Tag: social media

15 Things to Do Instead of Checking Facebook

Sarah White June 27, 2017 Creativity Boosts / UncategorizedLeave a comment

I’ve been trying to stay away from Facebook lately. Don’t get me wrong; I love the idea of Facebook. Seeing what other people are up to, being able to easily offer encouragement or wish someone a happy birthday is a lot of fun. But it is such a time suck …

Media Literacy 101: Recognizing Fake News

Sarah White December 13, 2016 Writing and BloggingLeave a comment

Continuing my media literacy 101 series today, I wanted to talk about fake news, what it is, how to recognize it and what to do about it. What is Fake News? Contrary to what our President-elect might have you believe, fake news is not news you don’t agree with, or …

Social Media Made Easier with The Art of Social Media {Craft Your Blog}

Sarah White December 4, 2014 Home and Family LifeLeave a comment

If you’ve been around the Internet much at all you’ve probably heard of Guy Kawasaki. The former chief evangelist at Apple (what a great job title!), he’s now the chief evangelist at the online graphic design company Canva (which I have played with a little and is pretty cool). He’s …

Taking the “Shoulds” Out of Social {Craft Your Blog}

Sarah White February 5, 2014 Writing and Blogging11 Comments

On the calendar for today I have a post called “The Least I Should Do,” which was supposed to be about making a plan for social media that becomes a kind of checklist of all the things you have to do when you finish a post (pinning to Pinterest, promoting …

The Day I Learned the Power of Social Media {Craft Your Blog}

Sarah White January 29, 2014 Writing and Blogging2 Comments

This story is not about this blog, it’s about one of my crafting sites, the knitting page at Craft Gossip. It’s basically a blog, where I write about what’s going on in the knitting world, share free patterns I like, occasionally do book reviews and have an almost-weekly giveaway of …

Where Should You Be Online? {Craft Your Blog}

Sarah White January 15, 2014 Writing and BloggingOne Comment

Last week I said I was going to write something about promoting your blog, and the more I thought about it the more I realized it really needs to be a series of posts. And maybe I don’t know how to write them just yet. This is one of those …