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In today's digital age, there's no reason not to share your family stories with the next generations coming up. We've got Facebook where we can connect with loved ones, even distant relatives we haven't met yet, there's digital family tree sites that let you instantly connect with census records and other existing family trees (as well as your DNA) to learn more about your roots and - finally - we've got QR codes we can put to good use to digitally share the story with all of those who are curious to learn. In this video, I'll tell you why I got interested in my own family's genealogy as of late, plus share about some digital tools you might find helpful - especially one that I think everyone should use on their family gravesites, future obituaries and more: Forevory. You can check out the Forevory memorial page I made for my own granddad easily and quickly here: https://forevorylive.page.link/GTdFzR1R6YwNkiUS6?profileId=148  - complete with photos, video, a guestbook area, his story and more. It even has a place where you can record audio notes about him! It's a great tool to keep in mind for family reunions, funerals or just storytelling with the kids in your family so they can see why they have so much to be proud of. To learn more about Forevory: https://www.forevory.com/

Ask me if I thought I'd be here 5 years ago. Absolutely not. In fact, I thought I'd only be STARTING to think about running a business at age 40. But today I'm celebrating 5 years in and reflecting back on some REAL lessons learned that entrepreneurs - old and new - should take to heart. Of all of them, #3 is probably my favorite but they are ALL true, hard core and golden as they come.

Here are some large Facebook group management tips for you to try out. We've been taking some cues from a big group we're intimately involved in lately and wanted to pass on 7 key tips to managing a large Facebook group to you! Plus, we're sharing ideas for how small Facebook groups can incorporate those same tips. What ideas do you have? Share them in the comments below - we'd love to hear them! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ☕ Love this content? Here's how you can support it: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/missads08 A FEW THINGS ABOUT MY BUSINESS: The ADS Agency (Marketing & Branding) 🟩  Follow Andrea on Clubhouse: https://www.joinclubhouse.com/@missads08 🟩  Follow The A-Listers Club on Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/club/A-listers   🌟 Join THE ADS AGENCY'S "A-Listers" Group on Facebook http://bit.ly/alistersgroup   🎶 Follow Andrea on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@missads08 🎶 Follow our business on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theadsagency   🌟 Come read with us! "A-Listers Reading" Group on Facebook http://bit.ly/alistersreadinggroup   📗 RECEIVE YOUR "AUTHENTIC MARKETING MAGIC" EBOOK https://theadsagency.lpages.co/ads-authentic-marketing-magic-ebook/   ✅ Download our ADS YouTube Checklist https://theadsagency.lpages.co/ads-youtube-checklist/   🌟 SUBSCRIBE TO MY BUSINESS CHANNEL https://tinyurl.com/adsyoutubesubscribe   📭 SIGNUP FOR ADS EMAILS https://tinyurl.com/ADSemailsubscribe   🎧 CHECK OUT OUR ADS PODCAST ON APPLE PODCAST: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/theadsagencys-podcast/id1366370725?mt=2   ABOUT A.D.S. Andrea D. Smith, The ADS Agency Marketing & Branding Tips for Entrepreneurs, Solopreneurs & Personal Branders Website: https://theadsagency.co/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theADSagency Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theADSagency Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/theADSagency LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-ads-agency/   Cheery Monday Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

