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Enhance Your Experience with Vocal Media
Vocal is a publishing platform and long form social network that allows creators to share their work with an engaged audience and get paid! Users have the ability to submit content to any one of our genre-specific communities.
By Chloe Gilholy8 years ago in Journal
What Is Influencer Marketing?
Before social media and the widespread use of the internet, celebrities were our influencers, seen on adverts and billboards showcasing certain products and services. For a lot of companies, hiring these celebrities was not possible and it was very costly and unrealistic. Now that social media has become huge, there are now online influencers that found their following through certain social media accounts, blogs, or YouTube. Marketers have now begun to see the power of these influencers and seen the benefits of hiring them to advertise their products and services. There are many different ways you can use these influencers in your marketing campaigns that have different benefits and can work for different budgets.
By Chloe Walton8 years ago in Journal
Running Government Like a Business
Let me illustrate…No, fuck that. Let me ILLUMINATE my point. Once upon a time, I was working in an all-night gas-and-go. Which I won't name, it was a chain, as opposed to some mom and pop operation and I'll leave it at that. For the purposes of confounding lawyers, I shall call this all-night gas-and-go chain, Skidmark America, or S.A. for short.
By Pete Sears8 years ago in Journal
7 Crazy Writing Tips
As writers, we get loads of advice thrown at us all the time. Do this, do that, don't use this word or that word or you suck, so please stop writing. We know that we have to edit, proofread, and have a good grasp of grammar and spelling, but we all know that isn't enough for a good story. In my experience, many readers are happy to read writing with lots of technical mistakes if they're engrossed in the story and the characters.
By Chloe Gilholy8 years ago in Journal
Finding Your Brand's Voice on Social Media
A brand’s voice is very important in showing who you are as a company and what values you hold. Social media is a great way to bring in new customers and spread brand awareness, so the way a company runs their social media is very telling and important to whether it will be successful or not. Here are some Dos and Don’ts to think about when finding your brand’s voice.
By Chloe Walton8 years ago in Journal
How to Build a Strong Online Presence
It is now more important than ever to, as a company, have an online presence. Not being online can have detrimental effects for your company as a lot more people are turning to the internet to purchase goods and services, look into what businesses to use and for entertainment purposes. Having a strong online presence could benefit your business in so many ways and ensure the success of your company. In this article, we look at how you can increase your online presence to help get your brand recognised and improve your ROI.
By Chloe Walton8 years ago in Journal
Signs Your Corporate Culture Isn't Working
Prior to my current job, I worked in a place that is best likened to the 8th layer of hell. That job was one that burned out many people within a matter of months, and while the company seemed to be marginally profitable, it was one that was quickly circling the drain.
By Ossiana Tepfenhart8 years ago in Journal
Linkedin: Why Is It so Important?
LinkedIn is often not utilised as much by companies than other social media sites, with some businesses and professionals not even having a presence at all. LinkedIn is a professional business and employment focused platform and has around 500 million users, which makes it a great place to advertise your company. LinkedIn allows users and companies to connect with potential customers and business partners, recruit and look for jobs, as well as post content that relates to your company. LinkedIn is a very important social media website to employ and here are a few ways you can utilise it.
By Chloe Walton8 years ago in Journal
