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  To preface, I am no social media expert, but for anyone starting out, I think these tips could get you somewhere. So without further ado, here are the top 15 social media tips from Guy Kawasaki’s “The Art of Social Media” and what number they show up as in the book: Optimize your profile for 5 seconds (2).   As Kawasaki says, social media is all about snap judgments . So make sure your profile shows in 5 seconds that you are “likable, trustworthy, and competent.” Focus your avatar on your face (3)!  This does not mean like a mug shot. Think of a happy candid, and make sure that the image size is large, meaning it isn’t cropped from a larger photo where your face makes up only 2%. The last thing you want is poor image quality (unprofessional)! Also, make sure your profile image is the same across all platforms so that you are actually recognizable. Craft a mantra (5). I think this one is my personal favorite, and I definitely put it in practice (hint: Let Me Show You). It makes you l

Since being in college, I’ve taken on a whole new view of what the experience is, and I’ve concluded that being a college student is character development . The popular social media platform TikTok has thousands of viral posts about being “the main character,” and “romanticizing your life” all with edgy voice-overs and building music. And I think that by the end of college, I could absolutely curate one of those viral posts that show how much I’ve changed and made myself the main character in my world.  I am now a junior at Ohio Northern University, and I can say with total confidence that I have dramatically changed within these past two years. My freshman year, I was still finding my groove, as most other freshmen are doing. I was independent already, but I was finally independent on my own, living in a space mostly my own, and navigating what I wanted to do next, on my own . At first, I had no clue how in the hell to do that. But then, the first semester passed, and I changed my ma

Tomorrow night I will be live tweeting to the newest episode of “Grey’s Anatomy'' airing at 9 p.m. EST. It is hard to believe that this show has 17 seasons! Can you name another TV drama that has lasted that long? Boy have we gone through a roller coaster of emotions with this one. We’ve seen characters die tragically, suddenly, somewhat horrifically, and in heartbreaking ways. We’ve seen actors and their characters come and go. And we’ve watched individuals grow as doctors and as people. Dr. Meredith Grey, the main character of the show, was a legacy doctor in her mother’s shadow. She threw up after treating a patient for the first time and got lost in the hospital! Now she’s an award winning Chief of general surgery, a mother, and a strong leader. This show was born only four years after me. It’s crazy that it is nearly the length of my lifetime! While I only started watching it seven years ago- that is when I was the apparent appropriate age to view the content according t