increasingly SMEs, creative professionals and entrepreneurs have had to become more tech savvy. This has been a natural occurrence over time as technology has come to dominate our world. While there will always remain evil scientists looking for ways to create tech to destroy and intentionally obsolesce workers, we’ve still seen some great advances in…
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Unraveling the Technology Divide
The tech sector in the United Kingdom is currently the fastest growing segment of its economy according to the UK based, DiversityInTech.co.uk. This means the UK is seeing its greatest gains in the area of technology development. Despite the fact that BAME (Black, Asian Minority Ethnic) make up only 15 percent of Britain’s tech sector,…
Dirty Little Secrets of Social Media’s Back Alley
But, then the algorithms changes just kept changing. From Google, to Facebook, to Instagram, Twitter and more, it became harder to find what you wanted or to even see posts and shares from people you actually followed…
Plan of Attack: Making Social Media, social again.
Your Social Brand: Consider your social media interactions as a part of your personal brand. Ask a friend or relative look through your social media and tell you their impressions. This will help you understand better how you come across on social media. Having your social media appraised annually by a friend, family member or professional is a good idea.
Social Media Survival Guide
As a communications professional and social media manager, I often see all of the positives that social media can bring. I engage on social media primarily for business and I am always thrilled about my results. Even in my personal social media account, I made a decision to change my strategy from aggregating a large…
3 Ways Social Media Can Improve Your Life
Social media has been a creeping phenomena over the past 15 years. When we think about it, we often envision sights like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. However social media has been growing since the early days of AOL Messenger, CollegeClub and Myspace. In fact, it all started with the online forum, which, in essence, is…
Media Through the Looking Glass
As an American and a communications professional, I tend to have an in depth view of how media affects people. Marketing, advertising, branding and media thrive off of the impact that repeated images and concepts have on the individual psyche. Communications professionals understand this and use it to the advantage of their clients. The average…
Digital Ads Are Your Friend
Recently in 2016, I participated in a very interesting Twitter Chat hosted by the Elumelu Foundation. I always find discussions on #AfriCapitalism and commerce on the continent fascinating. As business woman and a journalist, I tend to see the continent from a vantage point that sees opportunity. I am more than a fan of Nigerian…
Social Media Mistakes
Small businesses often collect social media accounts like pastel eggs on a Easter Hunt. Many have so many in their basket, that they do not know what to do with them. The ways in which many small businesses engage with social media is often far from productive. As a social media manager, I can honestly…
Increase the Peace: Ethics in Comm
How can we as communications professionals contribute to peace in our work and also how might we quantify peace?
Five Reasons Why You’re Awesome
Your ability to do good directly influences the volume of good in our world, making it possible for you to be absolutely awesome every single day.
Lela Winston 