If you're an entrepreneur, solopreneur or personal brander, you are going to ABSOLUTELY need good photography for use on your website and social media. In this video, you'll learn some quick tips on budget, planning your location, shots and poses, outfits, our recommendations on how often to do photoshoots and more.    ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Love this content? Here's how you can support it: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/missads08 A FEW THINGS ABOUT MY BUSINESS: The ADS Agency (Marketing & Branding) 🎶 Follow my TikTok experiment! (Testing out TikTok on my personal handle): https://www.tiktok.com/@missads08 🎶 Follow our business: https://www.tiktok.com/@theadsagency 🌟 Join THE ADS AGENCY'S "A-Listers" Group on Facebook http://bit.ly/alistersgroup 🌟 Come read with us! "A-Listers Reading" Group on Facebook http://bit.ly/alistersreadinggroup 📗 RECEIVE YOUR "AUTHENTIC MARKETING MAGIC" EBOOK https://theadsagency.lpages.co/ads-authentic-marketing-magic-ebook/ ✅ Download our ADS YouTube Checklist https://theadsagency.lpages.co/ads-youtube-checklist/ 🌟 SUBSCRIBE TO MY BUSINESS CHANNEL https://tinyurl.com/adsyoutubesubscribe 📭 SIGNUP FOR ADS EMAILS https://tinyurl.com/ADSemailsubscribe 🎧 CHECK OUT OUR ADS PODCAST ON APPLE PODCAST: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/theadsagencys-podcast/id1366370725?mt=2 ABOUT A.D.S. Andrea D. Smith The ADS Agency Marketing & Branding Tips for Entrepreneurs, Solopreneurs and Personal Branders Website: https://theadsagency.co/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theADSagency Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theADSagency Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/theADSagency LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-ads-agency/ Cheery Monday Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 

I'm running into so many entrepreneurs lately who don't seem to have this one critically important thing CLEAR for themselves: their vision. It is easy to get lost in the weeds, the minutiae of the day-to-day grind, focusing on small, tactical things that seem very important and critical in the moment and truthfully have NOTHING to do with our long term vision for ourselves and our businesses. Take a walk with me on this episode and let's consider afresh your vision for yourself. ------------------------------------------------------------------------Love this content? Here's how you can support it: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/missads08 A FEW THINGS ABOUT MY BUSINESS: The ADS Agency (Marketing & Branding) 🎶 Follow my TikTok experiment! (Testing out TikTok on my personal handle): https://www.tiktok.com/@missads08 🎶 Follow our business: https://www.tiktok.com/@theadsagency 🌟 Join THE ADS AGENCY'S "A-Listers" Group on Facebook http://bit.ly/alistersgroup 🌟 Come read with us! "A-Listers Reading" Group on Facebook http://bit.ly/alistersreadinggroup 📗 RECEIVE YOUR "AUTHENTIC MARKETING MAGIC" EBOOK https://theadsagency.lpages.co/ads-authentic-marketing-magic-ebook/ ✅ Download our ADS YouTube Checklist https://theadsagency.lpages.co/ads-youtube-checklist/ 🌟 SUBSCRIBE TO MY BUSINESS CHANNEL https://tinyurl.com/adsyoutubesubscribe 📭 SIGNUP FOR ADS EMAILS https://tinyurl.com/ADSemailsubscribe 🎧 CHECK OUT OUR ADS PODCAST ON APPLE PODCAST: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/theadsagencys-podcast/id1366370725?mt=2 ABOUT A.D.S. Andrea D. Smith The ADS Agency Marketing & Branding Tips for Entrepreneurs, Solopreneurs and Personal Branders Website: https://theadsagency.co/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theADSagency Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theADSagency Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/theADSagency LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-ads-agency/ Cheery Monday Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 

Looking for the right system to help you manage your social media? So were we. We're a small, boutique marketing and branding firm, handling about 25 social media accounts at a time. We need something that's not only highly functional but affordable as well. In this video, we compare eight of the top (and perhaps little known) social media scheduling platforms by price and number of accounts you can manage with it: Sendible AgoraPulse SproutSocial Buffer HootSuite Loomly CoSchedule SocialPilot 📭 SIGNUP FOR ADS EMAILS https://tinyurl.com/ADSemailsubscribe 🌟 Join THE ADS AGENCY'S "A-Listers" Group on Facebook http://bit.ly/alistersgroup Website: https://theadsagency.co/​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theADSagency​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theADSagency​ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/theADSagency

