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You’ve opened your business like you always dreamed! You have your employees hired and you have regular business hours, but you are so busy that you don’t know which way is up!  You’ve heard from the experts that you need to have a social media presence, but how do you add one more thing to you never-ending list?  You have a Facebook page, but only have time about once a week to post to it.  You have a special event coming up and feel like you need one more way of boosting your marketing (to add to the newspaper and radio ads).  You feel that you and your business have a special story to share and you want to tell it, but have no idea how to go about doing it.  Do any of these questions or statements describe you?  If so, it’s time to hire someone to help with social media!

Help, just like in all aspects of life, comes in different forms and on different levels within social media.  So, what can hiring someone to help with social media look like for you?  Well, that’s the great thing about social media…it’s completely customizable for each person and each business, but here are a few ideas!

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Wow! Where did the time go? See how that happens? Life is crazy busy and I forget things and things forget me, but I digress….

Last week you were able to follow me through the first half of a week to see what my life really looks like and how busy we stay! That was Sunday through Wednesday and you can check that out HERE! So, what happened the rest of the week? Here you go!

Thursday – if you recall from last week, my alarm goes off at 5:01AM every morning.  Today I’m off to POUND class again and home to shower and prep for work.  Once I’m ready, I pack my lunch and breakfast as well as pack M’s lunch to take to school.  Off I go!  Work until about 12:30 when (and this is incredibly rare) my hubby picked me up for a quick lunch date.  The Iowa Grill (food truck) from Mason City is in town today and it’s a gorgeous day, so we are happy to oblige for a quick lunch.  Back to work until 4PM (that’s an hour earlier than normal) and I fly home to pick up my mom, T & M to head to another track meet about 45 minutes away. We arrive on our normal scheduled time only to find out we’re a half hour (or so) early for R’s events, so now we kill time…good thing it’s a gorgeous day!  We watch his first two events and then quickly head downtown to find some supper (we’re all very tired of concession stand and fast food by this point).  Back to the track meet for his last event (he runs the 4×400, which is literally the last event).  Thankfully, it isn’t too late and we’re home by about 8:30PM.  The dog is limping…why is the dog limping..texting my dog walker (yes, I’ve actually hired a neighbor girl to walk Nike and spend a little time with her all these nights we’ve been at track meets).  We discover she’s scraped off part of her pad on her paw…nothing life threatening so we can fall into bed!

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Colossians 1:16-17 – “For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.   And he is before all things, and in

One of the greatest things about the North Iowa Bloggers is that when one of them falls, everyone else is around to pick them up! That’s why when I heard that one of them had been diagnosed with MS, I knew that I wanted to help!

I have to admit…I knew Laura Meyer of Speaking of Laura for several months (she had done some graphic design work for me including creating my logo here at Social Impact) without ever knowing that she had been diagnosed with MS. One of the first things that struck me about Laura when I met her was her vibrancy for life! She’s incredibly upbeat, creative, and outgoing. I would never have guessed that she was struggling with something so serious.

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Step-parenting is one of the hardest things I’ve ever done and sadly society doesn’t make it any easier.  For as long as divorce and remarriage has been a “common” thing, one would think that there would be more acceptance of step-parents and less cliches!  However, the longer I am one…the less I realize this is true!  That being said, my life is so much richer and full because of having my step-sons in my life and I can’t imagine my life without them in it.  So, I decided to compile some advice for people who aren’t step-parents!

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Isaiah 40:28 “Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.”

I’ll be the first one to say how much I love social media and how because of it, I’ve met some of the most amazing people and gotten to partake in some pretty cool experiences. I’ll also be the first