Here are the 20 most popular (listed from most popular to least) social media and writing articles I shared this week, based on the number of likes, comments, and reshares they received.
Author: Kim Siever
I am a copywriter and copyeditor. I blog on writing and social media tips mostly, but I sometimes throw in my thoughts about running a small business.
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Why it’s important to keep engaging on social media
Last year, a local company hired me to manage their Facebook page. I came on for about a three-month period, boosting their post reach and their total followers. Here is a graph showing their post reach for all of 2015. It’s quite clear when I came on and the period when I managed it. Also,… Continue reading Why it’s important to keep engaging on social media
How to use practice and practise in Canada
One of the challenges of Canadian English is that it incorporates British English while simultaneously incorporating American English. This is particularly confusing when it comes to choosing which words to use. Take the words “practice” and “practise”, for example.
3 things that happen when you reduce your social media efforts
About a year ago, a client (which happens to be a small business) informed me that they needed to reallocate some of their marketing funding away from social media and toward a Google Adwords campaign. They didn’t cancel our contract, but the amount of work I did for them dropped. I thought that this would… Continue reading 3 things that happen when you reduce your social media efforts
What is the proper noun of happy?
While recently reviewing the keywords people use that bring them to my site, I came across this question: what is the proper noun of happy To answer my initial interpretation of the question, the only noun form of “happy” I know of is “happiness”. I guess, by default, happiness is the proper noun of happy.
How to follow someone on Facebook without being friends
Have you ever seen a friend of yours interact with someone else’s content on Facebook and wished you could see that person’s content on your own News Feed. Luckily, there’s a way: follow them. Following people is easy, and it requires only one click.
Is the singular “they” grammatically correct?
If you hang out with anyone who’s a grammar snob, you’ve probably heard them correct someone using “they” as a singular pronoun. I was actually doing some research on this usage recently, and I discovered some interesting tidbits.
Hot Pepper Hot Picks: 3 June 2016
Here are the 20 most popular (listed from most popular to least) social media and writing articles I shared this week, based on the number of likes, comments, and reshares they received.
How to turn your Facebook profile into a page
Every so often, I get a friend request from a business. Facebook created Pages specifically as a way for businesses to connect with people, so there’s no reason to have to set up a personal profile for your business. If you haven’t set up a profile for your business, check out my post on how… Continue reading How to turn your Facebook profile into a page
Difference between diffuse and defuse
While I was editing a client project the other day, I came across the word “defuse”, and I realized that it could be easy for people to confuse “diffuse” and “defuse”. Here’s the difference: