Hey folks 👋🏽 

If you’re anything like me, you spend a lot of time on social media — and most of it isn’t pursuing anything productive. But balance is important, which sometimes means taking a step back from the things that aggressively hold our attention. So in September, I took one for the team and took a social media break for a whole week. It was enlightening — read all about it on the blog!

Also on the blog, we have a great piece from Umber about how small businesses are growing their impact. I hunted down some great examples of how to approach posting for Small Business Saturday ahead of the shopping weekend. And we also have a great article from one of the teams from our recent Build Week exercise.

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Hope you have a lovely start to the week, and we’ll see you next Monday!

Warmly, 

Tami & the Buffer team

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👇🏽On the blog this week

🤳🏾 How and Why to Take a Social Media Break (and what happened when I did it)

I took a (taxing) one-week break from social media and wrote all about it, plus reasons why you should consider doing one too.

🫂 How These Small Businesses are Growing Their Impact

The small businesses in this article may be limited in size, but they're still making a huge impact in their communities. Find out how in this great piece by Umber.

Small Business, Big Lessons is a podcast from Buffer that goes behind the scenes with inspirational small businesses to explore how they are questioning the best ways to build a business and uncover the big lessons we can learn from their journeys (so far).

🛒 How These Businesses are Posting for Small Business Saturday in 2022

Need some ideas for what to do on Small Business Saturday? I’ve got you covered in this article featuring examples from some great small businesses.

🕰️ Here’s How Much Time We Take Off At Buffer - Our New Time Off Dashboard

Our new time-off dashboard is meant to help our team members prioritize their mental health by providing a deep dive into how we utilize our vacation time as a company.

📱 Social Tip of The Week from Mitra, Buffer’s Social Media Manager 

“Photo reel trend 🖼️ ”

This might be one of the easiest trends we’ve told you about because it requires NO VIDEO. Just choose some amazing photos of your product and/or business and sync them up with audio.

Check out this example from @therealfooddietitians!

Pro tip: Select the “Use template” button above their video's caption to easily create your own version!

It’s official, Elon Musk is taking over ownership of Twitter! The next few weeks will be quite interesting for both users and advertisers on the platform.

Thanks for reading! 💟

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