Life is built upon little successes. Every big milestone that we hit has been built on many mini steps first. Creating a social media presence is no different. It’s important to take the time to celebrate the little successes so that the journey to your ultimate goal doesn’t feel so far away.
Here are what I consider to be the first five steps that are worth taking a moment to celebrate:
1.) Your first 100 Twitter followers AND your first 100 Tweets
This is such a huge milestone because to get here, you really have to engage on Twitter and make yourself worth following.…
When you think about marketing via social media, it’s ok to be scared and feel like you have no idea what you’re doing. Have I not said that before? I apologize if I haven’t. Because it’s true. Social media can feel exhausting and endless and if you don’t know where to begin, it can feel even more so. Sometimes a goal or project feels so insurmountable that it stops a person before they even start it. Like organizing your closet, learning French, or conquering social media.
I’ve been thinking about goals lately. Which means you should be too. Why? Because if you don’t know what you’re striving for, how will you ever reach it?
I had another post planned for today, but last night, while watching the Emmys, I realized there was a lot to be learned from this classic awards show.
Companies put a lot of money and expertise into building their brand — finding the perfect advertisement, designing that logo that will make you thirsty, hungry, tired, awake, sweaty, funny etc. It is a rich man’s game, and the more money you have, the bigger brand you can build. Or at least that used to be the case. But not anymore. Now building a brand is a game anyone with time, drive, and perseverance can play.
In order to keep up with the ever-changing world of social media, I have a select group of bloggers I follow like a moth to a flame. I like to keep up with bloggers who write about blogging, social media, and how to be a pro at it. Since social media is so young, it is very difficult to get a “formal” education on how to use it and what can be accomplished with it. So the way to learn is to read other’s blogs who have figured it out as best as possible. Here are the blogs that I read on a daily basis and I find give me the most information for my time.…