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#DigiBlogChat June 6 2023 Topic: Prepping for Summer with Kitchen Gadgets

June 5, 2023 By Carol Stephen Leave a Comment

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#DigiBlogChat topic Tuesday, June 6, 2023 is Prepping for Summer with Kitchen Gadgets with @maricarjagger! Image: Finn Bjurvoll Hansen from Pixabay

Join us on Twitter each Tuesday from 1:00 through 2:00 p.m. PDT for #DigiBlogChat. My partner for these chats is @LazBlazter. If you need to know how to participate, click here: How to Join #DigiBlogChat. P.S. Don’t forget to add the #digiblogchat hashtag!

The topic for #DigiBlogChat on Tuesday, June 6, 2023 is Prepping for Summer with Kitchen Gadgets with @maricarjagger! Join our chat on Twitter to share, especially if you love your kitchen gadgets (and love to cook)!

Here are the questions:

Q1. The air fryer has recently trended in popularity. Which popular gadget do you now find indispensable and why? #digiblogchat

Q2. Which kitchen gadgets have withstood the test of time? #digiblogchat

Q3. In the hot barbeque grill debate, are you on the side of charcoal or gas and why? #digiblogchat

Q4. What is the oldest or most traditional gadget in your kitchen and how did you happen to acquire it? #digiblogchat

Q5. What’s your dearest kitchen gadget and what is its story? #digiblogchat

Q6. How do you feel about the smart kitchen gadget trend? Are they helpful or too much? #digiblogchat

Q7. If you had to choose just one kitchen gadget to use for the rest of your life, which would it be and why? #digiblogchat

Q8. Is there a kitchen gadget you’ve hardly used, despite it taking up space? Why do you keep it? #digiblogchat

Q9. Are all those buttons on the microwave oven necessary? Why? #digiblogchat

Q10. How do you think kitchen gadgets will evolve in the future, and what features would you like to see in upcoming designs? #digiblogchat

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#DigiBlogChat May 16 2023 Topic: Failed Projects

May 11, 2023 By Carol Stephen Leave a Comment

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#DigiBlogChat Topic May 16, 2023: Failed Projects with @EmaPirciu | Image by Mystic Art Design from Pixabay

The topic for #DigiBlogChat on May 16, 2023 is: Failed Projects with @EmaPirciu! Join our chat to share. And add some of your own failures if you’re comfortable with that idea!

Q1. When is the right time to label a project as a “failure”? #digiblogchat

Q2. Share a situation that made you doubt your skills. #digiblogchat

Q3. Do you keep track of failed projects? #digiblogchat

Q4. What’s one failed project that has impacted your life? #digiblogchat

Q5. What caused that one project to fail (the one that impacted your life)? #digiblogchat

Q6. What have you learned from failed projects? #digiblogchat

Q7. How does fear of failure impact your growth? #digiblogchat

Q8. What’s one failed project you would like to give a second chance to? #digiblogchat

Q9. Do you have any tips for careful planning? #digiblogchat

Q10. What project management tools do you recommend? #digiblogchat

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#DigiBlogChat April 4, 2023 Twitter Lists and the Blue Tick!

March 31, 2023 By Carol Stephen Leave a Comment

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#DigiBlogChat April 4, 2023 Twitter Lists and the Blue Tick! | Image by Pexels from Pixabay

The topic for #DigiBlogChat on April 4, 2023 is: Twitter Lists and the Blue Tick! Join our chat to hear more content strategies. And add some of your own while you’re at it. Q1. What’s your strategy to see tweets of those who haven’t paid for the Blue checkmark? #digiblogchat

Q2. How are you using lists to follow Twitter accounts and tweets you want to see? #digiblogchat

Q3. Lists can be public or private. How have you used private lists to continue to follow accounts? #digiblogchat

Q4. How would you feel about sharing a list publicly that you spent hours creating? #digiblogchat

Q5. What are some examples of lists you would subscribe to? #digiblogchat

Q6. Who is someone with interesting lists that you could subscribe to? #digiblogchat

Q7. What are some ways you could read tweets from a list, including those without blue checkmarks? #digiblogchat

Q8. How do you use lists to cut down on the noise of Twitter? #digiblogchat

By the way, here’s an article I wrote about lists from the archive: https://yoursocialmediaworks.com/twitter-lists-for-the-power-user I hope you enjoy it! #digiblogchat

Q9. Please share some of your favorite lists. #digiblogchat

Q10. What other ways could you use lists? #digiblogchat

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#DigiBlogChat February 21, 2023 Sparking Content strategy ideas that build stronger communities!!

