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Maria West

@mariabestwest

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marketing & comms 📣 community 🫶 mom 💙🩵

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@mariabestwest
Maria West
11 months
@foresthempen I raise you my friend’s husband giving the toddler a toy chain saw for nap 🤣 (yes, it’s now her contact pic in my phone)
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3 years
Why do we learn about types of dinosaurs before how to do taxes
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2 years
INTROVERTS: DO YOU GET DRAINED BY ENERGETIC EXTROVERTS ON MEETINGS?! BE HONEST
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1 year
WTFFFFFFFFFFF NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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2 years
@rebexxxxa allllllllll of the "just breastfeed" reply guys during the formula shortage
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2 years
client content: 3-5 biz days my own content: 3-5 decades
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2 years
oh, a deadline? Let me fold and put away those 3 baskets of laundry.
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1 year
I don’t know what freelancer or solopreneur needs to hear this: It’s ok to be in-house or get a full-time job. You’re not a failure. You’re not basic. It’s really freaking great, actually. Personally I’m LOVING the switch to team camaraderie with benefits + more space to grow👌🏽
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Maria West
3 years
just going to start tweeting Daniel Tiger song lyrics and see if I become a thought leader
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1 year
@clhubes YES!!! I have a cat after thinking my whole life I hated cats and it’s actually the best pet sitch. He acts like a dog so I guess that helps.
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2 months
@AmandaMGoetz Was just reflecting this morning on “do I want to be well-known and liked by internet strangers or those in my IRL community?” (Both obvs 💁🏻‍♀️) but IRL wins every time.
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Maria West
11 months
Some news: I was laid off. 😭 4 months in a groove, a promotion on the horizon, + great team camaraderie…it stings. Since I got the news Friday, I had a (sucky) weekend to reflect. More to come, but keep me in mind for content/editorial/community 🫶
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Maria West
2 years
a whirlwind weekend meeting our new baby boy 💙
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1 year
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8 years
Productive ppl think 💭 differently in 2 ways: 1. Don't multitask 2. Habitually think more deeply #ThePowerOfHabit #INBOUND16 @cduhigg
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1 year
Happy Valentines Day to me 💘 Best rejection email ever.
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1 year
This /workingmoms thread sentiment is SO devastatingly helpless and yet SO common. I say a lot, “I honestly don’t know how parents with slightly different circumstances do it.” Turns out they can’t.
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2 years
@clhubes omg my biggest social media pet peeve right now is the incorrect use of the "POV" meme. Like this is not their POV, it's me looking at them.
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Maria West
2 years
If you’re ever really stressed with work, just remember that newborns literally have no responsibilities and they, too, cry and throw up all day
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Maria West
3 years
me: *crunching on a snack* Google Meet: "ARE YOU TRYING TO SPEAK BECAUSE YOU'RE ON MUTE BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO GIVE INPUT ON THIS MEETING"
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3 years
✨ Personal news ✨ Yesterday was my last day breastfeeding my son. I am so proud of him and myself for doing it for 14 months. Sharing here to normalize the convo/encourage other mamas. 🤱🏻
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2 years
I JUST HAD A DISCOVERY CALL FOR A COOL PROJECT AND SAID "WELL THAT TIMELINE WONT WORK FOR ME, HERES ANOTHER AWESOME PERSON TO TRY" PLEASE CLAP
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1 year
ChatGPT is definitely a dude. Gunna start calling it ChadGPT.
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2 years
WHAT DID PASSIVE VOICE EVER DO TO ANY OF YOU. IT DESERVES LIFE.
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Maria West
1 year
@stefanoscalia I went to use Answer the Public and looks like Niel took over and I have a negative physiological response to his headshots in my SERP lol
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Maria West
1 year
I'm tired of the narrative (or lack thereof) re: childcare for remote workers. Just because the mom (yes, it's always about the mom) works full-time remotely doesn't mean she can have the little(s) at home. Full stop. Some people make it work, yes, but that's not the default.
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Maria West
1 year
A client just told me the copy and messaging I did for them is getting them through shark tank auditions 😭😭😭
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Maria West
10 months
how it started ➡️ how it’s going excited to be officially starting this week as Head of Marketing & Partnerships at @VoyageSMS / @LiveRecover ! Excited to work alongside @Corey_Epstein @SteveLeq30 and more to champion DTC/e-commerce builders! 🔥🚀🛒
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Maria West
3 years
messaging the hubs on linkedin to keep things spicy
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Maria West
2 years
it’s embarrassing to talk about twitter to people who aren’t on twitter
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Maria West
1 year
Onboarded a freelancer this week who, when my boss looped me into the already-happening convo, said she’s been following me on LinkedIn for a while and is honored to work for me. YOU NEVER KNOW WHO IS WATCHING AND WILL HYPE YOU UP IN FRONT OF YOUR BRAND NEW BOSS 👏🏽
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Maria West
10 months
Job hunt update: My 2 leading opps are from people who reached out to me because they like *me.* No job listing. Just "we need a Maria." I love this for me. Not just posting to brag, but to encourage you to 👏 SHOW UP AS YOUR DAMN SELF.👏 You never know who will want a you.
