Working Girl Talk

It’s the most wonderful time of year! Or the most stressful? The winter months and holiday season can sometimes feel not so jolly. In today’s episode, we’re diving into eight ways to help you cope with the winter blues, especially when it starts to affect your work performance.

This Week’s News:

- Instagram’s Explore page solved...kinda (The Verge)

- Tiffany & Co. sales are dropping. Can Louis Vuitton save them? (BoF)

- Happy birthday from Instagram...just kidding (The Verge)

- Postscript raises over $4.5 million to bring shopping to your texts (TechCrunch)

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Think Pinterest is just for wedding inspo and DIY crafts? Think again. Although it is great for that, Pinterest can be a HUGE driver of traffic to your website. Because you’re combining both the elements of search and social, you have more power over your content on Pinterest than you do on other platforms. On this episode, we walk through five ways to maximize your Pinterest game if you're just starting out.

This Week's News:

- TikTok's "Link In Bio" Is Here (The Verge)

- Facebook's Secret New App (The Verge)

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To celebrate the 30th episode of Working Girl Talk, we’re talking to Miss Arizona 2019 Jacqueline Thomas. We discuss Jacqueline's path to Miss Arizona (which has not been easy), how to withstand and persist through disappointment and failure, how to build confidence, and so much more!

Along with her busy schedule as Miss Arizona, Jacqueline is the founder of Lady Leaders, which helps empower women to stand up for what’s right through a variety of events and panel discussions. I cannot wait to cheer Jacqueline on at Miss America on NBC in December. 

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This Week's News:

- Netflix & Nickelodeon Team Up (TechCrunch)

- Amazon's New Grocery Store (The Verge)

- Bonus: IG Hiding Likes in the U.S. Has Begun

A very special episode of Working Girl Talk! We hear the story of Samantha Abrahart, the founder and CEO of The Mayfair Group. The Mayfair Group is an all-inclusive brand representation company specializing in the sectors of public relations, social media, sales, graphic design, and creative content. You may know Mayfair from its killer social media accounts - they grew their IG following from around 8k to 250k in less than a year!

We talk about the birth of Mayfair, how to build relationships, how to not lose yourself when it comes to social media and so much more. Sam has been on the dream guest list for this podcast since day one. She is a hustler, a believer in manifesting your dreams into a reality and an all-around inspiring girlboss. 

This Week's News:

- Uber Joins The Ad Game (TechCrunch)

- Shopify Dives Into Email (TechCrunch)

Listen...if you dare. On this episode of Working Girl Talk, we’re diving into some of your workplace horror stories! This is compiled of your submissions, some deep-diving into Reddit threads and some of Abby's personal experiences. Get ready for the weird, the awkward, the unexplainable and the embarrassing workplace drama that you know and love. Happy Halloween!

*Stories have been gathered from audience submissions and Reddit threads that are publicly available. Stories may have been adjusted slightly to fit into an appropriate, audio format. Although we don't know the exact names of Reddit users to give credit, we list their username in the show in order to do so. 

The key to growing an engaged Instagram following can be traced back to that first impression. Someone knowing exactly who you are and what you do gets them to follow you - and stay! But how can you make your bio stand out on an app with millions of users? In this episode, Abby dives into four different Instagram bio ideas that will help you share your story.

This Week's News:

- Instagram Invite Stickers (Social Media Today)

- LinkedIn Event Pages Launch (Social Media Today)

- Venmo Gets A Credit Card (TechCrunch)

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Want to dive deeper? Check out this article Abby wrote about Instagram Bio Ideas

Say good-bye to job interview jitters with this ultimate checklist. Abby outlines the things to do and to know before heading into a phone interview, video interview and an in-person job interview. 

This Week's News:

- Instagram's Trying To Protect Your Data...Slowly (TechCrunch)

- AMC Jumps Into The "Streaming Wars" (The Verge)

- Say Hello To The Motorola RAZR - Again (The Verge)

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This week, we're sitting down with Noelle Creamer! She is a health coach and the owner of Wellness With Noelle. Her passion for health and wellness truly began after being diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease. After that experience, she knew it was her calling to help others take control of their health, while balancing work, life and everything else. Noelle’s story is an inspiring one. We talk about overcoming tragedy, how to really destress, why gratitude rules everything, how to take tech breaks in a digital era and so much more. 

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This Week's News:

- Uber Is Now Pet-Friendly (The Verge)

-Toys 'R' Us Is Back. Thanks, Target! (TechCrunch)

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Learn to LOVE showing up for your audience by speaking directly to them. Talking to the camera can be tough to get used to. What do I say? Where do I look? Do people want to hear from me? This episode covers the answers to those questions with simple tips and tricks to get you camera-ready and confident for your audience. These tips are most useful for Instagram Stories and Live but can be applied to other types of on-camera appearances as well.

This Week's News:

• The New Instagram Profile To Follow (TechCrunch)

You tweaked your resume to be just right. You aced the interview and are feeling confident about the possibility of a new job - your dream job. You get the phone call... but it's not the one you were expecting. It was a rejection call. 

We've all been there or will be there at some point. Not getting what you think is your dream job hurts! From personal experience and from being on both sides of the hiring process, Abby shares how to handle the rejection call and the rejection email. She also shares three tips to help you get through this hard process.

This Week's News:

• McDonald's Develops A New Way To Apply For Jobs (The Verge)