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@thedigitalyenta

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CEO + Co-founder, Fresh Starts Registry. 2x Founder. Single mom. Changing the world one brave decision at a time. Everyone is worthy of support. We got you.

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Joined August 2009
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Olivia (she/her)
1 year
Well, well. We've been excitedly waiting to announce that @FreshStartsHere is featured in @NYMag and @TheCut ! Thank you for this gorgeous piece, @KJezerMorton ! Here's to changing the world one brave decision at a time!
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When a long-term relationship ends, the material remnants make it harder to let go. That’s what inspired sisters Olivia Dreizen Howell ( @thedigitalyenta ) and Genevieve Dreizen ( @thegenevieved ) to set up the Fresh Starts Registry. @KJezerMorton reports
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I’m at the playground listening to a man mansplain his wife about burning calories and why she isn’t losing weight and I’m about to tell her she’s the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen, so get ready.
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2 years
Just an update: SIX PLANETS ARE IN RETROGRADE, so that’s why.
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3 years
Question: if you were not raised Jewish (in any way shape or form), did you see Fiddler on the Roof at any point in your life? School productions count. I’m trying to see something here.
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@sherris_moreira Okay, this is amazing. I'm doing this next time!!
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As someone who was in an emotionally abusive relationship for years, I want to remind you that when your partner picks on the way you dress, look, eat, move, speak, laugh, live…with intention to hurt you, it’s not okay. And it’s not “just a joke.” It’s meant to cut you down.
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@genxbaptist thank god lol
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@Valdark2 no. lol.
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26 days
@_taylorbyers_ my favorite way to lose weight!
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7 months
I commented on IG that it’s easier being a “single mom” rather than a “married single mom” and woooooboy the attack on me. Dude, I know what it’s like. Having agency over my own life as a single mom is freedom for me. Married single mom life is heartbreaking and painful.
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1 year
is anything more beautiful than a cancelled meeting
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3 months
does anyone else feel like they still haven't processed the trauma of this week 4 years ago?
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@sesamestreet we love you Sesame Street!!!!!
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2 years
For anyone watching season 3 of Love is Blind, please know it’s not okay for your partner to make you feel less than about the way you look. It’s manipulative and mean. You don’t have to stay with a partner who makes you feel bad about the way you look. It’s not YOUR fault.
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I'm calling it now: TikTok is going to change the divorce rate. Women are speaking up! They are realizing what they thought was "normal" in their marriage is NOT OK. A revolution is going to happen. The divorce rate is going to skyrocket in the next decade. Because of TikTok!
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@AngelaEWeiler I am happy to buy myself gifts as a single mom!!!! And my children should see me modeling self love. Infinitely better — yes.
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@Khaleesie777 @YallQunt What is actually happening here !!
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what's the easiest meal you can make when you have no energy or are in a depressive state or low mental health moment?
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1 year
ADHD friends - what do you do when all food seems gross and nothing looks appetizing and you want to cry? asking for a friend
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And this happens slowly, over time: “You’re eating that?” “You’re going out in that?” “You look weird in that.” This builds up over time to break down your ego and humanity. It strips you of you. But it’s “just a joke babe!!” But it’s not. They are doing it on purpose.
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1 year
have you ever bought yourself flowers?
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1 year
I’m gonna say it again: we are hugely lacking play-spaces open all hours of the week with spaces for parents to work. A play-space with wifi, tables, coffee, and a large window into a gym with counselors. I would pay a lot for this. Drop in, they play, you work and socialize.
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And for the record, this can also happen in friendships and sibling relationships! And work people! This is low key abuse and they KNOW. They’re boiling you slowly in hot water. Over time you start to think less of yourself. It’s a very clear tactic.
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Insults are not love. Snide comments are not love. Repulsion of who you are isn’t love. Bullying is not love. You deserve love. Remember that.
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@ambernoelle YEP. I once wrote a piece about how the rise of the influencer isn't really true because women were always doing this.
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@ambernoelle When my high school boyfriend who was a pro tennis player broke my heart, I created t-shirts to sell that said “love means nothing in tennis”
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it just took me an hour to get one client's IG post up. why? writing copy, finding and branding the image, researching the 10 shops' IG accounts we mentioned in the copy, hashtag development, getting it into IG to post, adding alt text, etc and then sharing to stories. one post!
