A friend of mine recently signed up for LinkedIn, but he found the number of notifications he received overwhelming. After I told him how to change his notification settings, I thought I’d do a quick tutorial for everyone. How have you set up your notifications?
Author: Kim Siever
I am a copywriter and copyeditor. I blog on writing and social media tips mostly, but I sometimes throw in my thoughts about running a small business.
Follow me on Twitter at @hotpepper.
Small business tip: Use GMail to boost productivity
Today’s writing post isn’t about writing, or it isn’t in the strictest sense. It’s about running a writing business, or more specifically, running my writing business. When I started my business full-time nearly a year ago, one of the things I learned quickly as client work started coming in was that I needed a way… Continue reading Small business tip: Use GMail to boost productivity
4 key steps to quickly increase Pinterest engagement (video)
Here’s my latest YouTube tutorial. It will show you 4 key steps to quickly increase engagement on Pinterest.
Why you should write in the present tense
Thanks to Rosemary Shannon-Snead for recommending this blog topic. If you have writing questions, please submit them to kim.siever@hotpepper.ca. One way to build engagement with your blog readers is to write in the present tense. There’s an immediacy to the present tense, and if you do it right, the readers can feel like they’re participating… Continue reading Why you should write in the present tense
Video: How to connect your Twitter account to your company Facebook page
Take a look at this quick tutorial on how to connect your Twitter account to your company Facebook page. This could end up being a time saver for you.
Why I avoid “and/or” at all costs
As I edit client documents, a common convention I see used is the “and/or” combination. If you haven’t seen it, it’s usually used to represent multiple options, including the combining options. For example, in “Please bring cake and/or ice cream”, the speaker suggests that you can bring cake, ice cream, or cake and ice cream.… Continue reading Why I avoid “and/or” at all costs
Use drag and drop to organize your Pinterest boards alphabetically.
I came across a cool feature of Pinterest that I never knew existed before: drag and drop to reorganize your boards. I love this. When I started on Pinterest, you couldn’t organize the boards, and they were sorted from oldest to newest. I prefer sorting alphabetically, which I can do now. Here’s a brief tutorial… Continue reading Use drag and drop to organize your Pinterest boards alphabetically.
5 words that used to mean something else entirely
While managing a client’s Pinterest account, I came across a meme that claimed nice used to mean something entirely different from what it does now. I looked it up and it was true. I decided to look up a few more. Here is what I came up with:
The 4 image sizes you need to know to perfect your Facebook page
Trying to get your images on Facebook just right can be tricky. Here’s a simple guide for knowing what image sizes to use for your cover photo, profile photo, tab images, and timeline images. And just to make things a bit easier, the profile picture is 23 pixels in from the left edge of… Continue reading The 4 image sizes you need to know to perfect your Facebook page
Dove vs. dived; or people love it when I get it wrong
The other day, my teenage daughter and I had a conversation about the past tense of to dive after I had used the word dived in a sentence. One of the downsides of being a professional copywriter is that everyone waits for you to mess up when you say or write something. Then they pounce like tigers that… Continue reading Dove vs. dived; or people love it when I get it wrong