Not Sure Who Your Audience Is? It’s Right Under Your Nose

  • Jennifer Hatton
  • August 28, 2019
  • 4 min read

Social media is a big part of getting the word out about your organization. You’ve spend considerable time and effort creating content and selecting the right images to get your message across. That makes it all the more important to know who your audience is, so you will know if your messages are getting to […]

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Impressions are becoming an increasingly attractive metric for clients who are trying to distance themselves from using the outdated Advertising Value Equivalencies (AVE). It’s hard not to love a metric that has the ability to be gleaned from websites, digital publications and every social media channel we’re using. But guess what? The way many organizations are […]

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Help Me, Help You Connect with Brands

  • Jennifer Hatton
  • May 23, 2019
  • 6 min read

Here at Step In we work on behalf of brands, products and organizations to connect bloggers and influencers for different paid and trade projects. Whether it is a weekend getaway or a free lunch, you should want brands and those who work on their behalf to be able to find and connect with you. Finding […]

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Time for Digital Spring Cleaning

  • Fran Stephenson
  • April 12, 2019
  • 3 min read

Are you a digital hoarder? I know I am.  I save news stories to read in Facebook later (and never do), I have an RSS reader with dozens of blogs rolling up just waiting for me to read it and yet, I can never find anything.  I just got a new laptop, so it was […]

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How Influencers and Brands Can Find Common Ground

  • Fran Stephenson
  • March 6, 2019
  • 5 min read

Influencers and brands have been in the news lately and not in a good way. Dishonesty in campaigns – it’s rampant in the world of working with influencers. But it’s not that difficult for brands and influencers to find common ground.  Brands philosophically understand why working with influencers can elevate their efforts. Influencers need brands […]

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You Can Combat Social Media Fatigue

  • Fran Stephenson
  • February 18, 2019
  • 3 min read

It happens to every social media manager.  All of a sudden, your Facebook posts are boring. Or your Tweets go without a Retweet. Instagram photos have so few likes, you can read every name of those who DID give it a heart. What could possibly be wrong? It might be social media fatigue and it […]

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How To Get Value from Influencer Relationships

  • Fran Stephenson
  • January 11, 2017
  • 3 min read

For some organizations, working with bloggers and other social influencers is new, maybe it’s even uncharted territory.  Other companies have ideas about how to approach these media creators and may even have tried a few things.  A third group of companies has sophisticated programs with high visibility. If your company is new at this, or […]

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PRConsultants Group Selects Step In Communication as Texas Partner

  • Fran Stephenson
  • December 19, 2016
  • 2 min read

PRCG Adds Step In Communication to its Nationwide Client & Agency Network Step In Communication and Fran Stephenson, APR, has been appointed the San Antonio partner of the PRConsultants Group (PRCG), a nationwide network of leading public relations professionals. “Step In Communication has proven its expertise in strategic communication, social media management and crisis preparation,” said […]

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Magnolia Market is a Tourism Sensation in Waco

  • Fran Stephenson
  • October 26, 2016
  • 5 min read

What is Texas’ hottest and hippest destination right now?  It’s a couple of upcycled grain silos a mile off Interstate 35 in Waco called Magnolia Market and it’s a home decorators dream. It’s the brainwave of Chip and Joanna Gaines, the HGTV celebs from Fixer Upper.  I’ve personally enjoyed the show from my home in […]

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Is Your Facebook Group a Mob or Community?

  • Fran Stephenson
  • July 5, 2016
  • 5 min read

Spend any amount of time on Facebook these days, and you witness people traveling in gangs, rising up because serious harm has been done to someone or something. Virtual vigilantes. It could be inspired by the upcoming presidential election, or world events, but the general mood is shifting. In the early days of Facebook, the network was […]

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