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And, this behavior is SO SO deeply ingrained in our culture that women (speaking from experience here so calm down) don’t understand that this is NOT OKAY! It’s bullying. It’s cruel. And yet it’s so accepted in our culture.
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20 days
If you ask anyone who has survived psychological and emotional abuse, they will tell you it starts with these types of comments. “I’m just being sarcastic babe!!” It only gets worse over time. They are testing you. To see how far they can go.
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7 months
remember when you came home from college and the night before thanksgiving was EVERYTHING
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7 months
I think the quiet part said out loud here is that married single moms aren’t in healthy marriages — so, its EASIER being a single mom than being a single mom AND in a toxic marriage. See that? Yeah.
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7 months
I commented on IG that it’s easier being a “single mom” rather than a “married single mom” and woooooboy the attack on me. Dude, I know what it’s like. Having agency over my own life as a single mom is freedom for me. Married single mom life is heartbreaking and painful.
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3 months
Ohhh noooo all the angry men coming for me. Cool. Divorce is a blessing. It saves lives. Stop it with the “lifetime commitment” - this isn’t a LL Bean sweater, it’s your life. And the narrative of divorce as a lifetime commitment is a tool for control over women. Byeeeeee!
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3 months
1. Prenups are an act of love. 2. We need to stop villainizing divorce. Divorce is just a transition of a relationship and 50% of first marriages transition to divorce and THAT IS OKAY. 3. No one should be shamed for contemplating divorce. Come on, do better.
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2 years
real talk: is anyone else just so completely and utterly burnt out from everything and can barely think about setting goals for 2022? (because, join the club if you are!)
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1 year
a message for everyone: stop calling women who work with you 'girls.'
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3 years
Hashtag dream job
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3 months
@prntgdcolonized No, on the contrary. I’m so fucking amazing and will only give my time to someone who is 110% worth it. Otherwise mama got shit to do!! I’d rather be alone than with someone who doesn’t add to my life.
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3 years
Be honest: does anyone really separate their lights and darks for laundry? I’ve never done this 🤷🏻‍♀️
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9 months
Celebrate my freedom with me! Grab a drink and tag me to celebrate! Divorce is a celebration!
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3 years
For millennials: nostalgia marketing > sex sells
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1 year
please please please please get yourself just one professional headshot, i am begging you.
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ok, so let's brainstorm: without using dating apps, where should single people meet each other?
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2 years
nothing brings me more joy than referring people to possible jobs. we keep a database of women in social media, pr, website, design, etc - so reach out if you ever need anything! we don't ask for anything in return ever. just love to see it happen!!
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11 months
@emilykmay Years 1-2 and 7-12!
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3 years
i have a real question: when did we expect SMMs to be graphic designers ALSO? When I started this a decade ago, I was a copywriter who taught myself SM strategy, but had very little design background. And now it seems like every job application requires SMM to know EVERYTHING.
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2 years
@svershbow where are her organs?
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2 years
has anyone ever been tested for ADHD as an adult? i'm beginning to wonder...
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Can we please make a list of romantic comedies / romantic movies where the lead actress is size 12+ (has curves, etc). I’m curious what we’ll come up with here!
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2 years
I think we need to have a very serious conversation about the fact that social media managers and/or strategists are NOT implicitly going to ALSO create the content - whether it’s static, graphic or video. I’m seeing a lot of confusion around this and we need to talk about it.
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1 year
normalize replying to a meeting request with, "I have anxiety, can you please let me know what this meeting is regarding?" let's stop causing unnecessary stress for people with anxiety.
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11 months
@emilykmay That’s an inflection year point for many marriages to transition to divorce.
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3 months
Saying "divorce is not good for the child," is weaponizing the fear and love a mother has for her children to keep her in a toxic marriage. And, it's click bait. Stop weaponizing the concept of "ruining your child with divorce" to keep women in convenient marriages.
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1 year
We cannot have a conversation about screen time and children without talking about capitalism, feminism, societal pressure to have children, and the loss of the village and community for families. It’s all intertwined.
