Category: Career

Five things you should do right now to improve your social media presence

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Pretty much every brand, company and most individuals have at least one social media account. But so many of these accounts are dormant, badly-managed or just not reaching their full potential.

There’s nothing worse than falling in love with a brand offline, wanting to connect with them online and then finding they haven’t tweeted since 2009 *side eye*.

Managing social media accounts is actually really easy, but people get confused, overwhelmed and sometimes don’t know where to start. Here are five things you can do in under 10 minutes to improve your online presence.

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How to run a successful Twitter chat

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What is a Twitter chat?

First of all, for those of you who are wondering, a Twitter chat is a live online conversation that places place on Twitter (obvs) at an agreed time using a specific hashtag. A Twitter chat often has guests, sometimes just one, sometimes more than one.

Twitter chats are great for increasing engagement, positioning yourself as an industry expert and finding out what your followers think about a topic.

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Diane Abbott: Political icon or Angry Black Woman?

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A recent article entitled; ‘If only Diane Abbott had a job! Then we wouldn’t all have to describe her as “Corbyn’s former lover”’ by Maya Goodfellow for the Independent discussed Telegraph newspaper headlines which refused to name Diane Abbott, instead referring to her as “Jeremy Corbyn’s ex-lover”. Goodfellow labelled these headlines as ‘racist’ and ‘sexist’… but I’ve seen much worse.
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31 ways to annoy a grown-ass woman 

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1. Tell her that she’s good at something… Then add “for a girl” 

2. Ignore her messages. Do you know how long it took to choose the right emoji?! 

3. Turn up to her work place in a backwards cap, jeans that expose your underwear and a string vest 

4. Make vague plans. Just FYI: “Let’s meet up tomorrow” is not a plan 

5. Go and get food for yourself without bringing her anything, even if she says she’s not hungry 

6. Use her things without asking. Bonus points if you leave them dirty/broken 
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Lady Leshurr talks banter, being posh and writing her own sketch show

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Having listened to Lady Leshurr’s music for years, the last place I expected to interview her was the press preview of a film festival at Channel 4. But nevertheless, that’s where I found her, bubbly and frank as ever.

The event in question was in honour of the British Urban Film Festival, which starts on September 17. The festival will host 27 screenings and four UK premieres, as well as panel discussions around issues affecting the urban film industry.

So, why was one of the UK’s best rappers there?

Well, Melesha O’Garro, better known by her stage name, Lady Leshurr, has turned her talents to acting. She stars in the film Lapse of Honour which will be shown on September 18 at the Genesis cinema in Stepney, Tower Hamlets.

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