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How To Become a Professional Writer in 12 Steps

Writtent Blog

Define Your Writing Goals Clearly outline your objectives and the type of writing you aspire to pursue, such as content creation, journalism, or creative writing. Aspiring journalists should specify their interest in news reporting, feature writing, or investigative journalism.

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8 Best Practices for Collaborative Blog Groups

Kikolani

In the last few months, I have had the privilege of becoming a regular contributor on several multi-author blogs such as Search Engine Journal , Famous Bloggers , Social Media Examiner , Search Engine Watch , and Stay on Search. This should be the most obvious and important use of a private blog group. Announcements.

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Twitter for Business: Is It Time?

Webbiquity SMM

Of the top 500 people in event marketing per BizBash magazine (a group that should definitely be social media active), just 119 —less than a quarter—even have a Twitter account, and many of those are inactive. prohibiting the use of profanity) and community enforced. But it’s not. ” Meaningful ratings: The ?

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Industry certification a must for social media career success

Sherrilynne Starkie

I tend to shortlist candidates who possess a degree from a ‘good’ university, including communications, journalism, or business graduates (although I’ve seen some degrees in English and linguistics, too). The more desirable candidates will also have a PR or marketing diploma, or a certificate from a community college.

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4 Reasons to Use Social Enterprise Networks for Business

Mindjumpers

Upstart Business Journal, the Austin Business Journal and the North Bay Business Journal. Such platforms as Yammer, Chatter and Jive certainly look and feel similar to Facebook – with a news feed, groups, friends and status updates. Her work has appeared in myriad publications including Inc.,

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When I Couldn’t Find Marketing Outlets to Elevate My Brand, I Created My Own

Buffer Social

When I first started building Diversability with the vision of creating a community of people with disabilities (and the allies who support us) elevating disability pride, I kept encountering roadblocks when trying to get the word out. Now, in 2023, we have 80,000 followers across our social networks and 5,800 in our closed communities.

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Creating Women’s History Month social media ideas that resonate

Sprout Social

As Dana Cass, the Founder of Cass Content Studios says, “Many brands would be better off not posting about identity-based celebrations if they don’t have meaningful support for that identity group.” Do you have employee resource groups (ERGs) dedicated to women in the workforce? Have you taken steps to address the gender pay gap?