Lauren Marinigh

What Working from Home Has Taught Me

By Lauren | January 19, 2021 | 0 Comment

If you asked me a year ago if I ever wanted to be 100% remote, I would’ve given you a “hell no”. The idea of working from home, although sounds glamorous and convenient to some, to me, in a tiny Toronto bachelor apartment it did not. I’ve turned down jobs prior to COVID that were […]

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What I Wish They Told Me (And Didn’t Tell Me) About Being Laid Off

By Lauren | November 25, 2020 | 0 Comment

What I wish they told me when I was laid off

Nothing really in your life prepares you for losing your job. Back in 2018, I was completely shocked when my employer at the time laid me off (along with hundreds of others). Not only had they just confirmed our jobs were safe a day before, but I never really had a plan, or thought about […]

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5 Social Media Lessons I Learned in 2020

By Lauren | November 13, 2020 | 0 Comment

5 Social Media Lessons I Learned in 2020

2020 has been a ride. This was definitely not the year I was expecting when the clock struck midnight, and I rang in the new year on the other side of the world in Uganda. Who knew how much life would change this year? And how much history would be made. As a social media […]

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What Starting a Podcast Has Taught Me

By Lauren | January 19, 2019 | 0 Comment

Over the last few months I’ve been working on a podcast that just launched earlier in January. My podcast, Somebody Date Us, is hosted by two of my best friends, Asal and Carley, plus myself. We talk about everything and anything related to dating and relationships. Somebody Date Us was an idea that I came […]

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A Guide to Being Laid Off

By Lauren | August 12, 2018 | 0 Comment

If you’ve been following me over most of 2018, you’ll know that in February of this year I was laid off from my job working as an Account Manager at an online publisher, Diply. My career has always been one of the most important aspects of my life, and being laid off completely shocked me […]

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Instagram Tips for Bloggers

By Lauren | June 17, 2018 | 0 Comment

Instagram is such a powerful branding tool for bloggers. In 2018, people are visual people. They don’t want to read a novel about you, but they do like pretty pictures and videos, so Instagram lends itself perfectly to how we consume content. One of the biggest questions I get working in social media is: “How […]

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The Layoff: Two Months In

By Lauren | April 13, 2018 | 0 Comment

Two months ago I was laid off from my job due to changes Facebook made to their algorithm, and my job heavily being impacted by those changes. Two months ago I stopped having a regular 9-5, stability, and a job that I loved going to every day. It’s seriously hard to believe that it’s already […]

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How to Grow Your Pinterest

By Lauren | April 6, 2018 | 0 Comment

Pinterest can be an incredibly underrated social media platform in my opinion. It can be a super valuable tool for you and your business, especially if your business is visually appealing (weddings, food, travel, etc.). and if your primary target market is women under the age of 34. I mean, there are lots of brands […]

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Getting Personal on Being Laid Off

By Lauren | March 11, 2018 | 4 Comment

I’ve been trying to figure out a way to write this for a few weeks now. A way that I could put down on paper what’s been running through my head. Do you ever feel like you have so much to say but yet you just can’t say it? That’s basically how I’ve felt about […]

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Five Rules of Brand Partnerships as a Blogger

By Lauren | January 21, 2018 | 0 Comment

Working with brands can be one of the most exciting things as a blogger and/or influencer. I remember when I first launched my blog and saw other bloggers with thousands of followers, I always thought I would never be a blogger who had the opportunity to work with cool brands and companies, because I’d never […]

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