Social Media Updates: Page 297
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6 Overlooked Social Media Personal Branding Must-Dos
Personal branding is all the rage at the moment, but even with that focus, there are still a few things that often get overlooked when people look to establish their own personal branding practices. Here are some notes to consider.
By Mike Johansson • Oct. 31, 2015 -
3 Simple Tips to Enjoy More Visibility on LinkedIn
2012 was a crucial year for LinkedIn. Users were becoming less interactive on this platform. Hackers took full advantage of this and hacked passwords. On its official blog, LinkedIn admitted member passwords were compromised. It's all in the past now, but I've still pointed it out because LinkedIn has made a comeback. Users are again frequenting it with the hope of finding a dream job and giving a boost to their careers. Find out how you can get more visibility on LinkedIn.
By Eric Haskell • Oct. 30, 2015 -
6 Steps to Supercharge Your Business' Facebook Marketing
Facebook is kind of like the Yellow Pages of old for today's social media landscape: every business needs to be there. The major difference is in how one leverages their exposure and the level of consumer engagement at the network so that they can optimize the level of exposure and success they have there. Here are some quick ways to supercharge your Facebook marketing efforts without spending money on ads or like campaigns.
By Shawn M. Smith • Oct. 29, 2015 -
Twitter Response to the Most Recent GOP Debates
How did the Twittersphere respond to the GOP debates last night? According to Spredfast's Intelligence software, there were 1,040,512 tweets related to the debates last night, with an average of 8,670 tweets per minute.
By Sarah Snow • Oct. 29, 2015 -
M, AI and FB: How Facebook is Going to Become an Even Bigger Part of Your Everyday Life
Facebook is investing a lot of money and time into its new 'M' personal assistant project. But why would they be doing that? Where's the eventual payoff in the M service that would justify the initial outlay? The answer may be more complex than you think.
By Andrew Hutchinson • Oct. 29, 2015 -
Trick or Treat: 11 Social Media Tricks You May Not Know
Many of your favorite social media networks have fun "hacks" that have flown under the radar of the average user. With Halloween approaching, we figured we'd treat you to eleven of our favorite social media tricks.
By Margaret Murphy • Oct. 29, 2015 -
How Content Wins on Pinterest
Having uniquely positioned itself within the social media network landscape as the place for planning and content discovery, Pinterest is a channel at the top of many brands' minds for owned content publishing. In order to maximize the value of the channel, it is important that brands adhere to a few key principles.
By Matt Lang • Oct. 29, 2015 -
Facebook Finally Getting Rid of Stupid "Other" Message Folder, But the Replacement Might Be Equally Terrible
Via Facebook, and several other news outlets reporting the info, Facebook is finally getting rid of one of its most annoying features that you might not have even been aware actually existed. And it is replacing it with something that might be even worse.
By Aaron Miles • Oct. 28, 2015 -
Social Media in SEO: Proper Usage Guide
SMM and SEO are officially considered to be two different paths and courses of action. However, why bother about developing your social media marketing and search engine optimization strategies separately, if you might combine them and get double profit? There are five useful tips you might use during your SMM campaigns in order to achieve success in SEO, and there is no such entrepreneur who would want to miss them.
By Melissa Burns • Oct. 27, 2015 -
Twitter's Increased its Follow Limit to 5,000 Users
Twitter has increased it's follow limit from 2,000 to 5,000 accounts, making it easier to follow more profiles.
By Andrew Hutchinson • Oct. 27, 2015 -
Twitter Q3 Numbers: User Growth Still a Concern, Revenue Continues to Rise
Twitter's Q3 numbers have been released, leading to share drop of more than 12% in after hours trading. The main reason behind the drop was Twitter's user growth figures, which showed the platform has increased by only 4 million monthly active users, in total, since the last earnings announcement.
