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Social Media – 14 Tips to Help Your Business Prosper and 4 Mistakes to Avoid

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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! But is it really helping your business? Can Social Media Marketing Actually Help My Business? Having a social media presence is simply expected of any reputable firm these days. But if you’re still looking for more proof, here are six ways social media can immediately start helping your business. Let’s help improve your social media practices: 8 Effective Ways to Promote Your Business on Social Media Getting started with social media marketing can be intimidating,… 

Social Media – New Research and 22 Mistakes to Avoid

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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! Let’s take it to the next level. Here’s new research related to the importance of visuals in your social media, tips to double your results, and examples of what not to do. Visual Content and Social Media Marketing: New Research Are you wondering how important visuals are in your social media posts? Do you want to know how other marketers approach visual marketing? In this article, you’ll discover new research that reveals why you should… 

Social Media – Best 8 Reads Week of May 29

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We do the reading for you. Here’s 8 of the best reads this past week on social media. That being said, these first two aren’t articles. They’re reports. You’ll have to subscribe or at least provide an email address I’m sure but consider the 2017 Social Media Marketing Industry Report In Social Media Examiner’s ninth-annual social media study, more than 5,700 marketers reveal where they’ll focus their social media efforts. This industry report also shows you which social tactics are most effective and how content plays a role in social media marketing. Also, The Digital Trust Report, a brand new report from… 

Social Media – 10 Best Reads Week of May 22

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We do the reading for you. Here’s 10 of the best reads this past week on social media. With Many Social Media Options, Small Businesses Need Focus Great summary of social media outlets with the summary: “What (social media) does is give us a sense of credibility and gives our customers confidence in us.” The Basics Of Generating Real Business Value From Social Media Your customers hang out online. That’s where you should be too — engaging and building a relationship with them. Here are some tips to boost your company’s profile and be on the forefront of your potential customers’… 

Social Media – The Nielsen Report and 25 Tips to Build Your Presence

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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! Let’s take it to the next level, improve your efforts, increase engagement, and perhaps, even set up an ad. To start, know who is on social media, when they use it, what they’re looking for. The Nielsen Social Media Report provides these insights, rich data and much more. 11 Ideas For Starting To Build Your Brand’s Social Media Presence Forbes  Agency Council members – experts in marketing, advertising, branding and other specialities – offer their… 

Social Media – 10 Tips, Increased Engagement and Facebook Ads

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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! Let’s take it to the next level, improve your efforts, increase engagement, and perhaps, even set up an ad. We start with these simple 10 Tips to Turbocharge Your Social Media Marketing Ignore that it was written for law firms. These 10 apply to any industry. How to Encourage Brand Engagement on Social Media To reach a considerable amount of people, you must utilize the finest marketing tactics to drive online exposure. The article above… 

Social Media – Audit Your Efforts and Prepare a Plan

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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! Perhaps it’s time to audit your work and create a social media content marketing plan. Reviewing your social media efforts from time to time will help you understand what is working here’s How to Conduct a Social Media Audit A social media audit will help you analyze the impact of your social media tactics. In the article above, you’ll discover how to perform an audit of your social media channels. Hootsuite performed an audit of… 

Milestone – 300th Blog Post

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Reached a milestone this week – my 300th blog post. By the way, I actually said that correctly – “blog post” – as my friend Sheila clarified recently:  I could have either ignored the milestone and kept going with posts, or recognize the watershed moment. Obviously, I chose the later. Please join me on this retrospective. These musings started when I was the chair of the Travel Industry Association of Kansas board. I would summarize board meetings and educational seminars. I then started sharing other marketing tips. Some were business in general. Such was the first post of record. Others… 

Social Media – Facebook, Instagram Hashtags and Mistakes to Avoid

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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! Let’s improve your social media marketing. We start with some tips we shared a few weeks ago. “Liberal” Ideas to Improve Your Social Media After preparing notes to train the staff that will takeover the accounts, we thought, “why just share them with the staff?” Six tips in the blog post above. How Social Media Can Bring The Right Customers For Your Business Using Word Of Mouth Consider the “three E’s” of WOMM – engage,…