December, 2015

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15 Tips to Dominate Instagram

Harp Interactive

Categories: Content Marketing , Social Media Marketing Tags: Instagram , Instagram Best Practices , Instagram tips , social media , Social Media Marketing Instagram is a powerful marketing tool in our increasingly visual-oriented world. As the classic 70’s song goes, “a picture paints a thousand words…” Catch up on the latest Instagram tips and best practices for businesses to dominate this social landscape. ( Read more. ).

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Facebook Video: Why It’s Time to Pay Attention

Visually SM

Facebook’s native video feature, though accused of resorting to cheap audience-building tricks in its early days, is now a powerhouse in a market long-dominated by YouTube, Vimeo, and Vine. If your social media strategy campaigns rely on video distribution in any form, you’ll want to take a look under the hood of Facebook video. In an article for CMO.com, our CEO Matt Cooper explains why Facebook’s fledgling tool experienced some early road bumps and what to expect as it mature

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How Brands Land On The Social Media Naughty List

Firebelly

Not feeling the love from your customers or followers on social media? These three common mistakes may have placed you on the naughty list. #1 Not Responding. You ignore your audience’s questions and don’t address their complaints. You never thank them for their compliments. Not responding to customers is a response—it says you don’t care about them. #2 Not Sharing.

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A Rosie the Riveter Holiday Wish

Waxing UnLyrical

I was in New York a couple of weeks ago (love that city!). And during one of my meetings, which took place at a coffee shop (naturally), I was fascinated by the barista. You see, this is what she looked like. Where else, but in NYC, would you find a living, breathing, Rosie the Riveter? What a way to start the holiday season, I couldn’t help but think, as I took this photograph of her.

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21 Advanced ChatGPT Prompts To Take Your Social Media to the Next Level

Upgrade your social media game with our in-depth playbook: "21 advanced ChatGPT prompts for social media managers". These powerful prompts are tailored to supercharge your content creation, strategy development, and results analysis. Say goodbye to writer's block and hello to endless creativity as you effortlessly generate engaging posts, come up with original strategies, and optimize your social media performance - all in a fraction of the time.

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Five Facebook Advertising Features You Haven’t Tried Yet

Webbiquity SMM

Guest post by Mike Bird. Since Facebook unveiled its advertising options for businesses, the ads have grown substantially. From short ads along the right pane to full newsfeed ads, the platform continues to expand its advertising opportunities, giving business new and exciting ways to reach their audiences. Image credit: Revinate. Looking for the next big thing in Facebook advertising ?

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2016 Marketing Predictions from 10 Top Influencers

Buzz Marketing for Technology

The year 2016 is gearing up to be a game-changer in the realm of marketing and across several categories, and if one wants to survive in this ever-evolving landscape, it’s vital to take a close look at what’s coming. From content promotion experimentation by content marketers of all kinds to video ads driving engagement, personalization, relevancy and more, there are a number of marketing “influencers” – the “movers and shakers” of this industry – that have made their predictions regarding the b

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Facebook Video: Why It’s Time to Pay Attention

Visually SM

Facebook’s native video feature, though accused of resorting to cheap audience-building tricks in its early days, is now a powerhouse in a market long-dominated by YouTube, Vimeo, and Vine. If your social media strategy campaigns rely on video distribution in any form, you’ll want to take a look under the hood of Facebook video. In an article for CMO.com, our CEO Matt Cooper explains why Facebook’s fledgling tool experienced some early road bumps and what to expect as it mature

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Firebelly Begins Work With Cornerstone Bread Company

Firebelly

We’re excited to announce that we have recently started working with Cornerstone Bread Company. Cornerstone Bread Company makes every item from scratch—using nothing less than high-quality, all-natural ingredients shaped by hand. Because of their belief that every chef knows what kind of bread will best showcase his or her culinary art, they work with them to make that perfect match.

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Monday Roundup: #WUL Over the Years

Waxing UnLyrical

Can you believe WUL will turn 7 – SEVEN! – next year? Where did the time go and how did my baby get all growed up? I start feeling nostalgic this time of year. And the other day, I was reminiscing about some of my favorite posts over the years. Given that many of you are new(er) to WUL, I figured it would be fun to focus the last roundup of 2015 (WUL will go on vacation just like SBC) on WUL over the years.

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15 Tips for Effectively Managing YOUR Precious Time

Kikolani

Time. It’s one of our most precious commodities. There never seems to be enough of it (especially for bloggers and writers), and yet, sometimes time seems to stand still. There’s a ton of information on the web that claims to provide “helpful” information, but doesn’t really. Once you read the tips, you end up falling back into the same old rut. Good news.