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2 years
Is there a safe space for female founders raising capital to talk to other female founders raising capital about life, business, etc? It’s such an emotional process and I wish I had a support group I could trust with my emotions and business stuff.
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Alright, I’m just gonna say it: TikTok is going to change the divorce rate. Women are finally seeing they’re not alone and don’t need to put up with weaponized incompetence. I’m calling it now. Watch and see. The rate will raise, because women deserve better and now they know.
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nothing - and i mean nothing - compares to the education we got in the early days of vh1's pop-up video.
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1 year
theater kid to marketing expert pipeline
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@CartoonsHateHer Anything anti-formula. I get that it’s so culturally ingrained to push breastfeeding but formula has been around a long ass time now and people act like it’s poison.
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Alright, FEBRUARY! New month, new opportunities! If you’re a freelancer - and you’re looking for new clients, respond to this with your website, short bio, and contact info. Let’s get your name out there! 👋
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3 months
1. Prenups are an act of love. 2. We need to stop villainizing divorce. Divorce is just a transition of a relationship and 50% of first marriages transition to divorce and THAT IS OKAY. 3. No one should be shamed for contemplating divorce. Come on, do better.
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One person DM'ed me saying that him & his wife discussed getting a prenup mandating that if they ever contemplated divorce, they would donate 80% of their net worth to encourage them both to work out any issues they were having. Wow. Not going to say who it is because he shared
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2 years
OKAY, so I've decided that everyday for 30 days I'm going to shoot my shot and reach out/contact someone/do something to move the needle in my life - who wants to do this with me? #shootyourshot30days
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Alright. I couldn't not do anything. I started a Slack for female identifying founders and freelancers to have a safe place to land. Rules are: must be kind. Must lift each other up. Writers, creatives, founders, journalists, entrepreneurs: DM me and I will send the link. 💚
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2 years
I'm just gonna say it: it is NOT okay to expect social media managers to excel at their job and not provide them with the content they need (esp after they ask and ask). It's setting them up to fail and doubles their work (that they're prob not paid enough for to start with).
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@kneadtotalk Does narcissism count? Unless you’ve dealt with the horror of one, you don’t know what it’s like.
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8 months
I commented on an IG post that “life is easier without kids 😂😂😂” and now the comments are rolling in “how could you say that?!” I didn’t say better, I said easier. We are allowed to say parenting is hard. It is hard.
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11 months
@emilykmay Yeah year 20 or so. Many people in their late 50s.
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3 years
unless you are hands-on in social media management, i truly just don't think people realize the sheer length of time it takes to do mundane tasks. tagging, linking, checking tags, adding graphics, searching GIFs, etc. and most of this can't be scheduled. it takes time, people!
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3 months
If you’re at all shocked by Barbie’s losses, you clearly have never been a female founder looking for capital funding.
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@jessloveme83 And being judged for them. And everything else.
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2 years
i'm just saying, now would be the ideal time for a female founder to launch the perfect social media app. who wants to invest a few million into me and some of my gal pals to get this going? i'm not really kidding. we ride at dawn.
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1 year
My son’s teacher told me today that he’s a “safe harbor” for new students and I cried. Sure, they should learn math and spelling, but..being a kind human? That’s everything.
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7 months
WHY ARE WE NOT TALKING ABOUT HOW AMAZING ELEMENTAL IS?!?!
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2 years
I want to teach a course called “how to hire a social media manager,” because wow. No one seems to know what they’re looking for, how to handle it, or pay, or anything. This could be taught!
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8 months
explain to me how a freelance position "up to 40 hours a week" isn't a full time job? this seems sketch.
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7 months
i got a DM today from a woman seeking a divorce who is a SAHM and her husband won't let her access their money. i am PLEADING women to start making SOME money. ANYTHING. even if it's $5 a week. you need to have some money to your name. I KNOW it's hard, but it's critical.
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Hey love, you made it through the week and I’m so proud of you. Now, put on soft clothes, grab a snack, cuddle up and take a breath. Your only job in this moment is to just exist. You are so loved and so wonderful. I’m so glad you’re here with us.
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1 year
i just need like a month to catch up on everything in my life. who's with me?