By Andrew Hutchinson • Oct. 27, 2015 -
How Celebrities Use Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]
On one level, celebrities use social media for the same reasons that regular people do: To connect with other people.But they also use social media in a way that is similar to brands. They market their movies or their music or their concerts. They strengthen their fans' loyalty. They bring awareness to themselves. They get feedback on their work. And they get to express themselves a little bit in the meantime.
By Sarah Snow • Oct. 27, 2015 -
Don't Name Baby After Dad - You're Damning His Online Reputation (And Yours)
Taking control of your online presence is challenging enough without having to compete with your own kid in the process.
By Ryan Erskine • Oct. 27, 2015 -
5 Ways to Engage Holiday Season Shoppers on Twitter [Infographic]
Christmas is now less than nine weeks away, meaning shopping activity is about to ramp up as we head into the final stretch of the year. In order to highlight the beneficial role that Twitter can play in marketing your festive season specials and offerings, the platform has today released a new infographic based on data from recent research conducted by Converseon.
By Andrew Hutchinson • Oct. 27, 2015 -
Facebook Announces Update for Notifications Tab on Mobile, Adding More Info
As part of Facebook's ongoing quest to become everything to everyone, The Social Network has today announced a new update to the 'Notifications' tab in the Facebook mobile app.
By Andrew Hutchinson • Oct. 26, 2015 -
Empowering Employee Advocates: The Best Social Media Investment
"Employee advocacy, I believe, is the single greatest investment every brand can make with social media". Brian Fanzo laid out the case for employee advocacy in social in a new #Hootchat - replay here.
By Brian Fanzo • Oct. 24, 2015 -
Facebook Admits its App is Draining Your Battery
Has your smart phone been dying a quick death every hour or so? If so, you've got Facebook to blame - The Social Network has admitted that their updated app is draining our battery power faster than usual.
By Jennifer Jones • Oct. 24, 2015 -
Twitter CEO Gives a Third of His Stock, About $200 Million, Back to His Employees
According to reports from multiple news sources, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is giving approximately 33% of his Twitter stock, valued at $197 million, back to his employees.
By Aaron Miles • Oct. 23, 2015 -
Zuckerberg, You Said We Were Getting a Dislike Button. Reactions to "Reactions"
Turns out, though, Zuckerberg's soft announcement may have just been a head-fake. A couple weeks later, Facebook announced "Reactions," a set of seven emoticons ranging from "like" to "love" to "sad" to "anger." And: there's no "thumbs-down" or anything resembling a "dislike" button. The emojis will be shown in percentages beneath a post online -- 30% loved it, 4% are shocked, and so on.
By Carianne King • Oct. 23, 2015 -
StumbleUpon: The Social Media Underdog [INFOGRAPHIC]
In big social media sites like Twitter & Facebook, you are competing for people's attention. If the users see your updates they still have to click to view your content. In StumbleUpon the users are sent directly to your site. You are not competing for attention or clicks.
By Cent Muruganandam • Oct. 23, 2015 -
Social Media Quick Tip: New LinkedIn Messaging
LinkedIn recently updated their messaging interface - in this post, Karen Yankovich looks at the new system and how it works.
By Karen Yankovich • Oct. 23, 2015 -
6 Less-Mentioned Ways to Grow Your Instagram Quickly
We've all heard the cookie cutter advice - get a nice camera, post relevant photos, and other simple tips that won't really do anything to spurt the growth of your Instagram account. The methods below, on the other hand, will give you that rapid increase you're looking for.
By Josh MacDonald • Oct. 23, 2015 -
SMT Expert
Twitter Polls Coming Soon! Here's What to Expect
Twitter recently announced that built in polls will be coming to the social network. I'm so excited about Twitter polls and the engaging posts marketers will be able to create. I can see Twitter polls being used during live events.
By Dhariana Lozano • Oct. 23, 2015 -
Facebook Upgrades Search, Improves Discovery of Real-Time News and Conversation
Facebook has announced an upgrade to it's search capacity, adding in the ability to search all public posts and get more insight into trending news and conversations.
By Andrew Hutchinson • Oct. 22, 2015