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It's a Video World - AND WE'RE LIVING IN IT

IT'S A VIDEO WORLD - AND WE'RE LIVING IN IT Let me start by saying I’m no influencer and I...

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Gabby EvansGabby Evans

From the Ground Up: Setting Up a TikTok for Your Business

So you're ready to create a TikTok account for your business. Here are the steps you need ...

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Kristy PluckerKristy Plucker

4 TikTok Features Your Business Needs to Know About

Let's take a trip down memory lane. It's 2020 and we're only leaving our houses to pick up...

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Kristy PluckerKristy Plucker

How Do I Know If My Site Is Breaking The Law?

ADA Website lawsuit filings are among the fastest-growing cases over the past few years. T...

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10 Illegal (and Unethical) Things You’ve Probably Done on Social Media

So, you think you’ve got a handle on all this social media stuff. Awesome! You’re posting ...

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Using Instagram Reels to Up Your Social Game

USING INSTAGRAM REELS TO UP YOUR SOCIAL GAME If you’re a creative or a business, staying o...

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Kalli JonesKalli Jones

The Creative Network Explained In Under 2 Minutes

THE CREATIVE NETWORK EXPLAINED IN UNDER 2 MINUTES

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Allison GatesAllison Gates

The Reel Deal

THE REEL DEAL - How Facebook is embracing new trends to expand its audience, and why it’s ...

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Leah Erdman

A 2022 Social Media Trend You Need To Pay Attention To

A 2022 SOCIAL MEDIA TREND YOU NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO Sprout Social came out with an arti...

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Balancing Social Media Usage From Someone Who Works in Social Media

BALANCING SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE FROM SOMEONE WHO WORKS IN SOCIAL MEDIA In June of 2020, I rea...

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Liv MyersLiv Myers

This iOS 14 Really Is A Thing

This iOS 14 Really Is a Thing iOS introduced their new iOS 14 in 2021 and we're still lear...

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Ailen FerroAilen Ferro

Q&A With the Chatterkick CEO

Q&A WITH THE CHATTERKICK CEO Happy tenth trip around the sun to us! A decade ago Beth ...

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Gabby EvansGabby Evans

CAMPAIGNS THAT MADE US LOOK IN 2021 👀

CAMPAIGNS THAT MADE US LOOK IN 2021 👀 2021 was filled with marketing campaigns that had u...

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Gabby EvansGabby Evans

Meet Austin "Happy to Help" Weaver

MEET AUSTIN "HAPPY TO HELP" WEAVER Our team at Chatterkick is full of very unique personal...

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5 Reasons to Get Cookin' on Branding Today

5 REASONS TO GET COOKIN' ON BRANDING TODAY I get it. Life moves fast, and often business m...

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Allison GatesAllison Gates

Chatterkick Snags 5 Stars on Clutch

CHATTERKICK SNAGS 5 STARS ON CLUTCH Chatterkick’s mission is to be a new kind of brand par...

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Allison GatesAllison Gates

Keeping Your Content Fresh In A Cluttered Landscape

KEEPING YOUR CONTENT FRESH IN A CLUTTERED LANDSCAPE As one of the Visual Content Strategis...

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Kalli JonesKalli Jones

7 Content Creators You NEED to Follow

7 CONTENT CREATORS YOU NEED TO FOLLO W First of all, hello. 👋 This is my first ever blog ...

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Hannah MaymonHannah Maymon

If Chatterkick Were A Playlist

IF CHATTERKICK WERE A PLAYLIST This playlist represents the humans, moments, and memories ...

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Kelsey MartinKelsey Martin

Become Brain Boggled About Brainstorming

BECOME BRAIN BOGGLED ABOUT BRAINSTORMING Whazzzzuuuupp? Chris Severn here, Customer Succes...

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Chris SevernChris Severn

Chatterkick Receives New Clutch Reviews

CHATTERKICK RECEIVES NEW CLUTCH REVIEWS At Chatterkick, we help brands gain a competitive ...

