Mon.May 11, 2020

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Want to own Google Page One?

Sherrilynne Starkie

If you want to own Google Page One for your key search terms, I’ve shared my secrets in this recent webinar for my friends at Agility PR, the software and services company for public relations professionals. A lot of marketers put considerable time into creating content and growing their social media following. They spend budgets on digital ads for promotion and yet, they continue to be disappointed with the results.

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Facebook Launches New Support Tools for SMBs in Both Facebook and Instagram

Social Media Today

Facebook has released a new set of features to support SMBs impacted by COVID-19, including a new 'Support Small Business' sticker for Instagram.

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3 Phases of Digital Transformation: Mindset, Skillset, Toolset

Oktopost

Digital transformation is not something new to any sales or marketing organization. In fact, prior to the virus that shall not be named, many companies were already pushing the envelope on creative digital communication. In our seventh episode of “The Globalization of Social Media,” Colin Day , Managing Director EMEA of Oktopost hosts Lee Hackett , professional footballer with Wigan Athletic FC turned CEO of BluprintX , a B2B marketing and sales management consultancy helping CMOs, CROs and CEOs

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TikTok Changes Rules on Music Usage by Businesses

Social Media Today

TikTok has announced a change to its music licensing, which means that commercial entities can no longer use popular tracks in their clips.

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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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Social media and journalism: how to effectively reach the public

Sprout Social

Social media and journalism are one and the same these days. Perhaps that’s because over 50% of people rely on social as a news source. Meanwhile, platforms like Twitter are capable of reporting news in real-time minus any commercials or paywall. From politics to retail to entertainment and beyond, there’s no timelier place for journalists to get their stories to the public.

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Google Announces New, Free Digital Skills Training Sessions Online

Social Media Today

Google is expanding its free digital training sessions online, in order to meet demand amid the COVID-19 lockdowns.

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Twitter Adds New Labels on Potentially Harmful COVID-19 Misinformation in Tweets

Social Media Today

Twitter's adding some new labels to potentially misleading tweets as it looks to increase its efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 misinformation.

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Why COVID-19 Is Accelerating The Adoption Of AI And Research Tech

Forbes Social Media

Before COVID-19, adoption of research-tech was still low. Even now, in 2020, many global CPG giants are still heavily reliant on qualitative 'field based' research. With the challenges that COVID-19 have brought to these traditional techniques, many brands are left wondering how to move forwards.

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Snapchat Announces New Resources to Assist Users Dealing with Domestic Violence

Social Media Today

Snapchat has partnered with the National Network to End Domestic Violence to provide new resources for Snapchatters who are dealing with domestic abuse.

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#314b: From Rejection to a 1.2 Billion Dollar Entrepreneur with Jamie Kern Lima

Amy Porterfield

A lot of people look at a billion-dollar company with starstruck eyes and forget that, in most cases, it took someone a lot of persistence, resilience, and tenacity to get there. And, yes, I have a specific company in mind. I’m referring to IT Cosmetics, a billion-dollar makeup company. In this episode, I sit down […]. The post #314b: From Rejection to a 1.2 Billion Dollar Entrepreneur with Jamie Kern Lima appeared first on Amy Porterfield | Online Marketing Expert.

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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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Google Adds 'Curbside Pick-Up' Notifications on Business Listings to Facilitate Contact-Free Options

Social Media Today

Google has added a new 'Curbside pickup' listing option on local inventory ads and Google My Business profiles.

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How The Crisis Has Made Content More Valuable Than Gold

Forbes Social Media

Legal, accounting, banking, leadership, and other professional content is more valuable than gold right now because we are facing a global crisis unlike anything most of us have experienced in our lifetime. In times of crisis people turn to their trusted advisors for help.

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Pinterest Launches Updated Business Community to Facilitate Connection Between Business Owners

Social Media Today

Pinterest has launched an updated 'Pinterest Business Community' platform to help facilitate discussion between business owners.

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Social Spotlight: Talkspace and how to build a community of support

Sprout Social

Welcome to the Social Spotlight, where we dive deep into what we love about a brand’s approach to a specific social campaign. From strategy through execution and results, we’ll examine what makes the best brands on social tick — and leave you with some key takeaways to consider for your own brand’s social strategy. Overview. The idea of what “community” means for brands on social media has shifted more in 2020 than it has in a decade.

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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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Facebook Outlines Full Graduation Week Schedule and Announces New Assistance Tools for Students

Social Media Today

After announcing its upcoming virtual graduation event last month, Facebook has now unveiled the full program of events to celebrate the Class of 2020.

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How to Create a Social Media Business Continuity Plan

Oktopost

As Benjamin Franklin once aptly put, “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” The COVID-19 outbreak has devastated the global economy in ways not seen since the recession of 2008. It seems absurd, but even this time around, many companies were caught completely off guard across all departments – from operations to public relations. As many as 24% of companies recently surveyed by Continuity Central admitted that they were just now starting to draft emergency operation plans.

