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Authentic or Artificial?
Authenticity and artificial both start with the letter A. That’s their only similarity. When it comes to social media, brands need to be authentic to build trust with their audiences. In his book Likeable, Dave Kerpen writes that “Organizations that… Continue reading
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Purely Business: 4 Reasons Why Brands Should Be Using LinkedIn in 2024
Any brand with a focus on selling or providing services to other brands and professionals should be on LinkedIn. Amongst all of the social media platforms, LinkedIn is purely business. Although it is only listed as the 16th platform in… Continue reading
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Social Media Changes: Communication Over Connection
Newspapers. Magazines. Radio. Television. Social media. Social media is arguably one of the most revolutionary innovations of the 21st century. According to Christiana Freitag in an article for the Ad Council, “From giving us new ways to come together and… Continue reading
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Why Threads Failed: WHere the Twitter “Competitor” Went Wrong
When Threads launched, it seemed to be the only thing I would hear about on the news. After a couple months into Elon Musk’s tumultuous reign over Twitter, Meta decided to launch a similar microblogging platform to compete. The result… Continue reading
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Creating Content For My Article About Content Creation
Within the coming week, I will be posting my first medium.com article, entitled “How AI is Affecting Content Creation.” And since the article is about content, what better way to spread the word than with social media content creation! In… Continue reading
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My Social Media Management Process in 2024
My first experience managing social media accounts was in high school, when I ran the Instagram for the business club. Needless to say, I didn’t know what I was doing. The content was all over the place: I had no… Continue reading
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The LinkedIn Problem
I’m tired of reading LinkedIn posts. I used to love LinkedIn. I even wrote a previous article on this blog about having to go without using it for a couple days. But now, LinkedIn has tired me. Occasionally, I log onto… Continue reading
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Content Creation is Extremely Underrated
Where do you go to look things up? Decades ago, people would go to their bookshelves and open an encyclopedia. Fast forward a couple years, and people would go to Yahoo or Google. If you asked members of Generation Alpha,… Continue reading
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What If We Just Stopped Caring About What People Think?
When I was in elementary school, my teachers would always tell me not to use the words “What If” to start a question. This is probably the worst suggestion I received in my academic career. The advice never made sense… Continue reading
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Who Is Sean Formantes?
Photo by Alex Beyer Sean Formantes is a graphic designer, content creator, and creative leader from Connecticut. He is a senior Graphic and Interactive Design major at Quinnipiac University, where he is also pursuing a graduate degree in Interactive Media… Continue reading