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Wise people always say, “Never be the smartest person in the room,” so we’ve got that covered!!
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The blogs blend humor, storytelling, and insightful commentary about the experience of attending top-industry events as an outsider trying to learn. I document what is said (and not said).
How Democrats and Republicans Respond to Politicizing Media Coverage of Vaccines
TLDR: A university lecture on how politicization cues in media -- controversy, uncertainty, blame, and political discussion -- affect vaccine attitudes differently by party, finding that uncertainty rattles Democrats while controversy framing activates Republicans' political identity.
Permission to Fail on Social Media
TLDR: Attending a friend's first speaking event about growing social media influence, covering identity shifting, overcoming fear of being on camera, video hook strategies, and how posting consistently for 20 minutes a day can lead to 10k+ followers.
Casual Non-Emergency Public Service Announcement: Why is Linkedy So Spooked Out by my Human Trafficking Post? Then? Off to the White House’s AI 4 Youth Office Hours
TLDR: A quick post about LinkedIn glitching suspiciously when the author tried to investigate who viewed her human trafficking awareness post, before heading off to the White House AI Education for Youth office hours.
Social Media Suspension, VC-Cowork, & Re-Pitching
TLDR: Kelly announces an indefinite social media break to focus energy on building her tutoring business ecosystem -- live classes, podcast, worksheet packets, and website improvements -- while also attending a coworking/pitch event at a VC space.
Last Call for Enron’s First Earnings Call!
TLDR: Kelly watches Enron's first earnings call in over 20 years, which turns out to be a wildly theatrical and entertaining live performance covering their energy comeback, Lockheed Martin partnership, Texas electricity market disruption plans, and comedic production-style mishaps.
Influencer Invitation, Welcome Back Party
TLDR: A gathering of YouTubers with millions of followers discussing monetization strategies, community building, taxes, and content creation tactics, revealing the business mechanics behind influencer culture.
#THEUPDATE Amidst Work Week
TLDR: A non-event blog where Kelly pauses attending conferences to focus on building out her Kelly Tutors website, covering merch design, AI youth education classes, downloadable content, rewriting fairy tales, social media strategy, and blog reorganization after breaking all her old links.
Marketing Digitally - The Marathon of Methods
TLDR: A two-day digital marketing conference covering SEO, GEO (generative engine optimization), short-form video strategy, micro-SEO, authenticity in branding, and viral content creation, with Kelly rating the speaker content highly despite mediocre networking opportunities.
Decentralized Social Media
TLDR: A conference on decentralized social media covering AT Protocol, Bluesky, content moderation, emotional expression in text, digital preservation for human rights documentation, and the migration away from centralized platforms like Twitter/X.
Modern Marketing Tips for Today’s Trends & Time Coworking
TLDR: A double-event day covering a coworking session and a marketing seminar with insights on SEO, omnichannel marketing, customer analysis, and modern marketing strategies for small businesses.
Retail Investors IRL: Activism for a Transparent Stock Market
TLDR: Kelly flies to Ft. Lauderdale for Bill Pulte's retail investor conference, documenting the GameStop/BBBY/MMTLP community's fight against naked short selling, market manipulation, and regulatory failures while building real-world activist connections.
DIY-Business, Building a Blog for You and Your Business Seminar, 2024
TLDR: Notes from an early-morning Zoom seminar on building a blog for business, covering niche selection, monetization strategies like affiliate marketing and AdSense, and using AI as a proofreader rather than a ghostwriter. The session emphasized that blogging success comes from personality, consistency, and solving specific problems for a targeted audience.
Engage in Digital Marketing Conference 2024
TLDR: A packed digital marketing conference covering advanced SEO tactics, crawl budget realities, knowledge graphs, glossary pages as authority builders, and social media content strategy. Key revelations included that Google ignores "Page 2" content, reused or AI-generated images hurt rankings, and 45% of American workers want to quit their jobs.
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