February 15, 2023 By Carol Stephen Leave a Comment

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#DigiBlogChat February 21, 2023 Sparking Content strategies that build stronger communities! Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

The topic for #DigiBlogChat on February 21, 2023 is: Questions to spark content strategy ideas that build stronger communities! Our guest star is Jon Wesselink of Tweepsmap. Join our chat to hear more content strategies. And add some of your own while you’re at it.

Q1: How do you tweet automatically when your followers are online? #DigiBlogChat

Q2: How do you organize your post scheduler to group different kinds of content? #DigiBlogChat

Q3: How do you know which of your followers are interested in what topics so you target them with the right content? #DigiBlogChat

Q4: How would you build a relationship with people in your community who like different content? #DigiBlogChat

Q5: What do you do to reach all of your followers when they live in different time zones? #DigiBlogChat

Q6: How can you measure your content’s performance in different geographic locations? #DigiBlogChat

Q7: How would you creatively engage people by tagging them in photos and gifs? #DigiBlogChat

Q8: How do you prepare your topics to tweet or analyze a campaign’s reach and effectiveness? #DigiBlogChat

Q9: How do you filter your engagement analytics to know which content performs the best? #DigiBlogChat

Q10: Have you tried Mastodon? How do you expand with your followers who use both platforms? #DigiBlogChat

Have you enjoyed our chat about sparking content strategies that build stronger communities? Maybe you have some ideas to share or add. Let me know in the comments if you can’t join our chat!

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#DigiBlogChat December 20, 2022 Holiday Favorites!

December 16, 2022 By Carol Stephen Leave a Comment

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#DigiBlogChat topic December 20, 2022: Holiday Favorites | Image by Michelle Raponi from Pixabay

Join us on Twitter each Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. PDT for #DigiBlogChat. My partner for these chats is @LazBlazter, who also created today’s questions If you need to know how to participate, click here: How to Join #DigiBlogChat. P.S. Don’t forget to add the #digiblogchat hashtag!

The topic for #DigiBlogChat on December 20, 2022: Holiday Favorites!

Q1. Have a favorite recipe or dish you’d like to share? #digiblogchat

Q2. What’s a festive drink that you like around the holidays? #digiblogchat

Q3. What is the fanciest holiday meal you’ve created for your friends or family? #digiblogchat

Q4. How do you get through the end of the year with the least amount of stress? Share your ideas! #digiblogchat

Q5. What do you wish Santa would give you for Christmas? #digiblogchat

Q6. Will it be Turkey, Ham, Game or a Vegan main for Christmas Day? #digiblogchat

Q7. What’s your wine choice too, and is that for before, during, after or even a little longer?

Q8. Talk us through your side dishes and any little chef ideas you have for these? #digiblogchat

Q9. Will it be Roasted and Toasted, or has the Air Fryer come into the equation? (Tips if you have one of these) #digiblogchat

Q10. What is your favourite Christmas movie to relax with, or tune to croon with? #digiblogchat

By the way, #digiblogchat is on vacation next week. We’ll see you back here on January 3rd!

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#DigiBlogChat December 13, 2022 Topic: Life Hacks with Digital Assistants

December 10, 2022 By Carol Stephen Leave a Comment

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Today’s Topic: Life Hacks with Digital Assistants | Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

For the purpose of this chat topic, we want to know more about Digital Assistants like @madebygoogle @siri @alexa99 and how you use them.

Unlike our usual chat format, we’d like you to share life hacks that feature your digital assistant.

Instead of a series of questions we are asking that you share as many life hacks as you can, prefacing each in numerical sequence, e.g. A1, A2, A3….. and including the #digiblogchat hashtag each time.

To kick us off though, Q1. What’s your first life hack? #digiblogchat

Q2. What’s your second life hack? #digiblogchat

Q3. What’s your third life hack? #digiblogchat

Q4. What’s your fourth life hack? #digiblogchat

Q5. What’s your fifth life hack? #digiblogchat

Q6. What’s your sixth life hack? #digiblogchat

Q7. What’s your seventh life hack? #digiblogchat

Q8. What’s your eighth life hack? #digiblogchat

Q9. What’s your ninth life hack? #digiblogchat

Q10. What’s your tenth life hack? #digiblogchat

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#DigiBlogChat December 6, 2022 Personal and Business Boundaries

December 2, 2022 By Carol Stephen Leave a Comment

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The topic for Tuesday, December 6, 2022 is Personal and Business Boundaries! Image by Lorri Lang from Pixabay

Join us on Twitter each Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. PDT for #DigiBlogChat. My partner for these chats is @LazBlazter. If you need to know how to participate, click here: How to Join #DigiBlogChat. P.S. Don’t forget to add the #digiblogchat hashtag!

