Think Big Go Local Inc.

01/17/2025

It's not looking good for TikTok and we suggest you get all your videos downloaded off the app before this Sunday. Here's a great video that was shared by one of our favorite experts, Matt Navarra, that will give you step by step instructions on how to do that, downloading them all in one swoop! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC26dRDroBs

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01/10/2025

Think Big Go Local, Inc. has a new team member! 💜 Meet Boone, my new little Bernedoodle. He's adding all kinds of joy into my life, but a few important lessons too. Just to name a few...

1) Mornings are so much more productive when you are forced to follow a schedule and get moving early!

2) Achieving goals (today it's potty training) requires constant commitment, being present at all times, and always keeping your mind on the end game!

3) Bringing on a new team member requires a lot of thought to detail if you want to do it right. Considerations such as an adjust time period, setting goals, providing support are all on my mind this week.

At the end of the day it's just a puppy right? Oh no, it's a major committment and his success acclimating to our home and office is entirely based on my behaviors and habits. A bit of a surprise how much this relates to running a business. Oops, going to have to end this post and go grab the ball of yarn he just grabbed and spread across the office... 😂

12/18/2024

How are you feeling about the potential BAN of TikTok?
Do you think it will happen?
Will it have an effect on your business?
(So many questions! lol)

12/16/2024

We all want to be "cool" and according to a study report by 9to5Mac , using these acronyms and emoji's in your marketing isn't helping! Here a the least cool of 2024...

1.⁠ ⁠Enraged pouting face, aka 😡
2.⁠ ⁠RIP
3.⁠ ⁠WTF (come on really? This is still my fave! lol)
4.⁠ ⁠Skull emoji 💀
5.⁠ ⁠Pleading emoji 🥺
6.⁠ ⁠FOMO
7.⁠ ⁠SMH
8.⁠ ⁠IKR
9.⁠ ⁠Thinking face emoji 🤔
10.⁠ ⁠Snake emoji 🐍

**What emoji did you use the most in 2024?

12/11/2024

LinkedIn recently shared a few tips worthy of paying attention to if you're looking to improve your presence going into the new year! Here are my top takeaways....

👉 "LinkedIn members who post twice per week see up to five times more profile views "

👉 "Catch people's attention with a great hook...
﹡ Share a surprising statistic: “The average manager wastes 12 hours per week. Here’s how to get that time back.”
﹡ Ask a thought-provoking question: “What if your top-performing employee is actually hurting your team?”
﹡ Make a bold statement: “Remote work is overrated.”
﹡ Share a personal story: “I just turned down a job that would’ve doubled my salary. Here’s why . . .”
﹡ Tease research findings: “I analyzed 1,000 cold emails. The findings surprised me . . .”

👉 While we all know that hashtags can help your content to be discovered, this was great advice... "Use hashtags that are not already terms that you’ve mentioned in your post is the most effective approach, as LinkedIn can already infer topics and subjects based on the context of the post."

If you've got questions or need assistance with your social media strategy, send us a DM, we'd love to help!

12/05/2024

𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛-𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙓 - 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 - 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝘽𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙠𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙗𝙮 500% - 𝙨𝙤 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚??

📍 𝑿 (𝑻𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓) : Perfect for real-time updates, connecting with niche audiences, and building brand authority through thought leadership and quick customer engagement. Unfortunately, X just isn't the same as it used to be and has turned very political and many users have left the app, but they still have 570M active users (reported in July.)

📍 𝑻𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒔: Foster authentic connections and conversations. If you're already active on Instagram, Threads seamlessly extends your reach. However, growing an audience has been challenging, engagement isn't great but they do have 275M active users.

📍 𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒌𝒚: A fresh, decentralized platform where you can grow with a community of early adopters and tech-savvy individuals who value innovation. Many of X users have moved to this platform but they are still in growth mode with 20M active users.

💡 Our Thoughts: First and foremost, choose the platform where your target audience is! I find X useless for most local small businesses, but valuable for personal branding and thought leadership (much more so before Elon burned it all down.) Threads experienced rapid growth primarily because it was tied so closely to Instagram and they made is so easy to sign up - that said, I haven't found the platform very valuable for local SMB either and it's clunky to use on a desktop. As for Bluesky, I think this platform has potential as its been around a bit but recently is growing rapidly as people look for an alternative to X. I'll be diving into this platform more on a personal level in hopes to build a presence as it grows.

Where are you focusing your time? Let us know! 👇

11/28/2024

𝑯𝑨𝑷𝑷𝒀 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑵𝑲𝑺𝑮𝑰𝑽𝑰𝑵𝑮 to ALL! Our team at TBGL wishes you all a day filled with family, friends, football, great food and loads of joy & love! 💜

11/21/2024

📢 𝑰𝑵𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑮𝑹𝑨𝑴 𝑼𝑷𝑫𝑨𝑻𝑬
As of December 13th, Instagram will be removing the ability to follow hashtags. WHY? To curb the spammers that put up irrelevant content but use trending hashtags to find their way into your feed. My thoughts... Hashtags have been losing relevancy and this may be one more indicator that they're dying a slow death. The good news is, users may possibly locate and follow more creators to fill their feed with content they enjoy instead. 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨?

