Happy Holidays from Rival IQ!

With 2015 coming to an end, we are amazed by how much we have grown and are excited to watch our Rival IQ family grow even more in 2016! We want to thank you for your feedback and support — we couldn’t have accomplished all we did in 2015 without you! Also, we want to leave you with some holiday marketing tips to reflect on while you are in food coma. 

3 Tips for the Social Media Marketing Elf

1.  DON’T drink eggnog before writing a blog post or publishing any social posts for your company. Sure, eggnogbriated posts on personal accounts are hilarious, but the last thing you want is to get in trouble with SR (Santa Resources) at the end of a great year. 
2. DON’T accidentally post a picture of your holiday gifts on your company’s social account. In fact, why are you even still logged in? Accidents happen. You are already posting pictures of food, gifts, and family on your personal accounts so just log out and save yourself the headache!
3. DON’T work while with family. Take this holiday season to unplug and enjoy time with your family. The key to being a successful Marketing Elf is automation. Automate your social so you don’t have to think about it while sipping on eggnog in front of the fireplace. Put that laptop and smartphone aside. In fact, why are you even reading this part of the post? Go be social with your loved ones!

Thank you again for an amazing year — cheers to an even better 2016!

Happy Holidays!

Manpreet Kalra

Manpreet Kalra is a Digital Marketing Superhero at Rival IQ. Her superpowers span the digital universe - she can often be seen doing 50 things at once while posting a 140-character Tweet about it. Originally from Silicon Valley, her startup journey began in 2008 while working for Togetherville, which was later acquired by the Walt Disney Company. She went on to work as a portfolio Marketing Advisor at Stockford Limited, a UK-based VC firm. Manpreet is also the Co-Founder and Editor-In-Chief of Kaurista, a niche online lifestyle magazine for South Asian women. While she does love superhero capes, Manpreet is more typically seen wearing her raincoat, hiking boots or fleece, all appropriate hero attire for her new home of Seattle.