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Facebook Updates Page Features, Adds New Page Responsiveness and Messaging Tools
Facebook's added a range of new tools for Pages, helping to improve customer communications and customize interactions based on past history - both of which are becoming increasingly important as expectations for social customer service increase.
By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 10, 2015 -
Twitter Announces Plan to Monetize Non Logged-In Users - an Estimated Audience of 500m
Twitter has detailed how it plans to make money off of non-logged in users through targeting them with promoted content. But how can you provide targeted ads to viewers who you have little to no data on? In Twitter's case, by using the few reference points they do have available.
By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 10, 2015 -
5 Trends that will Impact Social Media Marketing Strategy for Enterprises in 2016
The brains behind social networks have been promising to give the market internal social networks - that is, networks that are only available within a company for employee communication, reducing and/or altogether eliminating the need for email communication. With this kind of system, employees no longer have to sift through thousands of messages for relevant communications or contend with the vexation of reply-to-all threads.
By Lalit Sharma • Dec. 9, 2015 -
10 Tips About How to Rivet an Audience
Brian Carter is someone worth listening to when it comes to public speaking. With over 100,000 Facebook fans and quickly approaching that on Twitter, Brian is a definite person of interest for anyone in marketing. Brian is a Marketing Strategist for Fortune 500 companies, including Microsoft and NBC. He's a bestselling author of "The Like Economy," "LinkedIn for Business," "Facebook Marketing," and "The Cowbell Principle."If you find yourself on stage, in a panel discussion or nominated as your company's Keynote Speaker, don't panic.
By Carmen Yazejian • Dec. 9, 2015 -
#NewWayToWork Master Class: Doing Business at the Speed of Digital with Christina Lattimer
As a follow-up for the #NewWayToWork event in London, we have an exclusive interview with digital influencer, Christina Lattimer, of People Discovery UK. She talks millennials in the workforce, transparency, and the speed of business in the digital workplace.
By A. A. Currey • Dec. 8, 2015 -
Want More Engaged Employees? Onboard Right [INFOGRAPHIC]
Why does employee engagement matter? Research shows that business success is driven by engaged employees, employees who are committed to the organizations they work for and are "all in."
By Sarah Snow • Dec. 7, 2015 -
Facebook Releases Data on Millennial Shopping Trends [Infographic]
Facebook recently commissioned Nielsen to conduct a behavioral and attitudinal survey of adults to examine purchasing habits across 20 key consumer packaged goods categories. The main note of the findings? Mobile is the key to connecting with the next generation of consumers, in every capacity that can be applied.
By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 5, 2015 -
How to Create and Run an Instagram Ad Campaign, According to Instagram
While Instagram opened up their ad offerings to all businesses a couple of months back, many brands are still not entirely sure how they go about creating and implementing Instagram ads, and, importantly, how they can do so in an effective way. To help with this, Instagram's released a new video tutorial and guide outlining exactly how to go about creating your own Instagram ad campaign.
By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 4, 2015 -
Facebook Rolling Out Instant Articles in Asia, 50+ Regional Publishers in Initial Push
Earlier this year, Facebook rolled out 'Instant Articles', their all-encompassing web publishing solution that would see major publications posting content direct to Facebook. Now, The Social Network is expanding the offering, signing up 50+ publications in Asia, greatly expanding the offering's reach.
By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 3, 2015 -
5 Common Misconceptions About LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a great way to expand your network; however, many people aren't familiar with a large number of the tools available there. Once you are aware of the services they provide, you can make full use of them.
By Hicks Crawford • Dec. 3, 2015 -
How to Share Content People Love
Social media has been around long enough and has a good enough track record as a great way to engage customers that no one really doubts its potential as a marketing medium. As social engagement matures, one of the key questions now is how to offer content that people love and want to share with others.
By Travis Huff • Dec. 3, 2015 -
Leveraging Twitter's New Buy Button to Target Customers with Geo-Located Ads
Last year, Twitter announced that it would begin testing a revolutionary method for consumers to discover and purchase products on-platform with the implementation of a 'Buy Now' button. And although the process of making a purchase via 'Buy Now' buttons is fairly straightforward, understanding the best way to leverage the availability of the 'Buy Now' button is a bit more complex for marketers
By Brett Relander • Dec. 3, 2015 -
Facebook Updates Website Page Plugin, Offers New Ways to Connect People and Events
Facebook has added some new features to its Page plugin tool, providing the ability to send a Facebook message via the plug-in (i.e. without leaving your site) as well as a new way to showcase events.
