Whether you're your own boss, have teammates, clients, customers, or subcontractors, it's the same. YOU are your own boss and YOU get to decide what is okay and not okay. (We're gonna talk more, but read Katie's blog "You're the Boss of You" through link in bio!)🌟Yes, you may have a boss, but …
Use an online calendar in Google Sheets to plan out your social media content!
If you're in charge of social media for your company, or you do your own social media, it can be a challenge to plan out your content, can't it? And if you have more than one person involved in that planning, you both need to be on the same page so there's a clear strategy and no overlapping of …
Did you know that Mardi Gras means “Fat Tuesday?”
Well, we're always in support of a good party around here, and coincidentally love that Mardi Gras aligns with our brand colors so well. Fat Tuesday is apparently about all manner of excess and merrymaking - using up all of the "fats" in the kitchen in anticipation of upcoming weeks of fasting and …
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Use proofreading tools to perfect your writing!
When you're sending out a newsletter, an email, or publishing a blog post or web page, it really does pay to proofread your work. At The Garden of Words, we have a proofreader on our team (Claire) who catches all of our weird mistakes, but you can also use a free tool like @grammarly. Now, this …
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Building a Bench + Being the Bench
We've been having fun lately going through some older blog posts that Katie wrote before some of the other team members starting writing blog posts for The Garden of Words. This was before GOW was an agency and Katie had to do all the work herself. Building a Bench + Being the Bench is about …
I forced a bot to watch 1,000 hours of zoom meetings…
But I'm definitely not suffering from an over-abundance of leisure time. Recent events (Here's an example: New York Times Headline on Monday: Alarmed by A.I. Chatbots, Universities Start Revamping How They Teach) caused me to remember that odd conversation with …
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What, like it’s hard?
I DON'T KNOW, DAD. I GUESS SO BUT THEN HERE'S THE THING AFTER YOU PAY THE MONEY AND THEN YOU GET AN APPOINTMENT YOU HAVE TO CLEAR YOUR SCHEDULE AND WE WORK FULL TIME AND THEN THERE ARE THE DOGS. AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET READY FOR THE HOLIDAYS AND LAST WEEK I JUST HAD A FLAT TIRE AND …
Team Tips: Email Marketing
Use alt tags for all images! Heather is the manager of our email marketing department, and her tip today touches on something that is all too easy to overlook: Alt tags for your images. WHY: Because they appear in place of an image in case it fails to load. They also are used by screen-reading …
BATCHING YOUR CONTENT
Have you ever proudly stated that you are an amazing multitasker? We used to, too! But did you know that multitasking — switching back and forth between multiple tasks — takes up to 40% more time to get these tasks done, and can reduce your short-term IQ by 15 points? Multitasking takes …
Fall Lunch and Learn
Learn 5 quick things to fix on your website to make it easier for customers to navigate. Jump into the hot seat for a free website evaluation. Ask Katie alllllll your questions to get ready for 2023. Link to register! …