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Allison GatesAllison Gates

3 Social Media Mistakes Executives Make Before Breakfast

3 SOCIAL MEDIA MISTAKES EXECUTIVES MAKE BEFORE BREAKFAST Every day, a senior executive for...

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Beth TrejoBeth Trejo

KEEPING CULTURE SPICY (IN-PERSON AND REMOTELY)

KEEPING CULTURE SPICY (IN-PERSON AND REMOTELY) Company culture is a big part of our day-to...

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Kristy PluckerKristy Plucker

Incorporating Outreach Into Your Social Strategy

INCORPORATING OUTREACH INTO YOUR SOCIAL STRATEGY I’m going out on a limb here to bet rough...

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Gabby EvansGabby Evans

Staying Human In The Digital World

STAYING HUMAN IN THE DIGITAL WORLD Ironically, at times, it's become increasingly harder t...

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Kaci YoungKaci Young

Achieving Eudaimonia as a Designer

ACHIEVING EUDAIMONIA AS A DESIGNER Last year, I wrote a blog about design predictions I ha...

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Cody MaymonCody Maymon

Behind the Camera: Content Captures Explained

BEHIND THE CAMERA: CHATTERKICK CONTENT CAPTURES EXPLAINED Creating authentic content is a ...

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Allison GatesAllison Gates

Everything You Need to Know About Holiday Marketing

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HOLIDAY MARKETING Believe it or not, somehow, the never-...

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Moderate, You'll Be Glad You Did.

MODERATE, YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DID. You've done it. You have created a social media space fo...

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Erin DurhamErin Durham

Is Squarespace E-Commerce Right For Me? Here Are The Answers You Need.

IS SQUARESPACE E-COMMERCE RIGHT FOR ME? HERE ARE THE ANSWERS YOU NEED. It's no secret that...

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Kelsey MartinKelsey Martin

How To Get The Most Out Of These Nebraska/Iowa Networking Groups

HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THESE NEBRASKA/IOWA NETWORKING GROUPS Networking, a thing I nev...

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Molly KuehlMolly Kuehl

ROI + Other Acronyms For Digital Campaigns

ROI + Other Acronyms For Digital Campaigns "Anything worth doing is worth doing well." I l...

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Chatterkick Internship: What You Need To Know

Chatterkick Internship: What You Need To Know Told By Our Student Intern, Lexi Sneller Acc...

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Remote Work And Flexibility Study During COVID-19

The Results: Chatterkick X Revela Remote Work And Flexibility Survey Businesses are approa...

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Kelsey MartinKelsey Martin

Design Trend Predictions for 2020

Hello, I’m a Visual Content Specialist for Chatterkick. 👋 Being as I work in the design i...

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Cody MaymonCody Maymon

Where Do We Go For Content Inspiration?

On the latest episode of the Generation Social Media Podcast, Chatterkick team members Kel...

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Kelsey MartinKelsey Martin

The Case Of Carson King: A New Social Battleground

We're in Iowa so we feel like everyone already knows about this, but if you don't know, it...

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The 30 Tools Kelsey Wanted You To Know About For Her 30th Birthday

It's true! I have about two hours left in my twenties, and I'm spending it writing this bl...

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Kelsey MartinKelsey Martin

The Generation Social Media Podcast

What Is The Generation Social Media Podcast? The Generation Social Media podcast is not yo...

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Kelsey MartinKelsey Martin

Still Buying Page Likes? You Need to Read This.

If your audience came to you because you promised them something for free or they were jus...

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Kelsey MartinKelsey Martin

You Got 99 Problems On Your Form Fields Son

Okay, so the title may be a little over dramatic. I really just wanted to drop a Jay Z ref...

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Kelsey MartinKelsey Martin

Clicking for a Cure: Social’s Positive Impact on a Personal Story

Here at Chatterkick, we host an array of clients, each eager to improve the efficiency of ...