If you're an entrepreneur, we're sure you already know that Google Ads are going to be an important part of your business success. But how do you get started - especially when you're a solopreneur or you're a business who's never done Google Ads before? Today I'm chatting with former Google employee turned Google Ads expert Vondre Smith of Atmosfera (Italian for atmosphere - yes, Vondre speaks fluent Italian - how cool, right?!). In this chat, we talk about our Top 10 Google Ad Tips for Entrepreneurs (you can jump to the time stamps below for the sections you want to hear - but we recommend listening to all of it!): TIP 1: Google My Business TIP 2 [ 5:36​ ]: Why it's worth it TIP 3 [ 7:22​ ]: Getting clarity around your ad goals TIP 4 [ 8:24​ ]: Start a YouTube Channel TIP 5 [ 11:19​ ]: Be strategic about your Google Ads budget TIP 6 [ 13:17​ ]: Be very specific about your audience and goals TIP 7 [ 15:19​ ]: Learning Google Ads on your own TIP 8 [ 17:08​ ]: YouTube Ads TIP 9 [ 18:00​ ]: Google Ads Business Example: Food Truck Business TIP 10 [ 22:00​ ]: Biggest Tip regarding Google Ads (LinkTree versus Landing Pages, Pixels and Remarketing) Follow us: @theadsagency | https://theadsagency.co 

Download our Clubhouse Moderating Quick Guide here: http://bit.ly/clubhousemoderating​ Moderating rooms on Clubhouse requires some new skills for a lot of people. It's a bit like moderating panels on stage in real life at say a conference, but there are many other nuances that are quite different being that it's an audio-only app you're using. Jump to these time stamps below to learn more about the nuances of moderating rooms on Clubhouse so you can run your own rooms like a pro! See you on Clubhouse! - Andrea @MissADS08 1:27​ – No. 1 - The Goal of Moderating on Clubhouse (Dinner Party Analogy) 4:41​ – No. 2 - Educating Your Audience (plus sign, raising your hand, muting your mic, time limits, etc.) 4:56​ – Watch Video 1 on the Basics of Clubhouse: https://youtu.be/3ay5A7_wc8Q​ 7:07​ No. 3 - Back Channels / Backstage Area for Rooms 8:25​  No. 4 - Prep Your Tips & Speaker Prompt Questions 10:11​  No. 5 - PTR | PTR Order (speaker queue / speaker lineup) 13:07​ No. 6 - The Mechanics (bringing people up on stage, taking people back down to the audience, muting people, etc.) 15:46​ No. 7 - My thoughts on "Follow all the moderators" (and what to say instead) 18:45​ No. 8 - Acknowledging people's comments (don't just say "next!") 21:03​ No. 9 - The Art of Interrupting on Clubhouse 25:59​ No. 10 - Closing the Room (including turning off hand-raising) 28:18​ BONUS: Reset the room ABOUT A.D.S. Andrea D. Smith, The ADS Agency Marketing & Branding Tips for Entrepreneurs & Career Professionals Website: https://theadsagency.co/​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theADSagency​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theADSagency​ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/theADSagency​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theadsagency

So you've heard about Clubhouse and want to know how to get started. Here's everything you need! Plus - download this handy Clubhouse Quick Guide so you can get started on the right foot and make the most of your Clubhouse journey: http://bit.ly/clubhousequickguide

Love this content? Here's how you can support it: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/missads08  🎶 Follow my TikTok experiment! (Testing out TikTok on my personal handle): 🌟 Join The ADS Agency's "A-Listers" Group on Facebook 📗 Get the Authentic Marketing Magic eBook ✅ Download our ADS YouTube Checklist ✅ Download our ADS Awards Show Checklist 🌟 Subscribe to The ADS YouTube Channel 📭 Get ADS Marketing, Branding and Business Tips via Email 🎧 Check out The ADS Agency Podcast on Apple Podcast 🎧 Check out The ADS Agency Podcast on Google Play Music   ABOUT A.D.S. Andrea D. Smith, The ADS Agency Marketing & Branding Tips for Entrepreneurs & Career Professionals Website Instagram Facebook Twitter LinkedIn

I run across a lot of people who are trying to figure out how to create a media kit / press kit / speaker kit. Start here. I'll walk you through the elements you should consider plus provide some inspirational examples for you to check out. You're bound to find the right mix for your own kit! DOWNLOAD YOUR MEDIA KIT HERE: http://bit.ly/adsmediakitchecklist CHECK OUT LEADPAGES: https://bit.ly/leadpagesads 

