The Hive Creative Marketing Co.

21/02/2024

💖That feeling you get when you outsource your social media to a strategist.

💯relief
💯hope
💯game plan
💯results

If you’re ready to feel this way DM 💬me or apply to work with The Hive 👉Link in bio.

14/02/2024

💌10 Things I Hate About Social Media: Inspired by Julia Stiles as Kat Stratford in "10 Things I Hate About You"

Dear Social Media,

1. I hate how people think you are "free" when really you take so much more time and tlc than anyone could ever imagine.

2. I hate how you use people. They don't realize that you're much more powerful when they learn to use you, not the other way around.

3. I hate how you're always listening 👂. One conversation out loud and all the sudden there are ads for it all over my feed.

4. I hate how you seem to only show my content to 3 people; a Bot 🤖 , my Mom, and my Aunt Betty.

5.) I hate how you toy with my emotions. One month analytics are in the green, through the roof, 📈reach is booming, then the next they're plummeting and more red than a Valentine’s Day heart.

6.) I hate how all of your filters have a way of making me feel like my real self is always lacking and not pretty enough.

7.) I hate how powerful you are. You're ability to reach hundreds of millions of people is so vast. You literally give us the world at our fingertips.

8) I hate how time consuming you are. Two words… rabbit 🐰 hole 🕳️.

9) I hate how I remember times before you existed. They were really good, and so much more simple.
I hate that my kids will never know those times.

10) I hate how I can’t live with you, and I can’t live without you. You’re a part of our lives now. All we can do is learn to live symbiotically and in as healthy a relationship as possible.

Social media, our love hate relationship is real.

But so is the fact that there are so many people out there confused, frustrated, and overwhelmed by you.

What else can we do but learn to use you as a tool for good, for growth and not as our identify.

I’m learning how to keep our relationship healthier everyday, and how you can make my client’s business grow.

Ok that’s all for now.

Happy Valentine’s Day social media,
Xoxo Katie A.

03/02/2024

The Golden Rule : You always get out what you put in. That goes for social media too!

Paying someone to outsource is only the starting point. 📈

💪You can pay a trainer, but you have to show up and train.

🥇You can pay someone to coach you, but you have to do the work at home and in your mind.

You can outsource your social media and digital marketing but you have to set up your internal sales funnel for success ( and trust your marketing consultant to do their job!)

When we work together, we can make amazing things happen!

Message me to get started!

31/01/2024

You can never win if you're not even in the game ‼️

So many people ask me what they can do to win at social media and when I tell them, it's never what they want to hear.

💫You've got to be willing to show up and serve.

Think of the last time you went to a store or restaurant and had bad or no service at all?

❌You probably never went back again.

Now think of a time you went to a restaurant or store and the manager or chef came out to you and personally took some time with you, asked if you needed help, or gave you something free ( valuable), whether it was dessert, or a tip or trick?

🔥Boom. ✅Return customer for life.

The bottom line is, people want to support YOU! Buy from YOU!

But only if they can see you. 👀

Use the steps in the slide to get started! I'm here to help if you need me.

Follow me for Social Media for business support, and growth insights.

DM to inquire.

25/01/2024

🥰When I say client love, I mean that I LOVE helping THEM achieve their social media goals!

This can start with an audit of your social media account!

Look at your account through the eyes of your ideal client: Would they want to stay for more? 👀

An audit can help you get a clearer picture of your social media presence and identify areas for improvement.

Comment “AUDIT” below and I’ll send you a link to sign up.

FOLLOW to be a part of my Hive!! 🐝





Do you want more information about a social media audit?

20/01/2024

‼️Save this post and come back when you’re FINALLY ready to be seen on social by your ideal client!

Want to actually convert your social media into a selling tool for your biz?

Take 5 👋minutes to update your profile!

Your social media profiles are your neon sign!

It’s your first opportunity to grab the attention of your ideal client.

Follow 🥰 for more social media growth for your biz!

17/01/2024

It was a wonderful experience collab with Carlin Studios and Meagan Stone Photography to create a beautiful, functional, shoppers-dream of a website for this wonderful brand! Check out Your Story Jewels 💎! You’re going to love it!

We've just finished this new Shopify build for Your Story Jewels in collaboration with The Hive Creative Marketing Co. and Meagan Stone Photography. With features like a Custom Necklace builder and Shoppable Images, the Your Story website is fun and intuitive for customers to explore, effortlessly guiding them through the buying journey.

Check it out: https://yourstoryjewels.com/
Ready for a new website? https://www.carlinstudios.com/

13/01/2024

🤩Here’s your reminder: next time you see mom taking pics of her family offer to take a picture of her with them.

Help a mama out with the “content” she’ll always cherish. 😍

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10/01/2024

Social media can get to be a drag if you don't have a plan and you have no idea if what you're doing is working at all.

🤩Getting a fresh pair of eyes on your content may be the only thing between you and your growing social media!

Creating content is a science, but understanding WHO you're creating the content for and WHY you're creating it will make your life so much easier!