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Allison GatesAllison Gates

Introducing: The Social Status

Flourishing in today's digital media frontier requires learning, development and a lot of ...

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Kelsey MartinKelsey Martin

Ask Chatterkick: A One-On-One Social Media Training Experience

We get this question all of the time "can you just come in and show me or one of my team m...

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Kelsey MartinKelsey Martin

Kelsey Martin: Please Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself

Kelsey Martin is our Chief Operating Officer for Chatterkick. She makes sure the business ...

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Kelsey MartinKelsey Martin

Get To Know Joelle: She’s both eco-friendly and people-friendly.

Joelle Kruger is one of our uber-talented visual content strategists who left small-town I...

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Get To Know Kristy: Your Next Karaoke Partner

Kristy Plucker is Chatterkick’s “Jill of All Trades.” She is technically our administratio...

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Kelsey MartinKelsey Martin

Confessions Of A Chatterkick Intern: Told By Paige Rodawig

Meet Paige Rodawig! Paige Rodawig is officially graduating! Paige set a high bar for inter...

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Kelsey MartinKelsey Martin

16 Career Tips I Wish Someone Had Told Me In My Twenties

Good advice is worth its weight in gold. Think about all the gems your mother, father, tea...

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Kelsey MartinKelsey Martin

I Signed the Proposal, Now What? What to expect when you start working with Chatterkick.

Hooray! Huzzah! You have just come on board as a new Chatterkick client. You’re ready to p...

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5 Video Trends You Should Be Doing Now, Like Right Now

Video helps brands tell their story like no other medium. Video is moving, it’s personal, ...

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Erin SandageErin Sandage

Squarespace vs. WordPress: Which Should You Choose?

Over the years we’ve helped build a LOT of websites using a whole bunch of different aweso...

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Beth TrejoBeth Trejo

Get To Know Cody: Ask Nicely and Maybe He’ll Change Your Flat Tire

Cody Maymon is one of Chatterkick’s uber-talented visual content strategists, i.e. graphic...

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Cody MaymonCody Maymon

How To Stand Out As A Social Media Intern

Your friends are judging you for freaking out so much about this interview. “They're just ...

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How Do I Buy A New Website?: Questions To Answer BEFORE You Get Started

One of the most frequent questions I am asked is, “I need a new website, where do I start?...

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Beth TrejoBeth Trejo

10 Ways to Bring Your Business to Life on Social Media

Red rover, red rover, let Authenticity come over! The time of formal, polished pitches and...

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Kelsey BaileyKelsey Bailey

Social Recruiting: Put Your Money Where Your Applicants Are

It’s inevitable, at some point when creating your social recruitment plan a question will ...

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10 Things My Social Media Internship Taught Me That College Couldn’t

The advertising Padawan often has two choices to continue their career: account management...

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From One Writer To Another … Tips And Techniques To Create Great Content

Writing is a skill that some love and others hate. I’ve been writing for more than 20 year...

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Erin SandageErin Sandage

To Meme or Not to Meme

That is the question. Like Hamlet, marketers face a crisis. Posting a meme seems like a go...

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6 Reasons to Celebrate 6 Years

Time flies when you're having fun. We know that's true because the last 6 years at Chatter...

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Keys To Create Brand Guidelines

Whether it is a 100-page bible, or four-page handout, brand guidelines set down the “rules...

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8 Minutes of Insight: Chatterkick's CEO Talks SEO

How do I make my website appear in search engines? This is probably one of the most freque...

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Beth TrejoBeth Trejo

5 Best Social Recruitment Practices

It’s official; the YouTube generation is growing up and hitting the pavement, or rather — ...

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Recruitment Red Flags You Need To Know

Over the past several years savvy hiring managers have made a new best friend. First name,...

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Allison GatesAllison Gates

Chatterkick #14 In The List Of 50 Best Small Companies To Work For Of 2017

For the second time in one week Chatterkick, a social media agency with offices in Sioux C...

