Comparing traffic from social media sources… wow, Twitter

I have a pretty good anecdotal idea of how Offbeat Bride’s social media channels perform, but this article prompted me to do a quick audit to see if I could confirm my suspicions that despite 18k followers, Twitter doesn’t really do much for us.

Pulling the numbers not only confirmed that, but blew my mind:

An interview about the evolution of Offbeat Bride’s brand

What is the most surprising way your brand’s identity has changed since the site launch?

Inclusivity. Originally, Offbeat Bride really was targeted to only the most weird couples — but it quickly became clear to me that I was shooting myself in the foot by alienating my more traditional readers. After all, there’s more of them! Why would I limit my business or make people feel bad?

Why we’re retiring the term “Offbeat Lite”

Over the years, much digital ink has been spilled on the phrase “Offbeat Lite,” the term I jokingly started using back in 2007. Over the years, the phrase has slowly lost its editorial value as a taxonomical term… to the point where we’re now officially retiring it.

Slacking with the Offbeat Empire: how Slack turned my inbox into the happiest ghost town

Slack is a productivity tool for remote workers. It’s sorta like a chat room, but jacked up on steroids, coming up on of three hits of ecstasy, and wearing one of those hippie utility belts packed with swiss army knives, your favorite kind of gum, chapstick, a wrench, and two-sided tape. I started being like, “Wait, why am I not using this yet?”