{"id":528,"date":"2019-08-09T09:24:31","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T12:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2019.halifax.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=528"},"modified":"2019-08-11T20:07:23","modified_gmt":"2019-08-11T23:07:23","slug":"anita-kirkbride","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/halifax.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/anita-kirkbride\/","title":{"rendered":"Anita Kirkbride"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trying to keep up with ever-changing social media trends is exhausting, even for the most caffeinated among us. But Twirp Communications founder Anita Kirkbride is here to help you save all that coffee money. <br>Anita\u2019s social media experience extends all the way back to the 90s, when she joined the first generation of bloggers, launching a crafting blog in a flurry of cardstock, buttons, and fabric swatches. She promoted it using new-at-the-time marketing tactics like blog circles, link parties, and roundups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few years later, Anita left her communications job and embarked on a mission to conquer the brave new world of digital communications\u2014and Twirp Communications was, um\u2026hatched. Since 2011, she\u2019s been empowering entrepreneurs to share their stories on social media through consulting, training sessions, and blogging. She\u2019s also the pioneer behind Responsible Scheduling\u2014a set of guidelines for scheduling posts that helps clients make the most of their content without overwhelming or ignoring their audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Anita doesn\u2019t do all her talking online. She\u2019s also a public speaker specializing in (you guessed it) social media. Over the years, she\u2019s shared her expertise with audiences at Atlantic Internet Marketing Conference, Blog Jam, PodCamp, the Centre for Women in Business, and many other local events. She\u2019s also the Founder of Social Media Day Halifax and HaliBlab: A Halifax small business podcast.<br><br>If you need her, she\u2019s not hard to find. Your best bet is to look online\u2014chances are good she\u2019s on Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn. If that fails, just look for someone attempting to cuddle with a disgruntled calico cat or sniffing bunches of cilantro in the produce aisle.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trying to keep up with ever-changing social media trends is exhausting, even for the most caffeinated among us. But Twirp Communications founder Anita Kirkbride is here to help you save all that coffee money. 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