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Maria West
11 months
My boss (also laid off) left me a lovely recommendation on LinkedIn 🥹 My fave line sums up what success means to my career: "Maria brought expertise, energy, accountability, and trust to the team. She immediately leveled up everyone around her." Ready for what's next! ✨
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Maria West
3 years
if I had a clearly defined niche it’d be over for y’all
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Maria West
2 years
The Penne-agram: The 9 Types As Pasta: 🍝 🤌🏽 (A thread no one asked for, but can be read in the time it takes to boil your water)
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Maria West
1 year
The worst part is they could’ve just let it be without his big ol’ headshot on everything. We would never know. Now, they lost all the smart marketer users 🥲
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Maria West
2 years
My husband just got back from the grocery store with the baby and said, "Everyone thought he was so cute and was talking to us!" I was like...........no one ever cares when I'm there with a baby. 🥲 LOOK! A FATHER IN THE WILD DOING AN ERRAND!
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Maria West
9 months
hey i know her
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Voyage SMS
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The Voyage / @LiveRecover team is thrilled to welcome @mariabestwest to the team as Head of Marketing & Partnerships! 🎉 Maria comes with a deep network in ecom, including a 60+ DTC Women Slack community and her DTC Mom consulting biz. Say hi and give Maria a loud "Ahoy!" 👋🏼🛳️
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3 years
just heard my husband on a work call: “WELL SOUNDS LIKE YOU NEED TO PICK UP YOUR DOG AND PUT HER ON CAMERA”
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1 year
@weirdlilguys curled up in his circle bed right outside our bedroom door cuz he’s not allowed to sleep w us
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Maria West
2 years
@kushaanshah The fake reactions are sending me
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3 years
a lady in the tweets but a freak in the drafts
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1 year
me: *about to present to my whole company* my lawn care people: 💥💥 🚜 💥💥
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Maria West
4 years
@ThatChristinaG 👋🏽 I’m Maria! 📱 Tweets: content / copy / branding / mom / job search 💼 Currently dabbling in freelance after 8 years of in-house & agency content marketing (pandemic layoff). 📈 Also working on a new thing in B2B SaaS with my hubs. 🤗 Enneagram 3w2, ESFJ, Slytherin
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2 years
bruh what ONE HOUR PER DAY 💀 🚩🚩🚩
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Maria West
1 year
3 years ago - laid off, with a 4mo, thrown into the shark tank that was the Florida unemployment system. So grateful for all that’s changed, how I’ve grown, and the opportunities that came since then!
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1 year
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2 years
One thing about me is if we have a good relationship, I will hype you up over and over.
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2 years
slack status set ✅ slack deleted from phone ✅ OOO message ✅ client projects done ✅ kinda bored ✅ ✨ officially on maternity leave ✨
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Maria West
1 year
Peep the bio 👀 Excited to announce my new full-time gig in the AI / HR tech space! Brand & Editorial Manager for @erudit_ai_tech 👩🏻‍💻💖 Follow Erudit on LinkedIn and stick around for the same Twitter chaos with a little sprinkle of people-first business culture.
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Maria West
2 years
WHAT IS MRS. CLAUS’S FIRST NAME???
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Maria West
3 years
just saw an IG ad: “I can’t stop ordering these washable rugs!” oh really, Jessica? you can’t STOP ordering RUGS? do you have a RUG addiction??? where are you possibly putting all these rugs?
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Maria West
3 years
@ryan_landay @SerenaLiHere “and don’t let them have any way to clear it”
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11 months
I’m ready for a career change. to Beach.
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1 year
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3 years
@wongmjane they're about to be ditched by their entire user base
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2 years
I would like you to: a) stop double-spacing after periods, and b) have a good weekend.
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3 years
PERSONAL NEWS (x2)! ✨ we’re expecting bebe boy #2 due February 🧢 AND after 7 years in Jax, we’re moving to ATL this fall! 🍑 can’t wait for this new adventure and to take the boys to lots of GT games 🐝 about to make being a boy mom my personality ✌🏽
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3 years
Since we celebrate these things here in #MarketingTwitter , I have 800+ followers now. Yippeee 🎉 I know, I know — time to up your influencer budget for me. 💁🏻‍♀️ Here’s to 1k+ in 2021!
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Maria West
3 years
Anyone else 28 or 29 forget whether they’re 28 or 29? I take 43 seconds to figure it out if someone asks me.
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1 year
@drewfallon12 This is satire right 😭
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Maria West
4 years
Oh hey, extra 100 #MarketingTwitter followers today 🔥 🤩 Thanks @ThatChristinaG ♥️ great idea!
