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10 ways to completely screw up your social media campaign (26/06/2013) 1 Jul 2013 | 12:40 pm
Sometimes being perfect is difficult. Especially when you’re burdened with a ‘name’ in a particular industry – like digital. You need to offload some of that excellence because, poor you, you’re just ...
Making meetings meaningful (27/06/2013) 28 Jun 2013 | 02:34 pm
If I had R100 for every meeting I sat in where loads of ‘decisions’ were made but nothing actually got done and nobody was held accountable, I’d be too rich to attend meetings. I’d hire a professional...
Slide Share for Freelancers (24/04/2013) 18 Jun 2013 | 03:55 pm
Hello freelancers. This month’s The Stable Door column has a slightly different format – it’s a slide show. Now, most of you are probably already using social media in some way or another, but if a) y...
We spend WHAT on our kid?!? 18 Jun 2013 | 03:52 pm
We spend WHAT on our kid?!? In response to last month’s article on grocery spend, I was referred to a website called ‘Free Our Kids – The toddler and me and our year for free’. This UK mommy has under...
We spent WHAT on groceries?!? (20/01/2013) 18 Jun 2013 | 03:40 pm
‘Yikes!’ My husband stared at his (colour-coded) spreadsheet in horror, shocked at what we averaged last year in monthly grocery spend. For us, ‘groceries’ includes consumables like nappies, househol...
When and how to talk to your target market (11/02/2013) 18 Jun 2013 | 03:32 pm
Yikes. Online media. It’s a little like a noisy bar where all of the cool people hang out but everyone talks at once. Loudly. So, how do you make yourself heard? You’ve got to know WHEN and HOW to tal...
Encounters of the Cubicle Kind (27/02/2013) 18 Jun 2013 | 03:28 pm
A collaboration between Tiffany Markman & Kym Edwardes-Evans One of the best parts of freelancing is the absence of other people nearby. The general lack of a small cube of personal space, surrounded ...
Would you put your naked toddler in a magazine? (08/03/2013) 13 Jun 2013 | 01:13 pm
The photo that spurred it For the purposes of this post, I’m going to assume you’ve seen Marie Claire’s ‘Naked’ issue. If you haven’t, click here. Seriously. Go and look. Then, come back. The specific...
A ‘perfect’ mom? Not me. I’m just a ‘good’ mom. (13/06/2013) 13 Jun 2013 | 01:08 pm
If we’re being honest… I’m an imperfect mom. How do I know this? Well, I’ve never: Given sweets and a self-effacing note to fellow plane travellers in case my kid screams all the way to our destinatio...
The 6 Personas of the Coffee Shop Mafia (04/05/2013) 13 Jun 2013 | 12:47 pm
Eish. Self-employed techies. A big part of our working life is the coffee-shop-hop. We find our favourite places and we build relationships. We choose preferred tables, menu items and waiters and over...