By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 2, 2015 -
LinkedIn Unveils Re-Vamped Mobile App, Upgraded Features
LinkedIn has unveiled its re-vamped flagship app, re-imagining the LinkedIn mobile experience and presenting your LinkedIn content in a new, Facebook-like format that'll likely hold much appeal to many users. And while the new app is an advance, it could've delivered more.
By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 2, 2015 -
3 Ways Users Help Social Media Companies Grow Advertising Revenue
Ask any brand today: what's the one place you need to be? Unequivocally, they'll tell you: on social media, of course. However, the BIGGER question is this: How much are you spending on social, and where?
By Kathryn Blanshard • Dec. 2, 2015 -
All the Social Ladies Podcast: Debbie Miller
In a new episode of the All the Social Ladies Podcast, Carrie Kerpen speaks with Debbie Miller, President of Social Hospitality, a marketing firm focusing on social media and content marketing.
By Carrie Kerpen • Dec. 2, 2015 -
How To Become A Twitter Marketing Pro With $0 Budget [Infographic]
As Twitter and other social media platforms continue to become an integral part of the customer service and marketing process, knowing how to reach goals with little to no budget can make you an important part of any business.
By Irfan Ahmad • Dec. 2, 2015 -
Snapchat Enables Deep Linking to 'Discover' Content, Boosting Publisher Exposure
From today, Snapchat media partners will be able to promote their channels on Snapchat via deep links - which means publishers will be able to link to their Snapchat content direct from one app to another, making it easier to promote, share and measure the performance of Snapchat content.
By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 2, 2015 -
Are You Making These Top 10 Content Marketing Mistakes and Sabotaging Your Results?
Content marketing, when planned and executed properly, can help you ignite not only online and social media results, but also true foundational business results. But it takes work, it takes consistent effort and energy to maximize your content performance. In this new podcast, Pam Moore looks at some of the more common mistakes brands make when instituting a content marketing plan, and how you can avoid the same.
By Pam Moore • Dec. 2, 2015 -
23 Creative Brands Already Using Snapchat's Branded Geofilters
Advertising on Snapchat is expensive, but it can provide great results. One of the best ways to appeal to Snapchat's audience is to use branded geofilters, which enable users to customize their content with interactive additions. Here are some of the best examples of geofilters we've seen thus far.
By Nick Cicero • Dec. 2, 2015 -
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Will Instagram's Latest Update Change Your Marketing?
Though just 9% of businesses market on the site, Instagram is moving to make serious inroads in business adoption, and bring in more ad revenue. They recently announced a new business-partnership program, and are trying to make running a campaign on the site as hassle-free as possible.
By Deborah Sweeney • Dec. 2, 2015 -
Mark Zuckerberg Welcomes Baby Max, Announces He's Giving Away 99% of his Facebook Stock
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, have welcomed their first child - a daughter named Max. And along with Max's arrival, Zuckerberg has also announced plans to give away 99% of his Facebook stock to charitable causes.
By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 1, 2015 -
4 Step Process to Create Compelling Content for Your Audience
Bloggers, small business owners, and marketers have been struggling with the same problem for years: how to create compelling content.Why is this such a struggle? Because they're using the wrong process, or worse, they don't use a process at all. Some of them simply create content based on assumptions. For effective content creation, find a process that works and follow it step-by-step. This way, you exponentially increase your likelihood to "win". Here is a 4-step process that you can use to create compelling content for your audience.
By Scott Sims • Dec. 1, 2015 -
What You Need to Know to Run Your First Influencer Campaign
Influencer marketing can be highly effective in increasing awareness and driving sales. The key to achieving these results, however, is ensuring that you're effectively handling your influencer marketing campaigns, an area where many marketers - particularly startups - still struggle. In this post, Brett Relander covers what brands need to know before launching their first influencer campaign.
By Brett Relander • Dec. 1, 2015 -
Personalization at Scale: How Facebook Messenger Would Takeover the World
Facebook Messenger has seen amazing growth in recent years as messaging has become increasingly popular, particularly among younger users. Facebook has big plans for the app, and the commercial opportunities it could bring - so how does Facebook translate one-on-one messaging into a major business opportunity?
By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 1, 2015