social media marketing
Is Snapchat Right For Marketing My Business
What is Snapchat and Do I Need One For My Business? No doubt you’ve been hearing a lot about Snapchat recently. Snapchat is a social platform that owes more to instant messaging than to more traditional social platforms like Facebook or Twitter. It is completely visual and used heavily by young people. According to Snapchat,…
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 MoreThe Anatomy of a Tweet (for Absolute Beginners)
The Anatomy of a Tweet Last week, I showed my husband a Tweet I found particularly engaging, and he responded that he could barely understand it given all the tags and hashtags. Now, this is an exceptionally educated man, genius smart, who just doesn’t use Twitter. And I thought “No wonder Twitter is so intimidating…
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 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…
Read MoreNegative Social Feedback is a Tool
Negative Social Feedback is a Tool I’ve heard many organizations say they’re afraid of establishing a social media presence. Knowing that social media provides venues for people to speak their mind publicly, they imagine the worst: a flood of negative feedback and angry complaints. Let me start by saying that while that’s true, I monitor…
Read MoreThe Downside of Facebooking Too Often
Unless you’re a news source (like a newspaper or radio station), or a big-name, internet-known brand, you probably shouldn’t be posting to Facebook more than once a day. Often, I see companies or organizations doing social media “dumps.” They’ll go a few days without posting anything on Facebook, and then BAM! They post five things…
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