? What’s Instagram Changing, and Why? […]
I don’t always have time to do what’s “best” for my social media and my blog. Sometimes, I don’t post because I’m busy doing other stuff. Sometimes my morning goes badly and the words don’t come like I wish they would, or the photo light is bad (the photo I […]
I’m about to do something very out of character: Be positive. On a Monday Morning. Is this a result of the great weather we’re having? Yeah, probably. But it’s also because I’m teaching a Social Media Pop-Up Workshop this weekend, and I’m actually really looking forward to it. That […]
I have a love-hate relationship with social media. I definitely find it fascinating: the way we’re connected to everybody now, the way our perception of people changes when we see these manufactured bits of insight into each other’s lives. And I find it incredibly useful, too — social media was […]
In an attempt to soothe my conscience about only putting the best part of life on Instagram, and to give everyone who supported The Localist book and tour a little more insight into the adventures you guys faithfully funded and followed me through, I’m sharing a few behind-the-scenes stories about […]
Yesterday, I saw reports that Hootsuite was introducing post scheduling for Instagram, and I was kind of excited … and a lot worried. See, Instagram has always been pretty annoying to use for business or for promotion of, say, a little book called The Localist. A Hootsuite integration was a […]