If you can’t record or remember your lessons, you learnt nothing from the great experiences life has to offer. Everyday there is something new to learn, to fail at and to aim at. For the last year I have been learning, failing and aiming; below are my lessons learnt…. Never forget your passion – not matter the money or the struggle, if you have passion for what you do, you will enjoy and love it during the bad and good days. Find your niche – do everything until you find that one good thing you are better at. Hold on to that and never let go. That better thing will pay…
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How Social Media in Uganda will be like in 2015
I was called a prophetess on National TV (Urban TV) when I was hosted by the presenter @danmumbere on 31st Dec 2014 on the #tag show, because I wrote a blog in 2013 that predicted what Uganda’s social media will be like in 2014, and I got 75% of my predications right. Check them out here. Now after a great deal of research and analysing what happened in the last two years, I am at it again and I hope I raise my bar to 80% or 85% true predictions. Here goes; 2015 has the opportunity to see Video marketing grow from just fun video of Katoto or the evil…
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The Do's and Don'ts on LinkedIn
I have been on LinkedIn for 4 years now and i have learnt a lot while engaging from that platform. Some of these things i have learnt have helped me find the does and don’t on this platform so that you can move forward in your engagement and connection. The following below are my does and don’t on Linked; DOs a) Share links (using a URL shortener) to interesting articles, websites or video you have found that some individuals in your network might appreciate. Don’t worry about whether all of your connections will find the information equally valuable. Always try to use words that grab the readers and encourage them…
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My Social Media Glossary
Attention – I pay attention to my fans and followers on my online community, because i know these are real people. Blog – I don’t care what field you are in, you should be blogging so that you reflect your brand or organization; hence building readership among other thought leaders in your field. Community – Social media is all about communities. Social networks are simply online communities. Engagement, discussion and respect are top priority within these communities. Delete – Don’t! Unless there is graphic content that must be removed, i do not delete what my brand is saying. It negates transparency. So if you host a community where profanity or…
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Measuring Social Media Marketing Content
So you have been posting tweets, updates about your brand and you have received some commentaries, replies, retweets but you are not sure of how many people you have reached with your posts and who were really interested in what you were saying. The formulas below can help you figure it out as a brand and as a person who posts for fun were combined by Gay Moran and below is my understanding of them. Yes some Mathematics is need all avenues. How To Find Out If Your Facebook Fans Are Really Interested In The Content You Are Posting? This formula helps to answer questions like “I’ve liked your Facebook page,…
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Ways To Create and Share Social Media Content At and After An Event
I have recently attended two events as per last weekend one was the PhatFest an event sponsored by Power Fm and the other one was The Night sponsored by Smirnoff Uganda. One was a christian concert and the other one was like a tweep up event *am not sure how to describe it*. I had fun on both events, enjoyed myself to the fullest. PhatFest brought all christian musicians from the mass choirs of late 80s to the current musicians and The Night had a highlight of Liquideep a South African Musician. So some ideas hit me when I was attending these two events that could have to boosted them. These…