09/25/2024

What do I love most about owning my own business?? FREEDOM! To work where and when I want. And while much of the time that means too many hours and 7 days a week, at least I can grab a bag to get out of town and still keep things moving!

09/12/2024

🔥 We are so excited about 𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐄 𝐔𝐏 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂 𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋 this weekend! It's been a blast helping to promote this event and the inclusive accessible playground that will be built here in our community when this is all over is a cause near to our hearts! Ticket sales are through the roof, but there are still some remaining if you get yours quick: https://riseupmchenry.com/
See ya there!

Rise Up Music Festival GiGi's Playhouse McHenry County

06/16/2024

Wishing all the Dads, Stepdads, Mentors, Grandpas and just those awesome guys that show up for kids/adults when they're needed a VERY 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐅𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑'𝐒 𝐃𝐀𝐘!

And especially to our own 𝘽𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙉 𝙍𝙐𝙂𝙂, hope you're out climbing a mountain, racing some rapids or kayaking that awesome handmade wood boat of yours in the wilderness somewhere today - you deserve it!!

Brian Rugg

05/16/2024

👩🏼‍💻 Today is 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲 !

Every accessible website counts in creating a more inclusive online world. We are proud that our website, and all the websites we build at Think Big Go Local are part of this movement.

Join us in making the internet more accessible for everyone. It's not only the right thing to do, the ADA requires it. Questions about whether your site is compliant? Get in touch, we'd be happy to help! 👉 https://thinkbiggolocal.com/website-design-mchenry-county-il/

05/15/2024

Great workshop coming up at the Woodstock Chamber - If you're a small business owner, check it out!

Marketing Strategy for Small Business Owners In this 2-hour comprehensive workshop we ll discuss methods and tools to amplify your business s presence in the community and online to increase visibility, traffic, and sales. Topics to be covered will include identifying your audience, developing your....

04/19/2024

🔥 Today on the Digital Boss Boardroom...

𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐲 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬: 𝐀 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐎𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧

Welcome to the "Digital Boss Boardroom" – the essential podcast for savvy small busines owners and enterprising entrepreneurs. Hosted by Bobbi Baehne, CEO of Think Big Go Local Inc, this podcast is your invitation to a world of insider knowledge designed to supercharge your brand and grow your small business.

In each episode, Bobbi and her guests deliver actionable insights in social media and digital marketing with real-world strategies you can implement immediately. But it's not all work and
no play. The "Digital Boss Boardroom" is also about mastering the art of living well while hustling hard. We're all about nurturing personal growth and finding that sweet spot of life balance amidst the thrills and challenges of entrepreneurship in our busy day to day.

Connect with us on: https://thinkbiggolocal.com/ (on all socials)

Bobbi Baehne on LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbibaehne/

Bobbi’s Social Media Clambake: https://www.facebook.com/groups/451038485237240

04/08/2024

70 Degrees and a Solar Eclipse... we just may have to take the day off 😂 💜 Ok, so maybe we'll just take a hour off to watch! How about you?

04/05/2024

15 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐆𝐏𝐓 𝐇𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬.

Welcome to the "Digital Boss Boardroom" – the essential podcast for savvy small business owners and enterprising entrepreneurs. Hosted by Bobbi Baehne, CEO of Think Big Go Local Inc, this podcast is your invitation to a world of insider knowledge designed to supercharge your brand and grow your small business. In each episode, Bobbi and her guests deliver actionable insights in social media and digital marketing with real-world strategies you can implement immediately. But it's not all work and no play.

💜Connect with us on: https://thinkbiggolocal.com/ (on all socials)

Bobbi Baehne on LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbibaehne/

🏝️ Bobbi’s Social Media Clambake: https://www.facebook.com/groups/451038485237240

04/05/2024

🔥 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤!

Here's what you need to know....

✅ Yes, this is another TikTok rip off - as now you'll have a video only feed and the video content will take over the full screen much like the Tik Tok experience (shocker)

✅ This feed will combine ALL facebook video types, including live videos.

✅ You'll access it by clicking on any video you see in your feed

✅ Flip your phone to see horizontal videos in full screen mode

✅ They are adding new control features to help you navigate through the video content

✅ REELS will likely dominate this feed, as Facebook is talking alot of them in this announcement

✅ This is kind of a big deal and may affect repurposing content, according to Facebook “While we know creators post their content across multiple platforms, simply uploading unedited, longer content from other platforms is unlikely to perform well in the future.”

✅ If you aren't making Video content yet - It's past time! If you need help or don't know where to start, what kind of strategy to follow, let us know!

Read more about it here:

We’re introducing an updated video player on Facebook that brings together Reels, longer videos and Live content all in one fullscreen experience.

04/04/2024

Every semester we get invited to McHenry County College to teach a workshop for their students on setting up and leveraging LinkedIn. A team of experts reviews resumes for the students and 400ft and Below Photography takes professional headshots for the students to use on their profiles.

💜 I enjoy this event so much because once again, we're making in a difference in helping our next generation build a personal brand, build influence, and attract career opportunities! Bonus, I get to meet some pretty awesome people with BIG goals and I LOVE IT!!