Instagram GIFS were gone from Instagram Stories for a few months. Thankfully for us and the Instagram app - they are back! (pretend there is a dancing taco GIF right here).

Social Media Marketing numbers that matter should be engagement, not how many followers your brand has. It doesn’t matter if you have 1,000 or 50,000 on Instagram if 49,000 people are not engaged with your brand. Here are a few tips for businesses who want to connect with their audience.

Whole Foods Market in Sonoma County, Napa Valley and Marin County is hosting a Beauty Week sale and using Influencer Marketing to share the news in the Bay Area. Here are some of my top beauty picks for new moms. 

There is something to showing your significant other you care about them on a regular basis, and it is more than roses or a romantic dinner at a restaurant you go to because you think that’s what you should do.

My husband and I took a Staycation in Downtown Santa Rosa at the Astro Motel, and enjoyed life without the toddler for a night. 

Facebook Pages may be changing in 2018, but if marketers go back to the root of social media marketing - aka connections - they can be successful. 

Meal Planning is easy when you change your expectations. 

So many people are talking about their 2018 word of the year. My word is CREATE.

My favorite tip for any marketer or small business owner is to goal plan. I can promise you it will help keep you sane, and you will have more time. I use two simple tools to help me maximize my time when I work from home every day.

As you may know — I love everything about eating & drinking during the last two months of the year. One of my favorite things is having people over to try different eggnogs, with and without alcohol, of course.

Gift ideas for Wine lovers for the holidays. Get your friends and family the perfect wine-themed Christmas Gift. 

 Pop-up shops are nothing new; we see them at the mall every Christmas season, calendar and phone kiosks in the middle of every aisle. Even the Santa meet-and-greet is a pop-up shop where kids can wait in long lines to pay a guy in a suit to take a picture on his lap (nothing against it, but that is totally what it is). However, these Instagram-style Pop-Up Museums are a somewhat new idea.

Automated posts from one social network to another creates issues and marketers need to be careful when they share one piece of content on all platforms. 

Questions from Small Business Owners on how to marketing your business after the Sonoma and Napa Fires. My answer: Be as transparent and empathetic as possible.  

Top Social Media Questions Answered 

Advice for brands in Sonoma County: Take a step back after the fires to create a marketing strategy for 2018

Tips on How to Take Marketing Photos with your Smart Phone for Wine Industry Social Media Marketers for top photographers in Sonoma and Napa County.

Wearing a Work Uniform even when you work from home can help your productivity and clear up your mind for important tasks throughout the day.