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Gigi Gorgeous: How to Stay Grounded When Social Media Is Your Full-Time Job

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Staying grounded in social media is a constant challenge. Working on social media (professionally) takes everything up a notch. Now she has nearly 3 million followers on her beauty and lifestyle channel. It helps to know your purpose before launching a social media career. Gigi joined YouTube in 2008.

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How Quitting Instagram Saved Me Money

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From the first time I logged on to Facebook as a high schooler in the basement of my parents’ home, I have loved social media. I know a fair amount of people who have serious complaints about the online world — especially social media. Social media can cause bad spending habits.

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Chaya Milchtein Empowers Women by Educating Them About Cars

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She then posed these questions in a Facebook group for women entrepreneurs who suggested that she teach people how to do car repairs. When the Facebook members were offering her suggestions, Milchtein was simultaneously helping a friend purchase a used car on Craigslist. But she asked herself, “What’s the next step? Where’s this going?”

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Hiking with Joy: The Power of Intergenerational Connections with Brad Ryan

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Ryan is now a veterinarian and mental health advocate , famous on social media for his travels with his grandmother. Follow Brad and Joy Ryan’s travels on Instagram and Facebook. With that moment in mind, he called his grandmother and started planning their first trip to the Great Smoky Mountains.

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The Zen of Social Media Marketing

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Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? Entrepreneur, Shama Kabani (formerly Hyder) also believes in social media marketing. You can buy “The Zen of Social Media Marketing” here.

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Amid Convenience Culture, Gen Zers Embrace Boutique Shopping—Here’s Why

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Johnson adopted a comment-to-shop model of selling using the boutique’s VIP Facebook group. Despite the company’s expansive growth, Johnson still handles Hazel & Olive’s social media accounts. The company is highly active on social media, with its 276,000 Instagram followers keeping products from flying off the shelves.

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Travel Blogger Karen Akpan Shares How She Journeyed From Debt to Economic Freedom

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Karen Akpan, known as @themomtrotter across social media, started her blog in 2017 to document and share budget travel hacks for people. It’s called ‘lifestyle creep’ when you’re done with school so you think you have more money and can afford more things,” Akpan says. A few months later, they were on the road living in it.

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