SocialMedia&Design

10/22/2025

Messaging Pillars for Food Design & Marketing
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10/16/2025

Here are my top hacks to plan ahead and keep your audience hooked all year:

1. Theme Your Weeks

Assign each week or month a loose theme (“Behind the Scenes,” “Tip Tuesday,” “Flash Sale Fridays”). Themes give you a clear direction and make batch-creating content a breeze.

2. Batch Your Content

Block off a couple of hours each month to shoot photos, write captions, and schedule your posts. Batching saves time—and keeps your aesthetic consistent.

3. Leverage Seasonal & Industry Events

Map out major holidays, industry conferences, and awareness days (like or ). Tie your posts back to these events to stay timely and relatable.

4. Repurpose Evergreen Posts

Got a blog post, email, or webinar that did well? Turn key points into carousel graphics, Reels, or tweet threads. Evergreen content keeps working for you long after you publish.

5. User-Generated Content Days

Once a month, share a fan photo or testimonial. UGC builds trust, fills your calendar, and shows you appreciate your community.

6. Monthly Brainstorm Sessions

Schedule a quick 30-minute brainstorm every four weeks. Jot down ideas, gather inspiration from competitors, and flag new trends to slot into next month’s plan.

09/01/2025

Interconnect Communications offers a social media advertising plan to accommodate small businesses or to supplement real estate agents to promote listings, and/or showcase properties.
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01/03/2025

The Rising Threat of Quishing Attacks

Attackers are now using malicious QR codes in credential phishing and invoice payment fraud attacks. In fact, Abnormal customer data shows that 17% of all attacks bypassing native security controls contain a QR code. These malicious QR codes often link to what appears to be a legitimate website, such as Google or Microsoft login pages, and prompt recipients to enter their login credentials, which are then exploited by the attacker.

Here are some ways QR codes can be used for malicious purposes:

Phishing
Criminals can send emails with QR codes that direct users to fake websites that look like legitimate companies. These websites may ask for personal information like login credentials, banking information, or credit card details.

Social engineering
Criminals can use social engineering tactics to trick people into scanning QR codes. For example, they may place a QR code in a public area without any text, or pair it with a well-crafted message.

Tampering
Criminals can replace legitimate QR codes with counterfeit ones. For example, they may put a sticker over a legitimate QR code on a parking meter.

To avoid QR code scams, you can:
Check the URL destination: Before opening the link, you can long-press-and-hold on mobile devices to check the URL and QR code destination. On a computer, you can hover over a link to inspect the link destination.

Use your own search engine: Instead of scanning a QR code, you can navigate to the intended website or profile using your own search engine.

Only scan codes from trusted senders: Mobile users should only scan codes that come from a trusted sender.

08/06/2024

Congratulations, getting verified is a big deal Ashmead Law

We are thrilled to announce that we are now Google and Bing verified. It's clear that Google and Bing share several similarities and yet have unique differences. Both are powered with robust algorithms and AI capabilities, aiming for accurate and personalized results. Each has a user base that finds their features, interface and results appealing. Click the below links and give it a test, let us know which search engine you prefer. Google Bing

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05/15/2024

A great article on smishing and fraud by Ashmead Law

Head over to our LinkedIn Page and read more about our Canadian Anit-Fraud Series as we showcase how to report spam and smishing fraud in Canada.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/beware-scams-smishing-incredibly-sophisticated-ashmeadlaw-ad8wf

07/07/2022

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06/21/2022

Get ready for more random videos in your feed.

06/05/2022

A B.C. judge will decide whether or not Facebook violated privacy rights in four provinces by attaching users names to sponsored stories advertising

04/17/2022