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7 Weird And Unexpected Business Pivots During The Coronavirus Pandemic

Forbes Social Media

If there is anything we have learned from the coronavirus pandemic it is that human beings are amazingly resourceful.

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We Are Sunsetting Reply, Here’s Everything You Need to Know

Buffer Social

In 2015, we made Buffer’s most significant acquisition and acquired Respondly , which became Reply, our solution to help businesses deliver fast and responsive customer support on social media. We originally acquired it intending to diversify Buffer’s core product offerings. While it served that purpose, it has become clear over time that Reply is better suited for larger organizations and is not the best product for Buffer’s core customer base, small businesses.

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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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Media Earnings Predict The Future Of Advertising

Forbes Social Media

The earnings calls of social media giants, traditional media veterans and the agencies that piece them together provides insight into how marketers around the world are adapting, and what their next moves will be.

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Improving Your SSI Score: The Ultimate Checklist

Sociallyin Insider Blog

Whether you’re only just beginning your social selling journey or have been working to improve your social selling index score for awhile, we want to help make it as easy as possible for you.

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How To “Watch” ‘The Office’ In Slack

Forbes Social Media

Every episode of The Office recreated in Slack, every weekday from 9-5. That's it. That's the hook. All 201 episodes, in text form, open to anyone to join and read.

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How to Combine Videos on iPhone or iPad

Tweaklibrary

Earlier merging videos on iPhone or iPad was a big task as we had to download plenty of apps to perform the merging for our media files. But, iOS 12 and iOS 13 come with various inbuilt advanced tools in the Photos app to edit the videos or combine videos on iPhone. From the inbuilt features of Photos, we can crop, trip and can add basic editing to the videos by even combining them.

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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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Uber’s Massive Stock Rally May Fade Fast

Forbes Social Media

Uber's stock has rallied sharply off its March lows, but that may about to change.

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How To Fix “One Or More Audio Service Isn’t Running” Error On Windows 10?

Tweaklibrary

“One Or More Audio Service Isn’t Running” Error On Windows 10 is a common error for users. It occurs when we are either trying to troubleshoot audio playback or when our PC starts to have some issue while playing sounds. This is a common glitch encountered by Windows users and if you are one of them don’t panic. However in this troubleshooting guide I will mention two best methods to halt such annoying issues.

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Square’s Hot Stock May Be Nearing A Big Reversal

Forbes Social Media

Square's stock has soared by about 12% since reporting its first quarter 2020 results on May 6.

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Why Google Play Says Your Device Is Not Compatible With This Version?

Tweaklibrary

We are sure everyone has encountered a message of ‘Device not compatible’. It could be for several reasons where your device is not compatible with this version to the app not available for the region. The Google Play Store error codes might not seem very familiar to you. Therefore we tell you what these messages – ‘Google Play Services not supported by your device’, ‘This app is incompatible with your device’ mean.

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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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5 Business Agility Lessons Hard-Learned Amid the COVID-19 Catastrophe

The Realtime Report

5 Business Agility Lessons Hard-Learned Amid the COVID-19 Catastrophe. By. Hari Abburi. If there’s one thing the global business community has learned from the COVID-19 pandemic that continues to ebb, flow and unfold on the daily, wreaking having on bottom lines in every corner of the world in its wake, it’s the outright imperative for companies to be agile “from top to bottom.

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Learn How to Set Up & Use Chromecast From Mac

Tweaklibrary

The continuous advancements in technology have literally transformed the way we think about digital media streaming. In the process of switching from LED TVs to Smart TVs, we have started using our cell phones as TV remotes. And on top of that, Chromecast made things more interesting & exciting than ever before. Chromecast is famous for its flexibility, compatibility, & convenience that let’s stream the content on various sources without equal-to-none hassling.

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Virtual Events and the Future of Business Gatherings in the Post COVID-19 Era [Infographic]

Social Media Today

With physical events set to remain on hold for some time yet, more businesses are looking to virtual meet-ups - will that lead to a more significant shift even after the COVID-19 lockdowns are over?

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How to Post on Instagram from Your Desktop (PC or Mac)

Hootsuite

While Instagram offers a lot of features for creators, it still doesn’t offer an official way to post pictures and videos from your desktop. But there are ways to post to Instagram from your computer if you get a little creative. Doing so gives you more flexibility in what you can upload such as edited videos and pictures. And you can do it without having to upload them onto your phone first.

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Facebook Publishes New Research into Evolving Video Consumption Habits [Infographic]

Social Media Today

Facebook has published a new report into evolving video consumption behaviors, and how the mobile shift is changing what people are seeking from video content.