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Social Media Automation 101

A beginner's guide to social media automation tools and getting automation right.

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Social Media Trends, Prospects, and Challenges in India

Mindjumpers

Our ever-growing global network of Local Social Media Managers around the world helps us ensure contextually relevant content through social listening, content production and response management. It’s a network of very talented people who possess great knowledge of social media in their local context – one of them being Nishanth Krish from India who shares his insights into the social media trends, prospects and challenges in India right now.

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Social Media Updates: November

yMarketingMatters

And so November has drawn to a close and we’re slap-bang in the holiday season. Before everyone winds down for the holidays, let’s pause for a minute to catch up on November’s social media updates, which were significant. Facebook. Facebook rolled out quite a few exciting updates in the last month, mainly with the aim of making marketing easier for local business owners.

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How to Create Your Social Media Strategy

Rebekah Radice

When it comes to building a solid social media strategy , there are many things to consider. From goals, to content, branding and audience engagement, it can feel complex. But the good news? Designing a winning strategy doesn’t have to be hard. In fact, I’ve seen businesses succeed with as little as a 3-part strategy written in 300 words or less.

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Top 15 Social Media Marketing Blog Posts Of 2015

Firebelly

Here they are. The 15 most-read posts on our social media marketing blog in 2015! 15. IS IT TIME TO REMOVE SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS FROM YOUR WEBSITE? Those little social media icons—they may stand alone or be adorned with a message like “Let’s get social”—are found on almost every website these days. But is it time to remove them? For some brands—yes. Are you one of those brands?

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The Content Marketing Survival Guide: How to Navigate the Wilds of Social Media

Use this guide to inspire your creativity and ignite more successful and sustainable social media conversations.

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16 Random Facts My Community Taught Me

Waxing UnLyrical

I don’t think you really know a person until you know what kind of random facts they know. So I decided to find out. The other day, I asked this on Facebook: Boy, do my peeps know a lot of random facts! Of course, when Sofman and Sorohan get going, there’s a real possibility they won’t stop. Which is why I like them so much. I guess that makes me a fan of the Harvard comma.

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19 productivity and time management apps for 2016

Kikolani

You know what they say, ‘time is money’. And, rightly so! Productivity and time management go hand in hand. While you cannot buy time, you sure can buy tools to better manage it and use it in the most productive manner. The fact that technology has bombarded us with countless tools for managing our work life makes it easy for us to improve our productivity levels, especially when everyone is running short on time.

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The Importance of Local Activation on Social Media: India

Mindjumpers

Our ever-growing global network of Local Social Media Managers around the world helps us ensure contextually relevant content through social listening, content production and response management. It’s a network filled with talented people who possess great knowledge of social media in their local context – one of them being Khyati Gandhi from India who shares some of her great insights on the topic below. .

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Pinterest is NOT a social network! + tips for rocking Pinterest for Biz!

Lucy Hall

Pinterest is NOT a social network! – This statement came straight from the horses mouth at Social Media Week London. I sat in on the masterclass session presented by Pinterest UK, here’s some of those top tips, i’ve created them for you in shareable images! Pinterest is NOT a social network! Pinterest is about planning for the future such as holidays or decorating rooms, even what am I making for dinner tonight but it’s not realtime. 2/3 of pins are by brands!

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Social Media Marketing GPS

SMGPS will tell you the why & how to use social media for marketing, 1 tweet at a time. You'll learn essentials in digestible little spoonfuls.

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The Truth About Social Media Strategy

Convince & Convert

The biggest problem with organic social media for business is that the majority of companies are trying to employ a social media strategy that hinges on making social media do something it’s not well-suited to do: create new customers from thin air. “My favorite part of social media is that companies are doing it,” said noone, ever. (highlight to tweet, it’s fun!).

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Marching Forward Into a New Year

Ari Herzog

As I write this sentence, 2016 arrives in about 10 hours. I’ll either be curled under my covers sleeping or maybe watching a late-night movie. I once dreaded spending New Year’s Eve alone; but, at 40 and uninterested in crowds and drunkenness (in part because I rarely drink these days), I’m fine with the solitude. In years past I attended First Night parties, gawked at ice sculptures, applauded the Times Square ball dropping, watched fireworks, drank champagne, played board gam

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Monday Roundup: Best WUL Guest Posts of 2015

Waxing UnLyrical

Can you believe it’s almost 2016? I can’t… but then again, we say this every year, don’t we? From its very start, I wanted Waxing UnLyrical to be a platform not just for my thoughts, but a showcase for unique voices from around the world. I don’t consider it “my” blog – I consider it “our” blog, because you are so much a part of it.