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Chatterkick Makes The List Of Best 25 Companies For Women

Compiled by Comparably and featured in USA Today.

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Chatterkick Baton Rouge Year-One Recap

After a year, the growing pains are subsiding and Chatterkick has found its footing in Bat...

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Best Photo Editing Apps For Your Iphone

Let’s Get Into It: As a content creator working in the marketing field, the most common qu...

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Creating An Irresistible LinkedIn Profile

What does a private school, non-profit organization, and a construction company have in co...

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Turn Social Media into your favorite around-the-clock employee with these 7 tips!

Know your target audience Know the people buying your product. Understanding your audience...

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Working In Social Media, As Told By Kanye West Tweets

When you’re deep in a client project and a coworker asks what you’re doing this weekend.

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Learn all you need to know about the amazing Allison in 21 questions or less!

Though she is usually running around brainstorming or helping our team with a client, we s...

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A No-Hype Guide to a Slam Dunk on Social

The NCAA tournament is a ratings machine. On March 18th from 8 - 10 PM, 5.47 million viewe...

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8 Audience Building Tricks You Wish You Knew Before

There are over 2 billion active users on social media every day. Platforms like Facebook a...

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Kelsey MartinKelsey Martin

Happy Birthday, Beth!

We recently celebrated Chatterkick's birthday, but today is our CEO Beth Trejo's big day. ...

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Chatterkick: Origin Story

To truly appreciate how far we've come over the last five years, we have to throw it back ...

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Chatterkick's 5-Years-Old Skills

Turning five is a milestone. At five you can run, color inside the lines, hold a conversat...

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5 Action Verbs Every Business On Social Media Should Know

Do you still have sweaty palms about social media? You aren't alone. In fact, if more peop...

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Ali Tells Us How It Is (for about 3 minutes)

Every month, when it comes time for one of us to do our Team Spotlight, the process is pre...

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2017 Will Be The Year Of...

Just like Kylie predicted, we spent the past year "realizing stuff." Now, as 2016 draws to...

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These 3 Facebook Tips Are On The Nice List. Are You?

Congratulations, you made it! Well, sort of. It’s down to single digits on the Christmas c...

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Allison GatesAllison Gates

Meet Kacey In Just Over 500 Words

Kacey Ma, our fearless copywriter, is always putting words in our mouth. Here's your chanc...

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3 Free Tips to Evaluate Your Digital Recruitment Skills

Digital Recruitment Never Stops Working for You: Part Three Ok, you sold me. What are ways...

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Meet Molly: 21 Questions, 21 Answers, And One Very Strong Opinion About Spicy Food.

Molly Ward, our one-and-only Social Traffic Controller, wears many hats in her position, f...

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Know Your Social Media Lingo

The internet is a crazy place, and our means of communication are even crazier. Gone are t...

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Digital Recruiting 101: How To Keep Employees Engaged Before, During, and After Hiring

Digital Recruitment Never Stops Working for You: Part Five Social Media FAQs: The Down and...

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Does Your Boss Know? 3 Social Media Concerns Organizations Have

Digital Recruitment Never Stops Working for You: Part Four Have Your Doubts About Digital ...

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Social Media Recruitment ROI and Why Top Organizations are All-In

Digital Recruitment Never Stops Working for You: Part Two Now that you know the basics abo...

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Digital Recruitment: How To Connect Social Media To Real HR Results

Digital Recruitment Never Stops Working for You: Part One “Digital Recruitment” is the lat...

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Learn Everything You Need To Know About Lauren In 3 Minutes.

Our Community Manager who spends her free time scoping out vanity plates and living large,...

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The Ins and outs of facebook reviews

Everyone wants to know when they’re doing a good job: a pat on the back, a gold star, any ...

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Beth TrejoBeth Trejo

Taylor Answers 15 Questions In Full Fashion.

Our Visual Content Manager takes a few minutes between photo shoots, video editing, and so...

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Want to win at social? Keep up with the Kardashians.