👀See what our clients are saying about their revitalization after a social media audit with us!

Want a little support with your content?

Comment "Support" below and I'll send you a link to get started!

07/01/2024

Not engaging with other accounts or your audience is giving "I'm not open for business."

Make sure you're spending time doing the basic engagement practices to build your community:

✅Respond to DMs

✅Respond to comments

✅Add polls and engagement stickers to your stories

A little goes a long way with engagement so why not start small?

Found this helpful?

🤍Follow .socialmedia for more easy ways to grow on social media!

25/12/2023

❤️Merry Christmas from my Hive 🐝 to yours.

I hope your day is spent in a buzz of love, laughter, food, gifts, egg nog, and napping. 😴

🙏🏼I feel blessed to be a small part of your social media lives.

15/12/2023

Save this post to come back to check halfway through 2024 to see if I was right!

A few trends I expect to see in 2024 are:

✨A.I Influencers- Brands are going to start developing A.I. influencers to generate content and build relationships. Yes it's easier than going onsite and begging for people to record on camera but is it better? You decide.

✨Controversial Opinion Posts- Brands and businesses want to disrupt. There will be more content with head of company and influencer opinion posts.

✨Long Form Content- Think YouTube, the upcoming YouTube Podcast feature, and Blogs are back, baby!

✨Building Email Lists- Not sure this was ever NOT a trend but I see it as being a great way to show ROI for all the content creation efforts and money brands and businesses are spending.

✨Brands focusing on community and experience centered launches- There's a lot of competition scrolling social media. Brands know that there's less when they can get you away from the scroll and into a personalized experience with them where you can build a genuine connection!

So what are your thoughts? I'd love to hear what you think my be trending for marketing in 2024!

27/11/2023

🤩Monday Meet Up!

💫Get to know Ashley💫

The Hive’s newest team member!🐝

Ashley brings an awesome buzz of creative energy to The Hive team!

She’s always ready with a great idea for a reel 📱

And she’s got a passion for marketing data 📈 and analytics!

Get to know a little more about Ashley 👉

🎓College Major: Marketing at Louisiana State University

☕️Fave coffee order: Iced Caramel Latte

🌮 Favorite hobby: Trying new restaurants around Baton Rouge

💎Little lagniappe about you: “I’m a curious and creative individual with a passion for fashion and learning!”

25/11/2023

Create content that converts!

Did you know there are different types of people who follow you, who are all on different journeys toward buying or not buying your product or services?

Your audience consists potential buyers who are:

🥶Cold- those who have never heard about you or your brand/business and are seeing you for the first time,

♨️Warm - those who are aware of your brand/business. They follow you and may engage with your content.

🔥Hot- those who are ready to buy!

Today I'm sharing some ways to turn those warm audience members HOT!

I hope these ideas help you turn your content in to a conversion machine!

I'm Katie, and I help you grow your business with social media.

DM me with any questions or if you're ready to get started!

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22/11/2023

🙏🏼Thankful for the small things.

Like Waffle House ✅

☀️Like waking up and taking a breath, and stepping out of bed.

💜Which some days is too easy to take for granted.

Thankful you’re here and I get to share this community with you. 💕

What’s a small thing you’re thankful for?

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13/11/2023

✅Save this for later so you can incorporate these steps into your next team marketing meeting.

PS: Extra Bonus tip at the bottom ⬇️

If you’re a business who’s invested in organic social media to grow your business make sure you’re doing these things to help you succeed.

1️⃣Ask your employees to share your social pages and engage with the content regularly.

2️⃣Send an email to your current email list asking them to follow your social pages.

3️⃣Include your social media accounts in your email signature with a CTA to follow.

💎Bonus tip- Add your social media accounts to business cards, announce them at the end of your presentations, incorporate them as much as you can!

✔️Implement these today company wide to get the most out of your organic social media efforts for your business!

What are some ways you get your employees to engage with your social media efforts?

12/11/2023

Entrepreneurships got nothing on me. 😝

We had 2 baby’s 11.5 month’s apart. And this photo reminded me.

James my oldest in my arms and Amelie my 2nd in my belly.

Try and intimidate me; I love a challenge and God had a great sense of humor.

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02/11/2023

🎶 I love music, and choosing audio for me and my clients reels is one of my favorite things!

It’s ONE of the creative parts I love most about Social Media 🫶

Do you like choosing reels audio or does it stress you out?

Let me know in the comments!

27/10/2023

Here’s the thing: When you talk to everyone, you talk to no one.

If you notice your reach dip, but know that you’re talking to your target audience, then you have nothing to worry about!

Your target audience is your NICHE, and will therefore be a smaller group of people.

Thus, a decrease 📉in reach.

Instead of worrying, do this instead:

✨Talk to one person (Your ideal audience persona) and help them solve a problem.

✨Stop talking to everyone.

✨Stick to your social media strategy.

I’m Katie with The Hive and I help you talk to your target audience through social media.

DM to start!

