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How to Start a Live Video Strategy
How to create a Live Video Content Marketing Strategy Ready to try live video? There’s more to live video than knowing which buttons to push. Let’s...
To Boost or Not to Boost
When boosting your content will work and when it won’t. Advertising in the social media age requires a dedicated commitment to developing...
Facebook Now Recommends You Use #Hashtags
Should businesses be using hashtags on Facebook? The answer is now a definite “yes.” In an era of declining organic reach and in the face of a...
Sharing Chronicles: Hope in Every Situation
https://youtu.be/-NffHkpuYRI Sharing Chronicles - Hope in Every Situation This is not a #shavingchronicle as you can tell, rather it is a...
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Preparing for Summer 2020
Shaving Chronicle #55
Shaving Chronicle, it's not actually episode 55, but I just turned 55!
The Sharing Chronicles: Memorial Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LLkqf3X_SM
The Sharing Chronicles: Are You Invaluable?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz2H9HhGZL0
Sharing Chronicles: Working from Home with Erin Duffy
Erin Duffy started telecommuting back in 1992! She has a wealth of knowledge around working from home and there are lots of tips here. Erin also refers to www.escapetheslump.com. This is a genuine free training that she has just released to help folks truthfully...
The Sharing Chronicles: How Much Empathy Is In Your Messaging?
https://youtu.be/V8W52hOO41w
The Sharing Chronicles: A Fresh Start
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe2IcZrOr3Y&t=3shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe2IcZrOr3Y&t=3s
Sharing Chronicles: Hope in Every Situation
https://youtu.be/-NffHkpuYRI Sharing Chronicles - Hope in Every Situation This is not a #shavingchronicle as you can tell, rather it is a #sharingchronicle because we're in this home quarantine, isolation, social distancing season. And a couple of weeks ago, the mask...
Time for some #Covid-19 Good News!
Don’t you think it’s time for some good news? I’ve been enjoying the spring weather and being able to work alongside many of our clients, consulting and making stuff happen to help them make the most of the current situation. Here are a few examples of what our team...
Sharing Chronicles: Time For A Change
Shaving Chronicle COVID19 time to change it up!
Shaving Chronicles: Making A Difference
#socialdistancing is live and well in Canada. In this week’s #shavingchronicles I share some thoughts and ideas and encouragement about what we all can be doing at the COVID-19 time in history
An Unprecedented Shaving Chronicle
An Unprecedented Shaving Chronicle.
Shaving Chronicles: Finding Balance
3rd Anniversary #ShavingChronicle live from Banff Alberta
How to Fix Your Marketing with Better Messaging
When you talk to new customers, do they immediately understand how you can help them? If you’re not sure, maybe it’s time to tweak your marketing message. One of my favorite marketing books is StoryBrand, written in 2017 by Donald Miller. I love it because it’s all...
Shaving Chronicles #40: How Do You Build Your Legacy?
Shaving Chronicles Episode 40.
Do you have greatness in your DNA? #MLKDay
Reflecting today on #MLKday about greatness and how it's actually embedded in our DNA. Martin Luther King Day or #MLKDay is celebrated as a federal holiday because he made a difference! He stepped up for what he was made for, the greatness that was in him came out,...
Is Your YouTube Channel Compliant With COPPA?
Calling All YouTube Creators
After the US Federal Trade Commission fined YouTube for $170 million for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), YouTube and content creators are required to set future and existing videos as made for kids or not.
Here’s all you need to know in order to comply with the new COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act) guidelines.
What’s On your Marketing Plan for 2020?
As you read this I’m en-route to my old home town of London, England. I’ll be attending Chris Ducker’s Youpreneur summit, picking up on his ideas about building personal brands, while working and strategizing with one of our VIP clients. Super excited for many...
The Beginner’s Guide to WordPress Maintenance: How to Care for Your New Website
Got a new WordPress site but not sure how to care for it? WordPress is a powerful platform that needs a bit of regular maintenance to keep it running smoothly and quickly. Here's a simple guide to maintaining your WordPress site each month. If you're doing your own...
An Instagram Auction for #OneHellOvaWoman
With so much happening in our society today, it can feel overwhelming and difficult to navigate ways to help causes you support. However, Forever Yours Lingerie proves that Instagram is an outlet through which a network of change can be established. A model, muse and...
Orange Shirt Day Shaving Chronicle
Hey, good morning everybody. It is Monday, September 30th. Last day of September. Beautiful day outside. My goodness. It's a little chilly though. Not as chilly as Calgary or Montana right now. But Hey, today in British Columbia, across Canada really, is orange shirt...
3 unique ways to learn and grow this September!
We’re so excited for next month already – we wanted to let you know about 3 amazing events we’re involved with. Leading Edge Live Women’s Event – Seattle Sept 11 &12 Featuring Courtney Carol, co-founder of Leading Edge, Mike Michaelowicz, author of Pumpkin Plan,...
What is a Facebook Watch Party? How to use them in your marketing
Do you remember the glory days of going to your local video rental store, calling people over to your home and watching a movie together? Those were the days. Nowadays, with family and friends spread all over the globe it’s not always possible. If that’s the case, say...
Making Stuff Happen for Seniors!
In keeping with Senior Citizen's Day it's time for another #SummerShowcase – this time into the world of our client focused on Assisted Living in BC and Alberta Canada. When we were first approached – gosh 6 years ago now, The Hamlets was almost invisible online....
There’s fit and then there’s #DirkFit
Meet the Man from Aspen himself …the name is Schultz, Dirk Schultz! I saw Dirk speak on stage. When I realized he and I were the same age, I kind of got a reality check. You see Dirk is a personal fitness trainer, as well as a lifestyle coach. I struggle with...
