In a post last week, we discussed an "Easy Way To Increase Social Media Engagement Right Away" where we covered the fact that social media marketing is real-time and the more you respond and engage with your audience in real-time, the more likely they are to do so more frequently. This post is going to take … Continue reading 4 Ways To Reduce or Kill Social Media Engagement Over Time
As we continue our series from the survey we conducted on social media marketing, the question of overall challenges is the focus. We asked hundreds of social media marketers, agencies and brands what are the two biggest challenges they face with their social media marketing efforts. We were somewhat surprised by the top two answers … Continue reading The Two Biggest Challenges Faced By Social Media Marketers [SURVEY REPORT]
I recently had this issue come to a head and have kept quiet about it, but while traveling it crossed my mind that there are probably a lot of people out there in a similar situation, so here goes... The fact is you're just not going to hit it off or even get along with … Continue reading Social Media “Friends” – When To Unfollow, Unfriend Or Disconnect
For some restaurants, social media may still seem like the latest marketing fad. But if you ignore it too long, you just might be watching customers, traffic and search rankings pass by your restaurant. Using social media to market your restaurant isn't easy, but that doesn't mean you still can't find success. Let's see if … Continue reading Restaurant Social Media Success – A Five Ingredient Recipe
An analogy I often use about building a social media community is to look at it like a radio station. Even if you find the perfect radio station with all of your target prospects listening to it, but you only have 60 listeners you'll never get to ROI (return on investment) on your radio advertising, … Continue reading How To Grow Targeted Followers On Twitter?
Social media marketing campaigns should be common place within your overall social media marketing strategy. A campaign is something outside of your normal efforts and strategy that is specific to an event, launch or other unique marketing goal. Incorporating social media campaigns into your social media marketing efforts are an exceptional way to leverage your … Continue reading Creating A Social Media Drip Marketing Campaign – How We Launched 2.0
On July 3rd, 2013 Twitter announced new API rules for developers that create applications for the Twitter platform. One of the most important changes announced was that "automated following or bulk following is also prohibited." This is a significant hit to hundreds of legitimate as well as spam-like Twitter applications being used by millions of … Continue reading Hashtags Become Even MORE Important On Twitter
Wouldn't it be great if there were a list of rules to follow that were simple and clear on how and what to do for your social media marketing? Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, there are no rules for social media except one; Do Not Spam... That single rule seems … Continue reading The One Social Media Rule For Business
I am frequently seeing articles explaining how to do social media marketing in 30 minutes or an hour each day and decided it was time to deliver a reality check. Unless you are a social media "guru", "author", "celebrity" or #fauxpert that has never done social media marketing outside of self promotion and has a huge … Continue reading Reality Check: Daily Required Social Media Marketing Activity
Yesterday Google announced on the official Google Reader Blog that on July 1, 2013, they will retire Google Reader. Originally announced on the official Google Blog that same day, the excuse given was that usage over the years had declined and that the company is focusing its efforts on other products. As I read and researched … Continue reading Google Reader Shutting Down Leaving Huge Curation Gap For Marketers
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