Building Community through Engagement
I was born and raised on the campus of a boarding school in Connecticut. I also attended that school from grades 6-12. It’s probably not a huge surprise to find out that I now work at a boarding school in Connecticut (though not the same one.) This experience gives me a special understanding of the […]
Paid advertising on social media – because there’s no such thing as a free lunch
When I first started working in non-profits, social media advertising was in its toddlerhood. I worked for a regional theatre that was an early adopter of the importance of having a social media presence, but struggled to move past more traditional forms of marketing. While they have grown with the times, those early days of […]
Creating Brand Community
This week I’m focusing on brands that go beyond having a social media presence to those who truly create a community online. The two brands that I’ll focus on in this article are GoPro and Grove Collaborative. Both brands are utilizing social media to build a community around their products. GoPro GoPro, which makes the […]
Selling a dream: A social media audit of Den Outdoors
Den is a fairly new small home architecture company that sells plans, kits, and pre-fab houses. Their aesthetic is a beautiful mix between simple farmhouse or Scandinavian design and modern architecture. The company features a manifesto which states “Den began because we know that building a cabin changes who you are, having a cabin changes […]
Gatekeeping doesn’t need to be a dirty word
I left Facebook in January of 2016. I had burned out on the constant drama surrounding the election and decided that I was tired of hearing even the opinions that I agreed with. It took some time to stop automatically typing facebook.com into the search bar when I opened my browser, but eventually I retrained […]