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2 years
8 years 🥂
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1 year
Unpopular opinion: being the recipient of a gift card is a huge chore.
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Maria West
9 months
@lokkju @BecomingCritter yea this. I often talk about this with my SIL who is a PICU nurse (so inherently high stress) but she just clicks out and doesn’t have to think about work when it’s not her shift. I am a marketer in tech and some of my “work” happens, like, in the shower 🥲
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1 year
@emcatco "I do the digital marketing after softball practice"
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3 years
just spent $215 on groceries and this is what my fridge looks like 🥲
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2 years
Lord, give me the confidence of my husband finishing a workout and taking a 12:58 shower before a 1:00 meeting.
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7 months
Heads up, friends: I'm on the lookout for my next FT role! ✨ This time, in Community Marketing: looking to use my content background to build/manage a B2B community effort (or content @ community-led growth co)🫶 📍 Hybrid Atlanta or remote
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1 year
What’s a parenting take that’ll get you here? Mine: posting your baby’s monthly milestones is so unnecessarily and no one cares.
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1 year
About to watch $19 worth of eggs fall to the floor
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2 years
I need LinkedIn to roll out a paragraph break limit. It's redicu lous.
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2 years
both of my kids are in bed by 7pm every night. I love that for me.
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3 years
Me: I hate managing social for companies Also me: *has 4 extra accounts for my side projects and cat*
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1 year
*Taps mic* I'm looking for a new full-time role! ✨ Eyeing going back into B2B where I can use my learnings in the consumer/ecom space to connect to the emotional beings behind the “B.” More details for what I'm looking for and how to help here:
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3 years
Online community *is* community.
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3 years
@MissBeeBright a doula was the best decision from my last birth! I just hired one again. may have to consider the postpartum support this time around.
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2 years
please wish Cannoli a happy 5th birthday 🥳
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1 year
Good news: first day of new job went amazing. ✨ It feels so good to be in-house in this season of life. Bad news: nanny totally flaked and blocked me (??) so she did *not* want to be in-my-house, apparently.
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3 years
@mkobach Teenage Wasteland
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1 year
reason # 28,340,928 not to sleep on simply showing up and being yourself on Twitter. You never know who's lurking! I didn't even know Corey was following me until he reached out on LinkedIn a few weeks ago with an opp at his company, and lo and behold, here we are! 🥹
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3 years
ok writers, we talk about Em dash a lot but what about ✨parenthesis✨ because I friggin love those curved baddies with a nice joke inside 🤤
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Maria West
3 years
saw a new cringe word: “shero” (she-hero)
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2 years
we love a little sustainability touch 👌🏽
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1 year
only 50 pages in but omg this is so good. Thought I’d hate it from the gaming theme but it’s soooo well done and cute and I LOL a few times. Hosting my neighborhood book club for this one so that’s a relief 😅 (thx for the rec @kvlly )
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1 year
I won this free shirt from @Dropbox recruiting team at an event and just stuck it on bc it’s so soft…. BUT OMG WHAT WHO DESIGNED THIS 💀💀💀💀💀 I am howling
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3 years
post on Facebook: *aunt hype* post on IG: *acquaintance hype* post on LinkedIn: *ex-vendor hype* post on Twitter: *stranger hype*
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1 year
Just got back (at 6:45pm) from a “noon years” party and we did the countdown at 6pm and everyone had little kids and it was perfect. 🥂 now I can rest in peace by 8:45 knowing I blessed 2023 already.
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Maria West
2 years
My words are in the wild at Target 🥹✨ So fun working on this retail holiday display campaign with @native_cos ! 🎅🏽 Going on two years with them after @hellothisismeng reached out to me Thanksgiving week 2021 ❤️ More in store.
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2 years
wrote the creative copy for a CPG brand’s holiday end cap displays at Target (!!) so crack me open an eggnog and call me Dasher because I’m ready to tangle some tinsel 🤶🏼
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2 years
get me to 2,222 followers and I’ll have my baby today
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4 years
#MarketingTwitter - when did you learn about the area of marketing you’re in? In college I wished there was a way for me to be a writer (but not journalist) and use strategy. I didn’t discover content marketing until my first FT job.
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2 years
type your first name into the gif search and pick one from the top row
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2 years
“I simply no longer want to consume other people's lives with the same ferocity with which I live my own.” - @kat_boogaard Some TRUTH for your weekend 👏🏽 touch grass, roll in the grass, smell grass, be one with the grass.
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3 years
I decided daughter day and son day are the most annoying social media holidays
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3 years
some ✨personal news✨ I finally found a bathing suit I like
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2 years
he napped with his fist straight up in the air like this 🤣
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19 days
prepping for @kvlly ‘s @RenderATL workshop over tacos and margs 🌮🍹
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1 year
I’m at the point in my life where I’m ready for crocs.
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1 year
10 years ago I said yes ✨ @westy37 💕
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investing in women isn't a risk.
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