Inspired by my 100 Day social media black-out experiment, author Christopher Joglund took the plunge and lived to tell the tale in two articles. The first is his initial wrap-up titled: 101 Days Without Social Media. The second is: After the Social Media Break. There are a few things that really stood out to me […]
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100 Days Social Media Black-Out: A Post-Mortem
Although my experiment has ended, the experience continues to ripple through my work habits, personal life and discussions with other authors. If you’re not familiar with the experiment, be sure to peer into my 100 Days: Social Media Black-Out Archives. Several authors have come forward and told me that they were having the discussion about […]
[My Guest Post] More Insight on Social Media Blackout at SFWA.org
Wanted to pop in today to mention that, for my July article at SFWA.org, I opted to provide the results of my 100 day social media blackout and give readers additional insights I didn’t write about here. Remember, too, that online marketing and e-commerce both have high learning curves. What you see/read online is often […]
Learning How to Let Go: Social Media Blackout Results
For my closing post in the series about the results of my 100 day social media blackout, I’d like to talk about one of the best side effects of this experiment. And that is? Learning how to let go. As I mentioned in an earlier post this week, I talked about how I was hypersensitive […]
Prioritize By Value: Social Media Blackout Results
So yesterday I talked about how all signs pointed in a positive direction during the one-hundred day social meida blackout. Today, I’m going to bring up something I saw in action: the need to prioritize by value. When you’re working in a creative field, it’s not like being on an assembly line. You don’t constantly […]