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Anytime you open the app on your phone nowadays, it seems like everybody who’s anybody is trying to be an Instagram influencer. The influencer epidemic is so bad, some Instagrammers are faking partnerships to give themselves more credibility. That’s right, people are pretending to be paid by brands to post internet pictures about products so […]
1/16/19
Nicole Schuessler
We're hiring! That makes us really, really excited. But what excites us less, though, is when I receive a barrage of boring cover letters. If you haven't guessed, we love a smart, spunky cover letter. It makes us excited to open your resume. Why send a cover letter? 1) You lack experience. Maybe you're a perfect fit […]
7/16/18
Amber Ludeman
“Your post is performing 85% better than all of the other posts on your page! Boost your post to reach more people.” Ever seen this overly cheery message from Facebook below a particularly well-performing page post? It sounds like a win-win situation: increase the number of people who see your business with a small […]
6/21/18
Nicole Schuessler
Social media doesn’t care about your first amendment rights. Or, better yet, they don’t need to care about your first amendment rights. Here’s why: Yes, you can say (almost) anything you want in a public space without fear of our government fining, arresting or otherwise punishing you for what you said. However, if you were […]
5/16/18
Nicole Schuessler
In case you've been living under a rock and hadn't noticed, Zuckerberg has been taking some heat lately. He testified in front of Congress this week to answer for Facebook's role in a data breach involving Cambridge Analytica. But the Congressmen and women didn't come to play. They wanted to throw in questions about ad […]
4/12/18
Amber Ludeman
Over the last few weeks, Mark Zuckerberg has gotten into hot water by admitting that Facebook allowed Cambridge Analytica to have access to personal data from 50 million Facebook profiles. It was without consent, obviously, and it has been linked to the last presidential election. To put it bluntly, Facebook policy allowed for the collection […]
3/27/18
Amber Ludeman
Social media has grown up a lot in the past 10 years. From Myspace to Instagram and all of the adventures in between, if you were blessed to be a teenager at the beginning of social media, then you’ve known a lot of different ways to connect with friends and build your online persona. […]
3/13/18
Amber Ludeman
Hashtags. Formally known as the pound sign to those in the pre-social media era. Ever since their invention, people have been wondering: How many am I supposed to use? What am I supposed to actually hashtag? That seems funny, should I use that? So I thought I would let you in on my process […]
3/08/18
Amber Ludeman
Face it, we're on social media a lot. Like, a lot a lot. It gets more and more difficult to not judge accounts based on their current performance or wondering what their strategies are. But occasionally, we do find ourselves on Instagram accounts just enjoying the content they're posting whether it's funny, relatable, or just […]
2/27/18
Amber Ludeman
For as long as humans have walked this planet, we've had opinions we've stubbornly tried to bestow on those around us. From how to pronounce the word "gif" to the origins of the universe, there's no shortage of topics on which to spout our viewpoints. With the creation and spread of social media, these hot […]
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