November 14, 2018
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. […]
October 16, 2017
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. […]
August 9, 2017
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 […]
January 17, 2017
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 […]
May 17, 2016
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 […]
March 18, 2016
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? […]
September 17, 2015
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 […]
September 14, 2015
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 […]
September 1, 2015
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 […]
August 14, 2015
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 […]
August 5, 2015
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 […]