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Do I Need Video on Social Media?
Hello from D. Cohn Communications! We’d like to share with you a column first published on ValpoLife.com: Do I Need Video on Social Media? Video posts are on everyone’s mind and the hottest new content option, but you shouldn’t jump in just for the sake of having video. Be intentional about it. Enjoy! Q: I’ve…
Read MoreToo Many Cooks: Multiple Social Media Managers
Too Many Cooks: When You Have Multiple Social Media Managers In a number of workplaces, the job of updating social media accounts falls to multiple people. The thought is that the more people who have access to the accounts, the more regularly they’ll be updated and the job won’t be solely delegated to one person.
Read MoreWhat Social Media Managers Really Do
There’s an Internet meme for social media managers that goes something like this. Six images are subtitled with something along the lines of “What My Friends Think I Do” (play Farmville all day), “What My Mom Thinks I Do,” (a man sitting in front of a bank of huge, state of the art computer screens),…
Read MoreThe Role of Followers in Social Media Marketing
The Role of the Follower in Creating a Successful Social Media Marketing Campaign You have social media accounts for your business or organization that need to be updated. Your company signed up for these accounts believing that “everyone else is doing it” and “it’s free, so we should be taking advantage of it.” But perhaps…
Read MoreYes, You Can Manage Your Own Social Media Marketing
Yes, You Can Manage Your Own Social Media Marketing Many contemporary companies have turned over their social media marketing to an internal employee who may or may not have training in marketing or in social media. These folks are tasked with making regular social media posts because the company does not have the interest or…
Read MoreSuccessful Social Media Campaigns
What Does A Successful Social Media Campaign Look Like? Let’s start with what it’s not. It’s Not More Likes. Believe it or not, getting new followers on social media is relatively easy. On Facebook, you simply pay a small amount to promote your page and bingo! New Likes. On other platforms, you work your networking,…
Read MoreAre You Listening?
I, and many other social media experts, have often spoken of the need to use social media to listen as much as we use it to talk. You can post several times a day, but if you’re not listening to your customers’ posts and replies, you’re only doing half the work of a social media…
Read MoreConsider Video
Video is hot. All the major social media platforms support it now, with either their own video functions or compatibility with other applications. I’m not just talking about YouTube, although that platform remains the most powerful video posting platform. There are loads of other options for creating and posting compelling video now, and they aren’t…
Read MoreThe Value of Apps
Do I Need An App? We don’t get a whole lot of calls for app development, and we don’t offer it ourselves, but we do occasionally have clients who ask us to recommend an app development company for them. There’s not a lot of agencies I like for app development, but I have a few…
Read MoreRespond Faster
Note: This blog was originally published in our regular “What’s Up In Social Media with D.” column on ValpoLife.com. We made one correction. Respond Faster If you manage your business or organization’s Facebook Page, and you get regular direct messages, you may have noticed the new Response Rate icon at the top left of your…
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