25/10/2023

That feeling of pure joy 🤩 could be yours… if you hired a social media manager!

Currently loving the Eric Stonestreet meme trend 💙

Who’s your favorite Modern Family Character?

Share in the comments💙

                                       

25/10/2023

That feeling of pure joy when social media becomes EASY! 🤩

Loving this Eric Stonestreet meme and had to hop on it!

Social media is fun: don’t get too deep about it.

                     

09/10/2023

👻I get it, content creation and filming gives lots of people the spookies!

🥳A good social media manager can help you you make content creation day a breeze!!!

Here are some ways a social media manager helps you to stay calm and focused on content creation days:

1.Planning Ahead: Creating a content creation calendar in advance helps provide a clear roadmap of what's to come on content creation day! It also saves time!

2. Streamlined Processes: Implementing tools and software to automate and simplify tasks, such as scheduling posts or curating content.

3. Research & Insights: An SMM will research the best type of content for your business. The kind that will speak to you audience!

4. Collaborative Brainstorming: What kind of content do you enjoy creating?? As an SMM, I am part of your team and I love getting to know your likes and wants! Social Media is FUN if you allow it to be! Let's brainstorm some fun content together!

Follow me .socialmedia for more Buzz-worthy Social Media Solutions!

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03/10/2023

🎃October is here which means we’re in the final quarter!

Are you planning some big goals for your Q4?

My goals are:
1️⃣ Finish The Hive website
2️⃣ Close 2 new full time social media clients
3️⃣Get my newsletter back on track!

What’s one of your Q4 goals?



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27/09/2023

Life is short and feeling overwhelmed about social media IS NOT worth it!

Agreed? Ok good 👍 Keep reading 🤓

Build your business and brand with a strategy that allows you to BREATHE again.

Your business CAN gracefully transition to meet the demands social media and digital marketing require to stay relevant without feeling overwhelmed.

I can help!

I offer:

✅Done for you social media management
✅ 1:1 Social Media Coaching
✅Curated Social Media Strategy

AND MORE!

Message me TODAY to set up a discovery call to see how I can help you meet your business goal with social media and digital marketing!

27/07/2023

Reach more people using keywords!

I recently conducted a mini-experiment and replaced all my hashtags with keywords!

The results were astonishing!

My reach skyrocketed and this was the only thing I'd changed in my strategy.

Some have asked me to share more about keywords so read the post and save it to implement your own strategy later!

What I'm loving about keywords is:

They're less of a pain to type out!

They cut down on research. I literally just typed out the words that were pertinent to my content. Easy breezy!

They look more appealing aesthetically.

Instagram is getting smarter and picking up on keywords more and more!

Side Note: I would recommend still using hashtags along with a keyword strategy if your account is less than 9 months old.

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19/07/2023

I'm Katie A. and welcome to The Hive!

🤩Some of you are new here and I'm so appreciative to have you.

At the Hive, we're all about being the Queen👑 (or King) Bee 🐝 of your social media!

I'm a social media manager (but with a twist.)

While I love doing social media for businesses and helping them grow, I'm also passionate about helping fellow entrepreneurs who are new in their journey to building a biz.

✨I get that you are overwhelmed with social media.

✨I know you might not have a budget to pay a full time manager.

✨But I believe in YOU, and I want to inspire you to believe in YOURSELF.

You are the BEAUTIFUL face and VOICE of your brand.

Your services/products are LIFE CHANGING to those who need them!

You can learn social media, and grow your audience in an authentic and sustainable way!

So whether you're looking for full time services, coaching, or one time services when it comes to social media for your business, The Hive has what you need!

🎁And if you've read this far and since its my BIRTHDAY🥳 today I'm giving YOU a gift!!

The first 3 people who comment READY on my Instagram account will get a FREE Instagram Profile Audit from me! ( Usually a $500 value!)

I'll audit your profile and give you a deliverable of actionable step by step items you can use to improve your:

- Reach
- Attracting and talking to your target audience
- Training the algorithm to put you in front of your target audience
-Best practices and improvements for your content

I'm so blessed everyday by you, I can't wait to bless 3 of you with this gift!

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10/07/2023

🤩Out with the old? And I'm talking about Instagram.

Kidding.... not exactly😜

Most of you have heard of Threads ✨, the new app from Meta that has taken over.

It's total Twitter vibes but younger; fresher.

With this new app, you may be wondering what can you do to make sure your Instagram strategy doesn't get stale.

✨My intuition and gut instincts are telling me this about how we may can get ahead of the changing Instagram algorithm based on this new app.

Here's what my crystal ball tells me 🫱

1️⃣ Instagram lives and stories will gain more attention.
2️⃣ There will be a return to more focus on photography carousels.

So what doe this mean for you and your business?

It' simple so don't worry!

✔️Slightly tweak your current Instagram Strategy!

✔️Go live 1x a month

✔️Implement a stories strategy

✔️Double down on reels

✔️Focus on branded photography

Do you agree on any of my predictions?

What's your gut telling you?

I'm here to help so ask away!

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