Lifestyle
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Balloon Time Brings Fun for the 4th of July
Graduation Party, Wedding/Baby Showers, Birthday Parties! Next up – JULY 4th! If you’re crafty or even if you’re not, Balloon Time Helium Kits can make an already fun party even more festive with their easy to use kit and the creative ideas they have on their website!! I used the Balloon Time Helium Kit recently for my sons’ graduation party and it was so easy to use! This is such an inexpensive and super fun way to decorate the next party you’re having! They also have great ideas for fun activities and games using their balloon themes on their website! Here’s a really creative and fun project where you…
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How to Succeed as Influencer #SparkMe
“Influencer marketing is the fastest-growing channel, ” according to the latest poll from influencer marketplace Tomoson. Everywhere Agency‘s Founder and President Danica Kombol reaffirmed this at the first day of Spark.me conference in Budva, Montenegro. You can read more about her talk, “Marketing Under the Influence” here. Today, I want to focus on how you get noticed by people online through social media and blogging. It is not something that comes by accident. It requires hard work and an innovative strategy. At its core, being an influencer is having the power to create an effect, change opinions and behaviors, and drive measurable outcomes online. Here are five effective ways to become more savvy and…
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“I Just Don’t Want Senior Year to End and Summer to Begin”
It’s May and we are less than a month away from my twin sons’ High School Graduation. How did that happen and why does time seem to speed up when you most want it to slow down?! My first article about our senior year was called “I just don’t want Summer to end and Senior Year to Begin,” so I am naming this one “I just don’t want Senior year to end and Summer to Begin.” I started this year sad because I was focused on it being a series of lasts and anxious because senior year is a lot of work! But Jack and Jared got all their college…
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Can’t Stop the Feeling: Prepare for Spark.Me
Spark.me is less than a month away! And today, Justin Timberlake drops a new song that expresses how I feel. I may have modified some of the lyrics ;), but turn up the volume and dance with me. “I got this feeling inside my bones. It goes electric, wavey when I turn it on. All through BUDVA, all through MONTENEGRO. We’re flying up, no ceiling, when we in our zone. I got that sunshine in my pocket. Got THIS good song in my feet. I feel that SPARK in my body when it drops. I can’t WAIT FOR END OF MAY, moving so phenomenally WELL. You gon’ like the way…
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Why Bloggers Should Takeover Another’s Snapchat
With over 7 billion video views per day and close to 200 million users, Snapchat is becoming the go-to platform for bloggers looking for new ways to increase brand awareness and connect with a younger (at heart 😉 ), creative and engaged audiences. Read my top 10 Snapchat Tips here. For creative bloggers, you are beginning to see an effective new strategy called a Snapchat Takeover. What is a Snapchat Takeover? A Snapchat Takeover is when a blogger allows another blogger to “take over” their Snapchat account and create a story from her unique perspective. Takeovers typically happen for a day, and both bloggers start telling their fans across all…