Fresh off the holidays, we know you might not have your January social media content all together just yet. (No worries, we’re not judging!). Of course, use your evergreen business content to post in between these fun holidays and observances below (if you’re stuck on what that is, skip to the video at the bottom to hear about our content buckets idea). Here are a couple of filler post ideas to get those creative juices flowing. Save our Instagram post with all these January post ideas written down for you: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJow6nBB5Vf/ 🎶 Follow my TikTok experiment! (Testing out TikTok on my personal handle):   🌟 Join The ADS Agency's "A-Listers" Group on Facebook 📗 Get the Authentic Marketing Magic eBook ✅ Download our ADS YouTube Checklist ✅ Download our ADS Awards Show Checklist 🌟 Subscribe to The ADS YouTube Channel 📭 Get ADS Marketing, Branding and Business Tips via Email 🎧 Check out The ADS Agency Podcast on Apple Podcast 🎧 Check out The ADS Agency Podcast on Google Play Music   ABOUT A.D.S. Andrea D. Smith, The ADS Agency Marketing & Branding Tips for Entrepreneurs & Career Professionals Website Instagram Facebook Twitter LinkedIn

Recently I was asked how I make my great professional connections. I hadn't considered that until this question was posed, but now that it has been, I could think of seven unconventional secrets to making these great connections. Number 7, I think, will surprise you the most!   🎶 Follow my TikTok experiment! (Testing out TikTok on my personal handle): 🌟 Join The ADS Agency's "A-Listers" Group on Facebook 📗 Get the Authentic Marketing Magic eBook ✅ Download our ADS YouTube Checklist ✅ Download our ADS Awards Show Checklist 🌟 Subscribe to The ADS YouTube Channel 📭 Get ADS Marketing, Branding and Business Tips via Email 🎧 Check out The ADS Agency Podcast on Apple Podcast 🎧 Check out The ADS Agency Podcast on Google Play Music   ABOUT A.D.S. Andrea D. Smith, The ADS Agency Marketing & Branding Tips for Entrepreneurs & Career Professionals Website Instagram Facebook Twitter LinkedIn

We learned a lot from planning our first virtual mini-conference. Learn from our best tips by watching our latest video and downloading our Virtual Mini-Conference Checklist: Download The Virtual Mini-Conference Checklist here to accompany this podcast: https://bit.ly/virtualminiconference   🎶 Follow my TikTok experiment! (Testing out TikTok on my personal handle) 🌟 Join The ADS Agency's "A-Listers" Group on Facebook 📗 Get the Authentic Marketing Magic eBook ✅ Download our ADS YouTube Checklist ✅ Download our ADS Awards Show Checklist 🌟 Subscribe to The ADS YouTube Channel 📭 Get ADS Marketing, Branding and Business Tips via Email 🎧 Check out The ADS Agency Podcast on Apple Podcast 🎧 Check out The ADS Agency Podcast on Google Play Music   ABOUT A.D.S. Andrea D. Smith, The ADS Agency Marketing & Branding Tips for Entrepreneurs & Career Professionals Website Instagram Facebook Twitter LinkedIn

Ketevan Larsen and I met because of Social Media Marketing World this year - #SMMW20 - and we've been following each other online ever since! She's been running her own digital marketing firm - Ketevan Corporation - for 6 years now after running the social media for the City of Vancouver. In this chat, she and I cover the following three topics for businesses and personal brands who want to get the most out of TikTok: TIKTOK FOR BUSINESS MARKETING: Minute 13:06 - How to find meaningful followers Minute 21:17 - Video ideas for your brand Minute 26:06 - Content plan for TikTok HOW TO REACH KETEVAN LARSEN: TikTok: @ketevan.larsen Website: ketevanlarsen.com Essential Links: composite.bio/ketevan Instagram: @ketevansocial 🎶 Follow my TikTok experiment! (Testing out TikTok on my personal handle): https://www.tiktok.com/@missads08 🎶 Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theadsagency

So we're all quarantined at home - what do you do when a birthday or other cause for celebration comes up? What if you just want to have lunch with your friend or do happy hour like you used to but you've gotta figure out how to do it virtually? Use Zoom! It's easy for you and easy for your guests to use too. Here's our best tips on how to throw a virtual party using the Zoom platform - (either for FREE or you can upgrade to the $15/mo option to go longer than 40 minutes).

