In this episode the Click Clique crew discusses the importance of taking time off and recharging creative energy.

Make Time For Boredom

The Importance of Time Off

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Four female creatives on Vancouver Island - Yolanda, Megan, Kelsey and Emma- are exploring the digital world. This week they discuss their experiences partaking in and running giveaways. Find out who has won a bunch of awesome stuff and who is thoroughly annoyed with online contests.

Megan won Said The Whale tickets

Megan also won Marianas Trench tickets

Megan has a secret musical career

Comment Picker

The stars of the Cheetah Girls 17 years later

Raven-Symoné

Family Channel

Odds on Set for Life

We didn't win.

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This week the Click Clique crew discusses what to do with comments from trolls, negative nellies, super spammers and random ranters.

Responding to Negativity on Social Media

Hide a Comment on Facebook

How to create Community Guidelines

The Punishing Ecstasy of Being a Reddit Moderator

Twitter taught Microsoft’s AI chatbot to be a racist asshole in less than a day

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Emma, Kelsey, Megan, and Yolanda chat about the wild world of online dating. 

23 Crazy Tinder Stats & Facts 

Bumble Statistics & Facts

10 facts about Americans and online dating

15 Tinder Secrets The Creator Doesn't Want You To Know

20 Facts About Tinder That Tinder May Not Want You To Know

Bumble trivia: 58 amazing facts about the dating app

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The Click Clique crew talk about the positive aspects of social media.

#SWEATFEST w/Ryan Heffington and special guest Emma Stone raising money for childmind.org 

Vance Joy on Instagram

Some Good News

Elephants used for carrying tourists 'set free' as parks closed 

This incredible Humans of New York story captivated Jennifer Garner

Double tap to plant a tree

Instagram Egg

Ice Bucket Challenge Credited with ALS Breakthrough

#MeToo

Emma, Megan, Yolanda and Kelsey each share their top two tips for increasing engagement on social media.

Running giveaways 

A post’s average organic reach is only around 6.4% of the Page’s total likes

Finders Keephers user generated content using #FKHGirl 

Using stories to tell your story 

Increasing engagement on social media 

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A note on programming this week, with some podcast recommendations and articles of interest in the show notes.

Podcast Recommendations:

Code Switch

Pod Save the People

Intersectionality Matters

Dear White Women

1619

Articles of Interest:

Performative Allyship Is Deadly (Here’s What to Do Instead)

As responses to George Floyd's death go, #BlackOutTuesday was embarrassing

How Social Platforms are Responding to the #BlackLivesMatter Protests Across the US

The Click Clique crew talks about why you need photography for your company's social media, why hiring a photographer for your business is almost always the best way to do that, and how to prepare, plan and execute content days for your brand.

Red Toque Creative 

Yolanda Holderness Photography 

Finn Bean 

5 Tips to Improve your Instagram Photography 

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Yolanda chats with Karin Usipiuk, a lifestyle blogger and social media influencer in the Comox Valley, about what inspired her to start a blog, how she chooses the brands she works with, and tips she has for aspiring influencers.

Karin U Living blog 

"JH- the brand" 

Urban Barn Influencer Goals

Karin U Living on Instagram 

Karin U Living on Pinterest 

Planoly for scheduling Instagram posts 

The Bachelor on Instagram 

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Influencers have changed the marketing game for almost every industry. This week Click Clique talks about the power influencers wield in the social media world, and whether that's a good thing.

People are Pissed that Chrissy Teigen is Being Called A "Chef" In This Instagram Post

Kylie Jenner is paid around $1.2 million for a single post on Instagram

What it takes to look like Kim Kardashian

Instagram is Cracking Down On Those Fit Tea Ads

Different classifications for different sizes of influencers

FYRE: The Greatest Party that Never Happened 

The Man Who Stopped the Internet with a Single Colour

The Full Story of the Legendary Fyre Festival Cheese Sandwich

Scott Disick Had a Hilarious Instagram Fail

Blue Light Glasses: Helpful or just Hype?

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