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Common Mistakes to Avoid When Posting on Social Media
Social media is an essential part of a companies' marketing campaign these days, so we need to ensure that we are doing this successfully to help increase your brand awareness and improve business. Social media is making it a lot easier for people to see your mistakes, and this can be damaging for your company. Below we discuss some common mistakes to avoid when posting on social media.
By Chloe Walton8 years ago in Journal
'The True Cost': How Fast Fashion Is Affecting Our Youth
The documentary The True Cost is an eye opening documentary which explores the idea of fast fashion, and its varying affects on our environment, on factory workers, and can also be a way to look at how the fashion industry uses adolescents to create a constant need for their products. The film exposes the dark sides of the fashion industry, which are both unsettling and disturbing. Once it is seen what goes on behind the scenes of our clothes, it is unlikely to ever view the fashion industry as the glamorous industry it may have previously been seen as.
By Paranneting/Anne Reboa8 years ago in Journal
How to Get More Instagram Followers
With more than 400 million active users, Instagram has become a great place for companies to advertise. However, Instagram is often seen as one of the hardest places to gain followers for some companies in certain industries. So, how can you increase your following?
By Chloe Walton8 years ago in Journal
How To Get Motivated at Work
In order to be successful in your career, you have to learn the best ways to get motivated at work, even when it seems impossible to even lift a finger. Finding motivation is unique to each person, but this does not mean it is impossible to find the best methods for your work ethic.
By Kelsey Lange8 years ago in Journal
Inspiration's Directional Arrow: Setting and Genre
This abandoned barn is located adjacent to the daycare where I work the early morning shift. I discovered it at 8:30 am, while leaving for the day. It was the day after a snowfall, and everything about the scene screamed at me and said, "Write me!"
By Leigh Macfarlane8 years ago in Journal
The Blogging Express—Next Stop: Procrastination Station
I often find myself weighing up the advantages and disadvantages of blogging. On the one hand, writing on a regular basis and being able to provide examples of your work is important if you wish to pursue a job or career in which writing is a key element.
By Siôn Stedman8 years ago in Journal
In The Name of Art #2
Daniel put down the phone and sighed. It was an old phone from his grandma's flat. White plastic, with a ringlet of a cord that had gone from white to grey with time. The handset was yellow from nicotine and sweat and sin. The sins were all his.
By George Boundy8 years ago in Journal
A Day in the Life of a Social Worker
We all have an idea of what a social worker is. My favorite is the phrase I hear most often, "Oh, you mean Child Protective Services." Sometimes to save breath, I just nod and agree with them. But I realize I need to stop agreeing and educate my fellow human.
By Teddi Coleman8 years ago in Journal
Long, Sleepless Nights: What a Writer Does When They Can't Sleep
If you're a writer, just like I am, then you know what it's like to not be able to sleep most nights because you have many thoughts running through your head. A majority of those thoughts are new ideas for stories you want to write, or for a new chapter in one that you are already writing. You just can't relax until you have all your ideas written down. Whether it be on paper, a computer, or heck, even on a napkin, when inspiration strikes, you have to tie a rope around it and pull it towards you, or else it will go somewhere else and you will never see it again—which is a depressing thought, yes, but it happens to the best of us.
By Kelsie Cohu8 years ago in Journal
The T-Shirt Business
I’ve been copywriting like there is no tomorrow. I’m trying to make myself extra money since I need to pay-up the taxes, although I might wind up paying it a touch late, if I can manage. I applied to a bunch of work from home jobs. I’m also busy writing my stories to make sure that I can publish something so as to make extra money. I hear you can make decent money writing online, so I’m going to try it. If I make extra money this month, I will buy myself a new t-shirt. The question is, should it be: “Bill W. Sent Me” or others such as “I have Schizophrenia,” or maybe “I take Medication.”
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Journal