Let me start off by saying this; EVERYONE is competitive. Even if you aren't into sports a...

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Kelsey MartinKelsey Martin

Shannon Answers 20 Questions While Stache Supervises.

We pummeled Shannon Wynn, our Web Developer / Resident Superhero, with 20 random questions...

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Kelsey MartinKelsey Martin

The Facebook Safety Check At Work In Baton Rouge

The Facebook Safety Check is a system that Facebook has put in place to allow users to mar...

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Plz Explain: Chatterkick Social Media Residency

I’ve been called a lot of things in my life– daughter, sister, the human version of the 10...

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Cracking the Code to Snapchat Marketing

In 2007, after Facebook was no longer exclusive to college students, I started a Facebook ...

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The Art Of Saying Oops!

Admit it. It happens to the best of us. The dreaded typo – or gasp – an accidental email b...

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Allison GatesAllison Gates

The Chatterkick Social Influencer Program Is Here

It has been proven time and time again that the #youths are always three steps ahead of us...

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Diana Talks Food, Friends, and Firm Handshakes.

The Chatterkick team is made up of multiple personalities, and we can’t wait to share each...

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Your Online Presence Is A Hot Mess. Why Graphic Design Matters More Than You Think.

Business owners often have so much on their plate, the need for graphic design and brandin...

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Why Boosted Posts Won't Boost Your Revenue

Is your business spending hundreds of dollars a month randomly “boosting" posts on Faceboo...

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How Art and Science Combine with Promoted Pins

INTRODUCTION: By now, we all know what Pinterest is. We’ve all been lured in by visual dis...

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Beth TrejoBeth Trejo

A Message From Stormtrooper

A STORY ABOUT HOW MY 5 YEAR-OLD HACKED OUR PHONE: About once a week, I talk to clients and...

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Beth TrejoBeth Trejo

How The movie "CHEF" Revealed the Secret Recipe for Successful Social Strategies

At Chatterkick, we’ve long touted the movie “Chef” as a must-see for all of our social med...

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And Then There Were four: Allison's big news!

INTRODUCTION: This summer was a big one! We were happy to welcome the newest little Gates ...

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Allison GatesAllison Gates

Social Media Marketing Is Like Eating Bugs. Here's Why.

One of my most memorable meals during the time I lived in Thailand wasn't really a meal at...

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Hiding Last Friday Night : How To Clean Up Your Personal Brand

YOUR DIGITAL FOOTPRINT: We've all had those nights. Those nights that were so epic that yo...

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Beth TrejoBeth Trejo

Social Media Recruitment: Getting Linked and Liked. And started.

Whether you are trying to boost employee engagement or you need to amp up your recruitment...

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Want Strong Candidates? Take your Social Media Medicine

Improving the health of your social media recruitment efforts means taking a good look at ...

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Tricks and Tips for 2015 Social Media Images

We've always known that social media is image-conscious. And now, with the explosion of vi...

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5 Ways To Make Your Inbound Marketing Work Harder Right Now.

Are your blog views plummeting? Are you feeling a little neglected on Facebook? If you are...

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How to Protect Your Reviews from the Google+ Gobbler

Enough is enough. We've all been there. If not yet, you probably will be. Time and time ag...

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Write good to write well: The positive influence of Inbound Marketing

The success of an inbound marketing program depends largely on how well you connect with y...

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Like Coffee for Content: Get Google to Drink What You Are Brewing

First, let's start with the obvious. Coffee is delicious. Coffee pulls us out of bed in th...

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The Quick-Start Guide to Find (And Keeping) Your Audience on Facebook

Find 'em, go get 'em, keep 'em. Social media has revolutionized the way that we find and c...

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Think Your Local Target Demographic Isn't On Facebook? Think Again.

Sioux City Metro, listen up. Did you know that in the Sioux City metro area, there are rou...

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The Instagram Diaries: What It Is and What It Is Not

Understand the 'gram. Though Instagram may have started out as a repository for pretty pic...