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11 months
I’m so tired of hearing about hustle. Instead, tell me about the weirdest thing you ever did as a child.
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7 months
Divorce saves lives. Full stop.
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I asked my divorce attorney for the final invoice I owed her. 3404 dollars and change Well, I told her I’d start to like making payments and this is what this woman sent me. I cried. I would have never gotten through that divorce without her. She helped save me. 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻
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🎉🎉 Alright, freelancers! It's AUGUST! Looking for work? Share your quick bio and link so people can find you! Boost your name and let's get you work!!
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1 year
Real question: is there anyone out there who isn’t tired all of the time? What’s your trick? Not having kids? Early bedtime? I need to know. Lol.
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I’m gonna keep saying this: stop blaming women for “choosing” these men. 99.99% of the time these relationships don’t start off this way. It’s a slow burn into emotional abuse. Egos are destroyed in the process. People are dehumanized. Stop blaming women!
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It absolutely blows my mind that a husband wouldn’t stuff his wife’s stocking. I don’t want to blame this on the ladies but like… what else are y’all lowering yourselves to accept?
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2 years
stop 👏 asking 👏 kids 👏 if 👏 they 👏 have 👏 a 👏 boyfriend/girlfriend!
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@JohnIsBuilding My advice as a solo mom with 2 companies and 2 kids: - meetings only between 10-2 - nothing scheduled on Fridays and Mondays - plan for a solid 2 hours of work after bedtime - do something creative and listen to music every day - walk as much as you can - give yourself grace
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3 years
an intern ≠ social media strategist. thanks for coming to my TedTalk.
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1 year
🎉 Hello June! If you are a FREELANCER and you're looking for new clients, respond to this thread with: 🔗 your website 👋 short bio 📲 contact info! Let's get your name out there!
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1 month
maybe with people using dating apps less, libraries should hold old fashioned mixers so single people can meet each other and talk about music and books and have local music play and local food places show up. bring back third space meeting opportunities.
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1 month
What’s it like to be the type of person to just do things without worrying about where you’re going to park??
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1 month
But where’s the movie about the mid-sized curvy single mom with messy hair and a great smile who drives a Subaru and is late for school events and falls in love with a man who worships the ground she walks on? I want to see that movie.
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2 years
for anyone hiring a social media manager, this is *not* part of what we do: manage, maintain and update website copy and content, managing relationships with web developers, tracking and reporting website analytics that's a different job 🙂 (saw this on a job posting)
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2 years
just a friendly reminder that the digital marketing world is tiny, so be kind and treat people well. your reputation gets around fast in this community.
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26 days
question: are there currently any men in hollywood besides ryan gosling and ryan reynolds?
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6 months
Just called Apple to make a Genius Bar apt cause my laptop won’t turn on and when the woman asked how my Christmas was, I started sobbing. She told me I was loved and that 2024 would be magical for me. So, thank you Apple Store woman. ❤️
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2 years
I saw 4 people launch new lifestyle blogs this week, which is exactly what I’ve been saying: the blog is back, baby.
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1 year
funny how ‘working dad’ isn’t a phrase.
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2 years
Alright! New month, new opportunities! If you’re a freelancer in SMM, copywriting, website, any marketing - and you’re looking for new clients, respond to this with your website and contact info. Let’s get your name out there! 👋
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6 months
Etsy is cutting 11% of the staff, and "Chief Marketing Officer Ryan Scott will leave the company. His responsibilities will be assumed by Raina Moskowitz, Etsy’s chief operating officer." These are two very different jobs, no?
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4 months
why are we still seeing job listings for "director of PR and Social"? these are two completely different jobs...
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6 months
@MegStEsprit This made me lol!
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Olivia (she/her)
2 years
@clhubes So, here's the thing no one talks about: because most kids are so different than each other, you actually have to learn to parent each kid as if you are a completely different parent for each child. Yes, there are guiding principles, but...each kid requires a different skill set.
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3 years
@thejordanariel I feel the same way about people posting bathtub kid photos. We don’t need to see it. No one does. Also, it’s not safe! Is anything private anymore?
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@taylorsschumann a hill i will die on: most babies don't sleep well and most parents lie about it
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