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How to Run a Successful Facebook Contest for Your Business

Rebekah Radice

Product development crowdsourcing. These contests are great for generating engagement, good marketing, and crowdsourcing information. Crowdsource Contest. You can crowdsource things by asking fans to help you choose a new logo, book name or book cover, or even decide on your next blog topic. Higher brand awareness.

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How to Run a Successful Facebook Contest for Your Business

Rebekah Radice

Product development crowdsourcing. These contests are great for generating engagement, good marketing, and crowdsourcing information. Crowdsource Contest. You can crowdsource things by asking fans to help you choose a new logo, book name or book cover, or even decide on your next blog topic. Higher brand awareness.

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How to Use Social Media in Healthcare: A Guide for Health Professionals

Hootsuite

Social media and healthcare are a powerful combination. Social networks have become an important health resource, and not just for millenials. Nearly 90% of older adults have used social media to seek and share health information. It can be hard to know how to navigate the challenges of social media in healthcare.

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Why Brands are Turning to Spotify as the Next Big Social Platform

Buffer Social

There are so many social networks to choose from today : Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest. We’ve spent time digging into the rise of Spotify as a social media platform , used by today’s hottest brands. Where Spotify fits in today’s social media landscape. Maybe YouTube? Maybe Reddit?

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The Top #Nifty50 Women in Technology on Twitter for 2012

Webbiquity SMM

Active across social networks, Cindy leads Microsoft’s small- to midsized-business sales and marketing efforts as Vice President U.S. Angelina is Director of Social Media and Content for LexisNexis in Atlanta. Cindy Bates. Cindy_Bates. SMB and Distribution. kenyanpundit. angelinaward.

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The Ultimate List of Social Media Definitions You Need to Know

Hootsuite

In the context of social media, an algorithm is how a social platform determines which content to display at any given time to a particular user. Analytics is an umbrella term used to describe both social analysis tools and the information those tools provide. How the Instagram Algorithm Works. How the Twitter Algorithm Works.

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78 (of the) Best Social Media Marketing Tips, Guides, Tools and Strategies of 2010 (So Far)

Webbiquity SMM

For those who know little if anything about social media (there are more such people than you may realize; some in rather lofty positions at that), John McTigue offers an excellent primer covering the most popular tools, sites and strategies. 30 Tips: The Productivity Guide of Social Media by WebStudio 13.