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Social media limit secret: you only have 150 connections

Posted on February 7, 2014October 21, 2025 by Ellen Eldridge

  Day 9 of 30-day blog challenge: read day 8 – “Why Google Plus is No Joke”     We all know the importance of human connection and a sense of community, but many of us may not know that Robin Dunbar claims 150 is the magic number when it comes to just how many…

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Stop laughing: Google Plus now has 1 billion users

Posted on February 6, 2014October 21, 2025 by Ellen Eldridge

Day 8 of 30-day blog challenge. Read day 7 post: “10 ways to improve social media marketing overnight”   First off, if the infographic above bothers you because Pinterest and Instagram aren’t in order along the bottom, know that I didn’t create this graphic. Now, if the infographic bothers you because you thought you didn’t…

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10 ways to improve your social media marketing overnight

Posted on February 5, 2014October 21, 2025 by Ellen Eldridge

  This is day 7 of my 30-day blog challenge. Read day 6: “Abandoned Addiction”     Your business needs more than a Facebook Page to be active in social media marketing, and it certainly needs someone more experienced with setting up marketing strategy than your Millennial neighbor. Just as you need a plan for…

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Abandoned Addiction: thoughts on finding Hoffman dead with a needle in his arm

Posted on February 4, 2014October 21, 2025 by Ellen Eldridge

  Day 6 of my 30-day blog challenge. Read day 5 “The benefits of a blog calendar”     George Willis Jr. grew up and became the mighty Lester Bangs before dying from a heroin overdose, with a needle still sticking out of his left arm. I didn’t want to write about Philip Seymour Hoffman….

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The benefits of blog calendar

Posted on February 3, 2014October 21, 2025 by Ellen Eldridge

  This is day 4 of my 30-day blog challenge. Read yesterday’s “Why we don’t even own a microwave”     I thought yesterday about the topics I might choose to blog about today. I considered blogging about my pet peeves when it comes to blogging (some of which include numbers in headlines and poor…

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Why we don’t even own a microwave

Posted on February 2, 2014October 21, 2025 by Ellen Eldridge

  This is day 3 of my 30-day blog challenge. Read day two, “Tips on starting a free blog”     My family doesn’t own a microwave And that’s okay. When we first married, my husband and I consolidated the contents of his 3-bedroom house and my stuff (that didn’t exactly fit neatly into a…

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Tips on starting a free blog for your business

Posted on February 1, 2014October 21, 2025 by Ellen Eldridge

  Day 2 of my 30-day blog challenge, read day one: 30-day blog challenge     Tips on starting a free blog for your business   A friend of mine asked me Friday about what it costs to start a blog. The short answer is that it’s free, but not really. I’ve previously tackled the…

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What 30 days of blogging can do for your career

Posted on January 31, 2014October 21, 2025 by Ellen Eldridge

  30 days of blogging, beginning now.     I’m a big believer of blogging, and I recommend custom content for every one of my friends when they ask what tools best benefit their small businesses.   What 30 days can do If we’ve learned anything from Morgan Spurlock, it’s how much things can change…

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The best toy for toddlers: not-so-pro parenting tip

Posted on January 25, 2014October 21, 2025 by Ellen Eldridge

    I’ll be honest (it’s quite stress-relieving); when the pregnancy results came in for my second child I immediately yearned for the day my two kids could play together. Only two years apart—by literally two days—I felt sure my kids would be destined to grow up playing with and perhaps tormenting each other.  …

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The most difficult task for a freelancer

Posted on January 22, 2014October 21, 2025 by Ellen Eldridge

  Though I’ve been in business for myself for nearly seven years with Target Audience Magazine, I haven’t invested enough time or money to make a sincere “go of it,” though I plan to change that this year. I started really building my freelance career managing social media and editing fairly recently. I just joined…

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