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The Down and Dirty Guide for Beginner Content Marketers

Kikolani

You cannot hope to be a premier content marketer when you first begin. You will grow into this status slowly, over time. And especially if you are a small business entrepreneur with a tight budget, you will be doing the bulk of your content marketing yourself. Here, then, is a guide to get you started, to cover the most important aspects, and to tell you want to forget about or the time being.

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How to Be Social: A Social Media Manifesto

Learn the 10 worst social media marketing mistakes and how to avoid them.

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Do You Optimize For Google Or For Your Reader?

Small Business Mavericks

After nearly two decades of Google’s consistent algorithm updates, many content producers continue to chase after keywords in hopes that they will be warmly rewarded for the right mix of optimized gobbledy-gook. Trust me, you’d be better off simply writing content. Forget about keywords. But the truth is, keywords matter. They just don’t matter as much as a lot of small business owners convince themselves they do.

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Social Media Printable Weekly Goals Planner and Monthly Planner (Yours FREE)

Lucy Hall

Being consistent with social media is one of the best ways to grow your followers, reach more customers and make more sales! But It can be hard to keep on Track with your activity, which is why I have got this awesome daily social media tick sheet for you and a weekly goals planner! To use the social media daily tick sheet planner simply add status and post ideas for the next 30 days and each day you complete an update ensure you tick the box!

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How to Select a Marketing Agency for an Addiction Rehab Center

Idaconcpts

The drug, alcohol and other addiction rehab industry is booming in the United States is booming to the tune of $35 billion in 2014 [link] While there were more than 14,000 treatment facilities back in 2014, existing centers can’t keep up with demand. A total of 2.5 million persons received treatment, but many more need it and facilities are filled to capacity.

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9 Magic Social Media and Marketing Tools to Transform Your 2016

Socially Sorted

The year is drawing to a close and I want to share some magic tools I have discovered recently. . These are social media and marketing tools I will be taking with me into 2016. Now YOU can use them in 2016 and benefit from them too! . Image by Shutterstock. But first, let’s discuss my criteria for this post. I wanted to share social media and marketing tools I haven’t mentioned much before and that I have only really started to use (or use in smart ways) in the last year.

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8 Stupid Simple Social Media Tricks to Boost SEO

Discover just how easy it is to boost SEO with social media.

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#measurePR Recap (December2015): Merry PR Measurement

Waxing UnLyrical

Ho ho ho, Merry PR Measurement! The holiday edition of #measurePR took place on December 8th, with three of my favorite ladies as guests: Sally Falkow of Meritus Media, Heidi Sullivan of Cision, and Christine Perkett of SeeDepth, Inc. Here’s some of what we talked about. On common PR measurement fails: A2 Biggest PR #fail to #measurePR is focusing on eyeballs & impressions w/o setting objectives.

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How to Get More Traffic From Google From Stuff You’re Already Doing

Kikolani

I get it. SEO can seem like a loooot of work. I mean when you’re already spending so much time doing the actual business part of your business in addition to running your website, social media…. Who has the time to figure out SEO? The truth is…. There are over 3 billion searches PER DAY on Google. That’s a lot of potential traffic – a lot of potential customers.

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5 Ways To Expand Your Influence Beyond SEO

Small Business Mavericks

I’m a big believer in search engine optimization. If you want your website to rank for the keywords that are important to your business, then you should write your content in such a way that your chances of obtaining high search engine results increases. That’s a smart way to go about content distribution. But content distribution is not the only way to achieve influence in the world of business.

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88 Marketers You Need to Follow on Twitter

Convince & Convert

Editor’s Note: This post is one of Convince & Convert’s Top 10 Posts of 2015. On my Jay Today video podcast (iTunes), I gave a shoutout to someone who I respect and admire each episode; a person I believe you should be following in social media. Although I’m at episode 132 of the Jay Today show, sometimes I don’t include a shoutout, and several extra-awesome people have been given the nod on multiple occasions.

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Visual Bookmarking: A Better Way to Browse the Web

Idaconcpts

When you’re on the Internet, you can fall down the rabbit hole of searches. You’re clicking from one topic to another without pause. When you started, you might have been searching for grilling recipes, but when you’re done, you’re on a page about the latest celebrity story. While you might not want to save everything you skim in a day, there’s no way you would be able to replicate the trail you just created, or the interesting articles you want to read later.