The online world can be tough to navigate. Every other week, Click Clique gets together to chat about all things social media and digital marketing. Join four creatives on Vancouver Island: Megan, Yolanda, Emma, and Kelsey, for interviews with industry professionals, loads of educational content on social media, marketing tips, and free unadulterated banter.
In this episode the Click Clique crew discusses the importance of taking time off and recharging creative energy.
Make Time For Boredom
The Importance of Time Off
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Four female creatives on Vancouver Island - Yolanda, Megan, Kelsey and Emma- are exploring the digital world. This week they discuss their experiences partaking in and running giveaways. Find out who has won a bunch of awesome stuff and who is thoroughly annoyed with online contests.
Megan won Said The Whale tickets
Megan also won Marianas Trench tickets
Megan has a secret musical career
Comment Picker
The stars of the Cheetah Girls 17 years later
Raven-Symoné
Family Channel
Odds on Set for Life
We didn't win.
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This week the Click Clique crew discusses what to do with comments from trolls, negative nellies, super spammers and random ranters.
Responding to Negativity on Social Media
Hide a Comment on Facebook
How to create Community Guidelines
The Punishing Ecstasy of Being a Reddit Moderator
Twitter taught Microsoft’s AI chatbot to be a racist asshole in less than a day
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Emma, Kelsey, Megan, and Yolanda chat about the wild world of online dating.
23 Crazy Tinder Stats & Facts
Bumble Statistics & Facts
10 facts about Americans and online dating
15 Tinder Secrets The Creator Doesn't Want You To Know
20 Facts About Tinder That Tinder May Not Want You To Know
Bumble trivia: 58 amazing facts about the dating app
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The Click Clique crew talk about the positive aspects of social media.
Vance Joy on Instagram
Some Good News
Elephants used for carrying tourists 'set free' as parks closed
This incredible Humans of New York story captivated Jennifer Garner
Double tap to plant a tree
Instagram Egg
Ice Bucket Challenge Credited with ALS Breakthrough
Emma, Megan, Yolanda and Kelsey each share their top two tips for increasing engagement on social media.
Running giveaways
A post’s average organic reach is only around 6.4% of the Page’s total likes
Finders Keephers user generated content using #FKHGirl
Using stories to tell your story
Increasing engagement on social media
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A note on programming this week, with some podcast recommendations and articles of interest in the show notes.
Podcast Recommendations:
Code Switch
Pod Save the People
Intersectionality Matters
Dear White Women
1619
Articles of Interest:
Performative Allyship Is Deadly (Here’s What to Do Instead)
As responses to George Floyd's death go, #BlackOutTuesday was embarrassing
How Social Platforms are Responding to the #BlackLivesMatter Protests Across the US
The Click Clique crew talks about why you need photography for your company's social media, why hiring a photographer for your business is almost always the best way to do that, and how to prepare, plan and execute content days for your brand.
Red Toque Creative
Yolanda Holderness Photography
Finn Bean
5 Tips to Improve your Instagram Photography
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Yolanda chats with Karin Usipiuk, a lifestyle blogger and social media influencer in the Comox Valley, about what inspired her to start a blog, how she chooses the brands she works with, and tips she has for aspiring influencers.
Karin U Living blog
"JH- the brand"
Urban Barn Influencer Goals
Karin U Living on Instagram
Karin U Living on Pinterest
Planoly for scheduling Instagram posts
The Bachelor on Instagram
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Influencers have changed the marketing game for almost every industry. This week Click Clique talks about the power influencers wield in the social media world, and whether that's a good thing.
People are Pissed that Chrissy Teigen is Being Called A "Chef" In This Instagram Post
Kylie Jenner is paid around $1.2 million for a single post on Instagram
What it takes to look like Kim Kardashian
Instagram is Cracking Down On Those Fit Tea Ads
Different classifications for different sizes of influencers
FYRE: The Greatest Party that Never Happened
The Man Who Stopped the Internet with a Single Colour
The Full Story of the Legendary Fyre Festival Cheese Sandwich
Scott Disick Had a Hilarious Instagram Fail
Blue Light Glasses: Helpful or just Hype?
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The Click Clique crew talks about what chill apps they are addicted to.
Calm App
Rainy Moods
Ocean Sounds on Google Home
Fabulous App
Yolanda's Pinterest
Emma's Pinterest
Ukulele Tabs App
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Spotify
Audible
Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
Yousician
ThePlantMe
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Kelsey speaks with Naz Dizai, a public relations professional and founder of 50th Parallel Public Relations on Vancouver Island, about her career in PR and managing crisis communications during COVID-19.
50th Parallel Public Relations
Slack
Trello
G Suite
How to create a safe and healthy work environment
Dr. Bonnie Henry Fan Club
Dr. Bonnie Henry admits to giving herself a pandemic haircut
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This week Click Clique talks about how COVID-19 has changed social media for them lately- for better and for worse.
Later Media reports increasing social media use due to COVID-19
Netflix Party
Learn guitar on Instagram Live with Max Kerman of the Arkells
Coronavirus: German Big Brother cast told about pandemic live on TV
Sweatfest with Ryan Heffington on Instagram Live
A Jared Leto Walks Out of the Desert
Pomodoro Technique
Animal Crossing: Yolanda (SW-3169-0425-1225) Emma (SW-2117-0560-4921) Megan (SW-7254-7688-3301)
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Yolanda, Megan, Kelsey, and Emma discuss how they manage their time and don't completely fall apart on a daily basis. Listen in for their tips on staying productive and the tools they use to keep on track.
Overcoming Burnout
Bullet Journal
Trello
Toggl
TeuxDeux
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Meet the Click Clique crew! Yolanda, Megan, Kelsey, and Emma are four female creatives on Vancouver Island exploring the digital world. Get to know them on their very first podcast where they talk about who they are, how they know each other, why they are doing a podcast, and whether they believe in aliens, mythical creatures, or ghosts.
Tweet Delete
WhatsApp (Owned by Facebook) Launching Status Ads in 2020
Why Alien Life Would Be Our Doom - The Great Filter
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