Here are the questions:

Q1. Why are boundaries important for those in business? #digiblogchat

Q2. When is it possible to ignore business boundaries on social media? #digiblogchat

Q3. What is the best way to set up boundaries between personal and business relationships? #digiblogchat

Q4. Why do you need to set up personal boundaries? #digiblogchat

Q5. What are some examples of good business boundaries? #digiblogchat

Q6. Was there a time when not setting up a personal or business boundary worked out well for you? How so? #digiblogchat

Q7. What is one example of a personal boundary that works for you? #digiblogchat

Q8. How is building strong business boundaries the key to good work relationships? #digiblogchat

Q9. What are some types of personal boundaries and why are they critical? #digiblogchat

Q10. How is the ability to say No conducive to strong personal and business boundaries? #digiblogchat

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Do We Really Need a New Social Media Platform?

December 1, 2022 By Carol Stephen 2 Comments

The question of whether we need a new social media platform is a controversial one. After all, don’t we have ten million social media platforms already? Yes, we do, but then again no. A lot of them have already failed. Some had their day, but have fallen by the wayside. And with the way things are looking at Twitter, it’ll never be the same again. By the way, I’ve written about Twitter recently: Big Shakeup at Twitter: How Will Changes Affect You?

We do need something new

Do you remember that Huey Lewis and the News song I Want a New Drug? (Especially the part about the new drug not making him nervous.) That’s what I want, too. And a lot of others do as well. And not just because newness is so popular. We want a hybrid of what’s gone before, plus some other benefits as well. Here are a few reasons we need a new social media platform.

Indexed by Google

Yes, we don’t want a platform that’s walled off so we can’t see what’s inside at all. We want indexing by Google (and we want it now!). Seriously. How about something that lures or coaxes us inside? And isn’t so secretive that we can’t tell what’s happening at all! In other words, a focus on the positive–more a carrot over a stick approach.

Do We Really Need a New Social Media Platform? | Image by ThePixelman from Pixabay

Curated for hate speech

We need less hate speech, including a list of words that can be filtered out by users (just like in Twitter–imagine that!). So we’d need real people to catch some of the hate speech and spam that we’ve been getting all along. For that, we might need to be able to reach customer service if we need help. So yes, we need customer service–and not just for those who have paid ads!

Some could be permanently banned

That’s right. This has been a subject of controversy for some time. Some people shouldn’t be allowed to return. If they adamantly refuse to change, let them go. That is, ban them. Kick them off. Hate speech shouldn’t masquerade as freedom of speech.

Flexibility in design

The new social media platform would need flexibility. That means hiring good engineers and treating them well. No ultimatums saying things like they have to sign up to be “hardcore employees.” You know who I’m talking about, right?

If not now, when?

Have you noticed a big change in Twitter users’ profiles, with many of them listing other social media platforms where they’ll be in case of the apocalypse? Because I have. Mastodon, Hive Social, and Post are just three of those covered in this article from NPR: Looking to Leaving Twitter? Here are the social networks seeing new users right now.

What will you do?

Will you stay or will you go? Or will you stay and hedge your bets? If you do start a new account, will you change your bio to reflect what you’ll do?

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#DigiBlogChat November 22, 2022 Topic: Gratitude Marketing with @RandyLyleClark

November 18, 2022 By Carol Stephen Leave a Comment

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The topic for Tuesday, November 22, 2022 is Gratitude Marketing with @RandyLyleClark! Image by huoadg5888 from Pixabay

The topic for Tuesday, November 22, 2022 is Gratitude Marketing with @RandyLyleClark! Join us on Twitter each Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. PDT for #DigiBlogChat. My partner for these chats is @LazBlazter. If you need to know how to participate, click here: How to Join #DigiBlogChat. P.S. Don’t forget to add the #digiblogchat hashtag!

Here are the questions:

Q1. What is Gratitude Marketing?

Q2. How can a business creatively show gratitude to customers?

Q3. Can a business show gratitude to a community? How?

Q4. How can an organization show gratitude to employees?

Q5. How can a company show gratitude to a prospect who didn’t make a purchase?

Q6. Is it a good idea to show gratitude to a consumer who points out a flaw or mistake? Why?

Q7. Can a business overdo gratitude marketing especially over the holidays? Examples, please.

Q8. How can promotional products be used to show gratitude?

Q9. How can transparency and honesty show an organization’s gratitude?

Q10. Share something you and your business are grateful for.

Filed Under: Digiblogchat questions Tagged With: DigiBlogChat, gratitude, marketing

We do need something new

Indexed by Google

Curated for hate speech

Some could be permanently banned

Flexibility in design

If not now, when?

What will you do?

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