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Using Hashtags on Instagram

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As you utilize social media in your marketing and look to gain organic reach of your Instagram posts, the use of hashtags is the easiest way. As we shared before, hashtags are a way to denote a topic of conversation or participate in a larger linked discussion (e.g. #Christmas #TheVoice or #SocialMedia). Think of hashtags as a Google search engine for Instagram. I search for #WorldSeries and I find all the posts about the baseball championship. Hashtags are a simple, effective and FREE way to reach more of the people or potential customers who might be interested in your product,… 

Social Media – Top Reads Week of October 23

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Each week, we read a number of articles regarding social media from online sources. Below, the top reads from the following week: 8 Tips to Quickly Master Social Media For Businesses & Entrepreneurs After chatting with hundreds of businesses, we’ve dwindled it down to eight super important social media tips that businesses and entrepreneurs should consider on their way to social media success. 7 Tips for Service-Based Business Owners to Crush it on Social Media Kelsey Humphreys chats with Jasmine Star about her journey and her advice on how service-based business owners to build a winning personal brand using social… 

Social Media – Top Reads Week of October 16

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Each week, we read a number of articles regarding social media from online sources. Below, the top reads from the following week: Easy 7 Step Formula for Social Media Success The steps to successfully harness social media for marketing are not hard to master. The above article has seven steps to follow for social media success. How to Create an Effective Social Media Strategy Every company can leverage social media marketing to increase brand awareness, customer engagement, and sales. The above article has a seven-step process to success. How 3 Serious Brands Engage Humanly on Social Media The author chose three Content… 

Social Media – Top Reads Week of October 9

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Each week, we read a number of articles regarding social media from online sources. Below, the top reads from the following week: The 10 Factors That Will Make Your Social Media Marketing Campaign Profitable Social media’s most stubborn opponents still view it with the same resentment, and the same argument: it’s not a profitable strategy. Jayson DeMers explores what, exactly, a social media strategy needs to become profitable. Is Your (Lack Of) Social Media Strategy Killing Your Business? There are a handful of essential elements that need to work together for your social media strategy to connect with your target market… 

Social Media – Top Reads Week of October 2

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Each week, we read a number of articles regarding social media from online sources. Below, the top reads from the following week: How Social Media Can Transform Your Business With the percentage of the American population currently using some sort of social media platform on the rise every year, there’s no excuse not to make the first steps toward saturation on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and other services to take advantage of those stats. Listening on Social Media: The 5 Biggest Benefits and Risks Social media listening is a discovery and measurement mechanism. Social media listening helps you measure brand awareness, brand health and brand… 

Social Media – Tips, Best Practices (and Mistakes) and KPIs

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You’ve started your social media accounts. You’re posting. You’re tweeting. You’re pinning. Starting to get proficient at Facebook. Even used a #hashtag in a tweet. Whoa! Wait. You haven’t started? Need to know where to start? Social Media Marketing for Small Business Owners: How to Start From Ground Zero and Do the Minimum This post gives you a clear idea of how to start with social media marketing before you can afford creative campaigns and resources to throw in this area. As you begin, consider what brands have done wrong and what they’ve done right. Hard-Learned Lessons Of Social Media… 

Social Media – What to Post When to Post and 20+ Other Tips

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You’ve started your social media accounts. You’re posting. You’re tweeting. You’re pinning. Starting to get proficient at Facebook. Even used a #hashtag in a tweet. Great! Next step is developing a social media strategy. How to Create a Successful Social Media Marketing Strategy for Your Business The article above offers you the steps you need to create a solid social media marketing strategy in actionable items. What to Post on Each Social Media Platform: The Complete Guide to Optimizing Your Social Content By the end of the post, you’ll know exactly what to share on each of your social media profiles.… 

Social Media – Editing, Time Saving and More Tips

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You’ve started your social media accounts. You’re posting. You’re tweeting. You’re pinning. Starting to get proficient at Facebook. Even used a #hashtag in a tweet. Great! Make sure you edit very carefully! From accidentally tweeting images of national tragedies to unintentionally making light of domestic violence, the world of social media abounds with cautionary tales of brands reeling as slip-ups on social explode into PR disasters. Here’s 12 Quick Editing Tips for Social Media Managers Spending a LOT of time managing social media? Here’s How to Save 10 Hours Each Week While Still Crushing it on Social Media If you’re running a business, it’s unlikely that… 

Social Media – 19 Questions and Tips To A Strategy

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You’ve started your social media accounts. You’re posting. You’re tweeting. You’re pinning. Starting to get proficient at Facebook. Even used a #hashtag in a tweet. Great! Have you developed a strategy beyond “just posting”? This article will help – 12 Questions to Answer for Social Media Success Sit down, shut your door and take 30 minutes to outline your answers to the following questions. The information you’ll discover will lead to the development of a solid strategy for social media success. As you get more specific with your strategy, use these 7 Creative Social Media Strategies To Really Get You Noticed The article…