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 and I know I need […]
Media Literacy 101: Recognizing Fake News
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 opinions that are not your […]
Social Media Made Easier with The Art of Social Media {Craft Your Blog}
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 also intensely involved in social […]
Taking the “Shoulds” Out of Social {Craft Your Blog}
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 on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc.). […]
The Day I Learned the Power of Social Media {Craft Your Blog}
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 a knitting book or tool. […]
Where Should You Be Online? {Craft Your Blog}
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 “write what you want to […]