Are you the only Community Manager or social media practitioner in your company? Allow me to shake your virtual hand. It can be a tough gig. Here are a few tips for “lone wolf” community managers to help make things, well, more manageable. Set up your command center. Think of yourself as the social media [...]
Last week I posted a photo on our company Facebook page. It was a teaser photo of a large pile of boxes in our warehouse. A shipment of strollers had just come in, and we were excited to share the news with our customers. As our Facebook Page administrator, I often post photos to Facebook [...]
As the Community Manager for a small business, I am fortunate to be a member of The Community Roundtable (aka The CR), founded by Rachel Happe and Jim Storer. The CR is a peer network for people working in social media and community management. It’s the place to learn from experts and get intelligent, experienced [...]
Okay, bear with me as I reminisce. Rewind 5 years or so. As a teacher in the school district where I lived, I felt as though I had to live up to a certain public ideal. Was it okay for students to see me drinking? What if they overheard me gossiping with friends over dinner? [...]
