FREE Webinar! Create Engaging Content for Your Blog or Facebook
Ever wish you could just skip the whole social media thing? If you’re not 100% thrilled about all the time you’ve been plugging away on social media, you are not alone. I hear practice managers, physician owners and nurse entrepreneurs stressed out over details of social media & blog content. They have questions like: How…
Read MoreDon’t Get Into A Piss Fight With A Skunk
My Dad might be the original Disruptive Innovator. Actually, that’s not entirely true…my Marvy Grandma, Anna Evelyn, did her share of questioning authority in her career as a middle school math teacher. Loved that woman! Like fathers everywhere, he gave me advice. A LOT OF ADVICE. As a young woman, I completely did…
Read More4 Reasons Your Healthcare Business Needs A Content Writer
Whether or not you have a blog on your website, there’s still a lot of writing that needs to be completed as part of digital marketing for your healthcare business or clinical practice. From blog posts and case studies to landing pages and FAQs, there is a surprising amount of written content that you need to have…
Read MoreHow Social Media Jump Started My Business as A Nurse Writer
In May, I started my own business. If you’d asked me a year ago whether I’d ever do something like that, I’d have told you no. What did I know about running a business? What kind of business would I even start with my nursing degree? Who would even hire me? It sounded way too…
Read MoreThe 10 Do’s & Don’ts to Make Your Business a Success on Social Media
Social media is huge in 2016 America. After all, anything with the power to connect China to South Carolina in a matter of seconds is a force to be reckoned with and should be taken seriously. Something with so much power and influence that happens to be completely free should be used by each and…
Read MoreWhy We Love #CureConnect chat (and You should, too!)
If you’re on twitter, you may have seen, or even taken part in a twitter chat. We love Twitter chats for connecting with your tribe – whether it’s a community of like-minded professionals, subject matter enthusiasts or passionate fans or advocates. Twitter is such a great medium to pull people in randomly, have a great conversation, and…
Read MoreNurses & Empowered Patients: Join the #CureConnect chat May 3!
A big reason I love social media is because the channels are a perfect opportunity to leverage awareness of all the innovative and creative work being done by people in my tribe. There is no better way to do that than through a Twitter chat! The key reasons I enjoy Twitter chats? I get to:…
Read MoreFor Nurses: 10 Steps to Build a LinkedIn Profile that Doesn’t Suck
I admit it. I used to have a LinkedIn profile that sucked. It was boring, incomplete and didn’t really reflect my personality and professional mission. That all changed when I happened upon a marrvy blog written by two guys - the BlueGurus - Mic Johnson and Jason Terry. New to the social media scene, I…
Read MoreBridging the Social Media Skills Gap
Social-media literacy is fast becoming a source of competitive advantage in the workplace. Just ask my young friend, Lauren Wiebe! A couple weeks ago, I was thrilled to receive this note from Lauren, who is graduating with a degree in Social Work and was one of the marrvy Summer 2015 interns with the Midwest Cancer Alliance:…
Read More5 Social Media Tools You Didn’t Know You Needed
If you’re anything like us here at The Social Nurse, you’re always looking for ways to make having a strong presence on social media just a little simpler. Whether that means finding great content, managing multiple social media platforms in one place, or scheduling your posts in advance to take some of the heat off…
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