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Meet Olivia Fowler - Campfire Intern

Say welcome to our new intern, Olivia Fowler, who will be with us through the end of 2023. A native of Memphis, Olivia earned her degree in Communications from Harding University. With experience in social media and marketing under her belt, her job at Campfire entails a little bit of everything!

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No Two Posts Are Alike

In a fast-paced world, it’s natural to look for shortcuts. One way to simplify digital marketing is to create one post and share it on multiple social media platforms. While there is no harm in doing this, you won’t necessarily get the full benefit of social media marketing.

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Tips for Setting Up Facebook Ads

Do you shudder when you hear the words “Facebook” and “ads” in the same sentence? If so, you are not alone! That used to be my immediate reaction until I discovered a few ways to simplify the ad creation process.

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Break Away From Your Parents

When I was 18, I picked up and moved all the way from Columbia, South Carolina to Memphis, Tennessee. My parents love to visit and I love to visit them, but they would never move here and I would never move back to our hometown.

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Personalize Your Platforms

Social media is one of the quickest and most effective ways to connect with your target audience. Whether you are posting pictures, making videos, or telling stories, what you share with your network matters.

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Social Media Case Study: The Commute Challenge

Summer is known as a slow time in the world of business social media accounts. Everyone is too busy lying on the beach to pay much attention to what you are posting. When your potential audience is on social media, chances are they are sharing vacation pictures or looking longingly at the places their friends are going.

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Social Media Lingo

When it comes to developing social media content, knowing how to effectively communicate on each channel is necessary to navigate the different platforms.

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Goodbye, Summer. Hello, Fall. Incorporating Labor Day into Your PR Strategy

Labor Day unofficially marks the end of summer and the changing of the seasons as students head back to school and thoughts begin to turn to the (eventual) arrival of fall. In Memphis, chilly weather may not be on the horizon, but who can’t help but think of sweaters and boots when pumpkin spice lattes show up on coffee shop menus?

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Now and Then: What I've Learned Since I Started

While finishing my degree at the University of Memphis, I had the chance to work for Shannon as a freelancer. At the time, I had only worked on social media campaigns and event marketing through my coursework and student practicum, so experience with Campfire Collective was a thrilling opportunity for me.

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How To Build Your Audience on Social Media

I love to talk. Mostly because I love getting to know people. I am the person who holds up the checkout line because I am asking the cashier to tell me their life story. You could put me in front of a wall and I’d probably start asking questions about its deepest desires. But I wouldn’t get much of a response.

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Task Mastery: Sarah’s Favorite Automations

I’ve always liked taking things apart and figuring out how they work. When I was a kid, I used to take apart the family’s ever-silent rotary telephone to figure out how to make it ring.

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Crafting a Paid Social Media Strategy

Having a social media presence as a business is a necessity. Yet, posting, engaging, and building an audience alone will only get you so far in reaching your overall goals.

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How to Develop the Perfect Elevator Pitch

We’ve all been there, at a networking event, professional gathering, or just a party. “What do you do?” someone inevitably asks. How well you answer depends on how well you are prepared!

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Change Your POV: Design for Marketing Part 3  

Over the past few months, we’ve talked a lot about getting ready to start a design to promote your marketing project. We’ve established a rapport with the client, defined an audience, gathered our materials, and picked the tools we want to use. There are a lot of administrative steps on the front end, but now we’re ready for the fun stuff: laying out our design!

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