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…

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…