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Think Your Local Target Demographic Isn't On Facebook? Think Again.

South Sioux City businesses, listen up. Did you know in South Sioux City, Nebraska there a...

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New Year, New Strategy: Keeping Facebook Fresh in 2015

Here's to a brand spankin' new start. It’s 2015 and a lot has changed since the early days...

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Why Your Mama Wants You to Watch TV

Do it for the sake of social. Ah, television. When you were kid, TV was probably enemy num...

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The New Playbook for Facebook in 2015

Here's a heads up. It's happening again: Facebook all but wrote the rule book for social m...

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Facebook Copyright Message is a Hoax

Don't copy and paste. You can breathe a sigh of relief. A fake Facebook message claiming t...

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Inbound Marketing Starter Kit: How Do I Begin?

Let's Begin. So, you've chosen the path of inbound marketing and want to give it a go with...

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5 Reasons Why Inbound Marketing Can Change Your Business in 2015

We live in an ever so evolving world where more and more companies are changing the way th...

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Inbound Marketing: What Exactly Is It?

The proven methodology for the digital age Since 2006, inbound marketing has been the most...

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Beth TrejoBeth Trejo

Instagram Best Practices

It's no doubt, Instagram is one of the "places to be" on social media. For businesses and ...

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The Top 5 Secrets We Use To Get New Clients

The Answer May Surprise You As a marketing agency, people ask all the time how we get new ...

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Beth TrejoBeth Trejo

The Not-So-Secret Guide To Facebook Ad Metrics

Over a billion people use Facebook to connect with friends, family, bands and even brands....

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Beth TrejoBeth Trejo

What Facebook’s Atlas Means to Local Businesses

Facebook's Atlas. It’s a revamped version of social advertising hitting the web, and it ca...

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Beth TrejoBeth Trejo

Why Your Marketing Department Should Relocate to Customer Service

We have a long-standing joke in our office that most of our family and friends don't think...

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Beth TrejoBeth Trejo

Beyond Facebook & Twitter: Social Options For Your Business

Choosing Your Social Media Options When Twitter and Facebook Are Old News Yesterday I was ...

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Beth TrejoBeth Trejo

Social Media Predictions for 2014

What will happening in 2014 in social media? Will agencies like Chatterkick still be relev...

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Beth TrejoBeth Trejo

Facebook Testing a New Timeline Format

The social networking giants are testing a new layout for Facebook’s Timeline. Yes, I’ll r...

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Beth TrejoBeth Trejo

Back To School Apps To Add

Back to school time means organizing the back to school supplies, shopping for new school ...

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Beth TrejoBeth Trejo

Are Phone Books Dead?

The other day we received a phone book sample in the mail. Maybe its not even called a sam...

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Beth TrejoBeth Trejo

Chatterkick Ribbon Cutting Celebration

Although it seems like we've been in business for years, in reality, only a few short mont...

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Beth TrejoBeth Trejo

Siouxland Professional Women's Seminar 2012: Facebook Decoded

As a past board member of Siouxland Professional Women's Network (SPWN), I'm extra excited...

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Beth TrejoBeth Trejo

You've Got Spam: Now what!

In the previous post, I had mentioned the risks and viral garbage that are out on the web,...

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Beth TrejoBeth Trejo

Avoid Facebook Scams: Think before you click.

We've all see it at one time or another. Can you believe what this girl did to her parents...

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Beth TrejoBeth Trejo

Timeline for Facebook Business- Should You Make the Switch?

Short Answer. No, at least not yet. We had heard the transition to Facebook Timeline for B...

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Beth TrejoBeth Trejo

What did you pin last night?

We get asked daily what the newest trend in Social Media is today? All of us here at Chatt...

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Beth TrejoBeth Trejo

Meet Chatterkick

What exactly is a Chatterkick? Take one part ninja ..wait make that two parts ninja and on...

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Beth TrejoBeth Trejo

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