Again, we’re pondering the age-old question of Facebook hashtag effectiveness. So do they work? To put it simply – yes and no. Facebook hashtags were introduced in 2013, but they haven’t received as much love than they’ve had on other platforms. For instance, hashtags on Twitter are very user-friendly. By clicking any hashtag you’re automatically …
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Top 5 Reasons We Love Twitter, And You Will Too!
Twitter is one of those long-standing social networks that has evolved and truly stood the test of time as other social networks have come and gone. The evolution has not come without growing pains. The company itself has had it’s up and downs both with employees and management. Still, its user base is very active …
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Top 5 Things To Do For A Social Media Contest
We love it when a brand aligns their mission and goals with a great contest. Running a contest is not as easy as just giving something away, but instead requires a bit more thought on the pre, during, and post efforts once the contest period is over. People love to to win things, and the …
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YouTube Music App Launches, And It Makes Sense
Content producers on YouTube have seen the network expand its options in the last few months and it’s interesting to see this network flex some muscle in the social space. What started out as a fledgling service to watch cute animal videos, kids falling off skateboards, and people sharing life experiences has grown into a …
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Facebook Insights Gets An Update
Facebook has evolved over the past five years, in some cases with multiple updates in a given year. Facebook has worked hard to find a balance between providing an optimal experience for the community, while finding ways for businesses to achieve success in building communities, sharing unique content, and offering a variety of advertising formats …
Social Engagement Includes Answering ALL the Questions
Facebook has evolved over the years and has made significant changes in how page admins can access their Facebook business pages and even provided a specialized mobile app that makes it easy for social engagement. So why is it that so many questions posted on business pages go unanswered? In a recent report by Quintly, …
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Visual Content Boosts Brands
If content is king, visual content is the king of the mountain. Whether you choose to use video or photos, visual content turns a standard text post or update into something people enjoy looking at. In most cases, a well done visual can tell more of a story than you could type out…at least not …
5 Reasons Your Business Blog is Failing
Having a blog is exciting. Managing a blog? Not so much. There are serious tactics that need to be in place to ensure that readers are actually finding the content you’re creating, because there’s real value there. In many cases a person’s first point of contact with your content is NOT your website (it would …
The New Journalism Platforms: Facebook and Twitter
Think for a second about where you first saw the news of Whitney Houston’s death. Or the Boston Marathon bombing. Or more recently, Justin Bieber’s arrest. How about the birth announcement for Royal Baby, Prince George? And the passing of Paul Walker? Most likely, you saw one or all of these things first through Facebook …
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Time Spent Managing Social Media
If you are managing social media chances are it’s just one of your many tasks. You may post in the morning, attend to daily duties, check back in at lunch time, and maybe again before you leave the office. For some the extend those periods long past the office closing for the day. While some …