Working from home for the first time might sound like a dream come true, but truth be told, it can be extremely difficult. Here are 9 things we think you need to know plus an important bonus 10th tip at the end about working from home to make sure you combat two of the worst enemies in this space: depression and distraction. Add your tips below in the comments! 🌟 Join The ADS Agency's "A-Listers" Group on Facebook 📗 Get the Authentic Marketing Magic eBook ✅ Download our ADS YouTube Checklist ✅ Download our ADS Awards Show Checklist 🌟 Subscribe to The ADS YouTube Channel 📭 Get ADS Marketing, Branding and Business Tips via Email 🎧 Check out The ADS Agency Podcast on Apple Podcast 🎧 Check out The ADS Agency Podcast on Google Play Music   ABOUT A.D.S. Andrea D. Smith, The ADS Agency Marketing & Branding Tips for Entrepreneurs & Career Professionals Website Instagram Facebook Twitter LinkedIn  

If you're a small business just trying to lay a solid (and powerful) foundation for your marketing program for the first time, you need to take a look at your competitors. Here's a simple, quick (and efficient) way to get a good lay of the land for your competitive landscape. Included in this Podcast: Task 1: Pick 3-5 competitors Task 2: Google what your customers would google Task 3: Review their websites Task 4: Review their social media pages Task 5: Think about how customers will google your services (check again for any other notable competitors you might've missed) 🌟 Join The ADS Agency's "A-Listers" Group on Facebook 📗 Get the Authentic Marketing Magic eBook ✅ Download our ADS YouTube Checklist ✅ Download our ADS Awards Show Checklist 🌟 Subscribe to The ADS YouTube Channel 📭 Get ADS Marketing, Branding and Business Tips via Email 🎧 Check out The ADS Agency Podcast on Apple Podcast 🎧 Check out The ADS Agency Podcast on Google Play Music   ABOUT A.D.S. Andrea D. Smith, The ADS Agency Marketing & Branding Tips for Entrepreneurs & Career Professionals Website Instagram Facebook Twitter LinkedIn  

When you break up with your business partner or let go of your marketing manager / ad agency, what next? First things first: PROTECT YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA. Here's what you need to know BEFORE you start letting people go in your organization. 🌟 Join The ADS Agency's "A-Listers" Group on Facebook 📗 Get the Authentic Marketing Magic eBook ✅ Download our ADS YouTube Checklist ✅ Download our ADS Awards Show Checklist 🌟 Subscribe to The ADS YouTube Channel 📭 Get ADS Marketing, Branding and Business Tips via Email 🎧 Check out The ADS Agency Podcast on Apple Podcast 🎧 Check out The ADS Agency Podcast on Google Play Music   ABOUT A.D.S. Andrea D. Smith, The ADS Agency Marketing & Branding Tips for Entrepreneurs & Career Professionals Website Instagram Facebook Twitter LinkedIn

When you've got aggressive goals for yourself or your business, here's one thing to be quite careful of: desperation and fear. Don't make business decisions out of desperation or fear. Here's how to avoid that.   🌟 Join The ADS Agency's "A-Listers" Group on Facebook 📗 Get the Authentic Marketing Magic eBook ✅ Download our ADS YouTube Checklist ✅ Download our ADS Awards Show Checklist 🌟 Subscribe to The ADS YouTube Channel 📭 Get ADS Marketing, Branding and Business Tips via Email 🎧 Check out The ADS Agency Podcast on Apple Podcast 🎧 Check out The ADS Agency Podcast on Google Play Music   ABOUT A.D.S. Andrea D. Smith, The ADS Agency Marketing & Branding Tips for Entrepreneurs & Career Professionals Website Instagram Facebook Twitter LinkedIn