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How to Pick a Marketing Campaign Goal

By |2024-03-28T14:41:05-04:00September 1, 2020|Content Marketing|

Every marketing campaign needs a goal. Otherwise, you won’t be able to measure the success of your project. Yet, it’s not unusual for clients to answer me with a *shrug* when I ask, “What’s your campaign goal?” The reason? They aren’t sure what to ask for. Most of the time, people are used to paying for advertising buys and creative assets without a strategy. They are sold on vague “results” — not estimated metrics. Other times, the client isn’t sure what to reasonably expect. They are hoping for a successful campaign but, not sure how the activities will turn into [...]

How to Use a Case Study to Set Yourself Apart from Competitors

By |2021-03-31T13:55:28-04:00September 1, 2020|Content Marketing|

From childhood, we are told that fingerprints make us distinct. Do you know how we first started using fingerprints to differentiate people? In 1903, a man named Will West arrived at Leavenworth Penitentiary to serve out his sentence. At intake, officials were confused because they already had a Will West in custody that matched that man’s description. The two men looked very much alike, although they said they weren’t related. At that time, the Bertillon System used bone measurements to differentiate people. But, that system also confirmed they were a match. The only way they could be told apart was by [...]

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Keeping a Journal Feels Like Keeping Myself

By |2021-03-31T14:05:03-04:00August 25, 2020|Journals and Planners|

Whenever I need a burst of creativity, I read either a memoir or a fictional story written in the first person. It pushes me out of my own mental boundaries and makes me consider another person's point of view. My mind takes on that new role and flexes into new thoughts. One of my favorite stories to revisit is The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The main character's reflection on her own state of mind mirrors the process I go through when I jot in my own journal. Although I am not in a state of mental anguish, keeping [...]

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Tips for a Labor Day Giveaway

By |2024-03-28T14:42:20-04:00August 1, 2020|Free Download, Graphic & Print Design|

If you’re looking for a way to increase your Facebook followers, try running a Labor Day Giveaway campaign. I’ve built the campaign around a core Facebook function that can help you use a giveaway to increase your business page’s followers. Essentially, you run a campaign that creates engagement. Then, you can invite those people to “Like” and “Follow” your page. Labor Day Giveaway for Facebook Since Labor Day is a chill holiday, it works well for a social media giveaway. The goal of this giveaway is to increase your total follower count on your Facebook page using the “Invite” function. Giveaway: Start [...]

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How to Paint a Chair with Chalk Paint (Vintage Ikea Child’s Chair & Good Bones Paint)

By |2021-03-31T15:13:46-04:00July 28, 2020|Tutorial|

Learn how to paint a chair with chalk paint. Ever since I attended a class at James T. Davis in Lynchburg, VA, I've wanted to try Good Bones Paint on a furniture project. Their product advertises "NO SANDING. NO PRIMING. NO SEALING." making it "a truly a one-step furniture paint." Personally, I did opt to prep my chairs because they were old, IKEA furniture. My parents had purchased them as part of a set in the 1980s. I remember the little white table and chairs as one of my first crafting and coloring stations. Colors from Good Bones Paint Over [...]

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This is Why Everyone is Suddenly Talking about Social Darwinism

By |2021-03-31T15:27:40-04:00July 14, 2020|Communication Theory|

#notdying4wallstreet brought the straw man of Social Darwinism back into the modern discussion. This time, the philosophy offers layers of historical criticism to sacrificing the poor on the altar of progress. The history of Social Darwinism has its roots in the 1800s American progressive movement — with the philosophy going through several manifestations. Initially, social scientists felt that natural selection was a necessary mechanism for social progression. During the 1800s, this was used to justify concepts like colonialism and eugenics. Modern anthropologists and psychologists use the concept of Social Darwinism differently. They argue that the human brain may have evolved to adapt to [...]

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