Janet Fouts

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Buh bye Facebook “Explore Feed”

Janet Fouts

Back in October Facebook rolled out an experiment called the “Explore Feed”, moving non-promoted posts from publishers and brands to a tab on the left side of desktop feeds where Facebook said one could find content “automatically customized for each person based on content that might be interesting to them”. Bottom line?

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When content calendars are not the answer

Janet Fouts

Content calendars can be an excellent tool to plot out your social outreach strategy for creating and sharing content over time. 75% of the content you share every day should be about your network and their interests, not about you. What does a content calendar look like? All good right? Yes and no. Bottom line?

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What’s the best social media marketing tool for scheduling your updates?

Janet Fouts

Evergreen content queue. Content categories, which are a life-saver for those who, like me, tweet a lot on a daily basis. When it comes to Instagram, since you can’t actually schedule any posts, you can instead prepare your content in advance via desktop or smartphone, and then get a reminder when it’s time to publish.

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Facebook Metrics Update

Janet Fouts

We’ve been saying for years that the quality of the content your produce is more important than quantity, and it seems Facebook agrees. Affinity is affected by how users interact with your content. Edgerank , the algorithm Facebook previously used to measure value, is being revised. Affinity, Weight and Time decay.

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Marketers are freaking out about Facebook

Janet Fouts

It’s a bit long, but here are some highlights from his post : “…recently we’ve gotten feedback from our community that public content — posts from businesses, brands and media — is crowding out the personal moments that lead us to connect more with each other.” The effects of this announcement.

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Am I talking to myself over here? My Feedburner saga

Janet Fouts

If you don’t care about getting statistics back on who reads your blog that and just want to create great content and share it with the world then just stick to the feed that already exists on your blog. I migrated my clients from Feedburner some time ago because the service was getting a little sketchy. That’s the thing.

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There Is No Free Social Media For Business

Janet Fouts

Businesses flocked to both networks and created free accounts to market their wares as well as paying a nominal fee to get their content in front of interested users. Many businesses have shifted to using social sites as customer support venues, marketing platforms and communities.