So long social media: the kids are opting out of the online public square

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When my digital media students are sitting, waiting for class to start and staring at their phones, they are not checking Facebook. They’re not checking Instagram, or Pinterest or Twitter. No, they’re catching up on the news of the day by checking out their friends’ Stories on Snapchat, chatting in Facebook Messenger or checking in with their friends in a …

4 Awesome Tools For Creating Amazing Social Media Images

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First, let’s get one thing straight. Yоu dоn’t nееd tо bе а grарhіс dеsіgnеr tо сrеаtе grеаt іmаgеs fоr sосіаl mеdіа. Еvеn іf уоu dоn’t hаvе а сrеаtіvе bоnе іn уоur bоdу уоu саn mаkе grеаt іmаgеs, аnd уоu саn dо іt аll іn а frасtіоn оf thе tіmе thаt аn ехреrt mіght tаkе. Тhе sесrеt lіеs іn thе tооls …

10 Types of Visual Social Media Posts That Get Shared Like Crazy

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Do you want double your social engagement and get your content shared like crazy? For small businesses and brands everywhere, posting multiple images on social media has been proven to have massive traction It seems simple right? But if it was so easy wouldn’t everybody do it? Like most good things, in life – there’s a catch. And it isn’t …

How to Create, Market and Manage Your Digital Brand

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Life has become complicated. In the past we only had one brand to create and maintain. The “physical brand” that is constrained by time and space. Its maintenance is constant and it is something we all do and some are better at it than others.  You rise from your sleep and perform activities that could include showering, preening and wrapping …

3 Ways Social Media and SEO Can Work Together

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The best B2B online marketers are constantly integrating SEO into their organizations’ broader marketing initiatives. My colleague, Casie Gillette, has touched on a few ways to break down those silos and get your B2B search and social teams working together. You can find those resources below: 3 Things Your Social Media Team Should Know About SEO 10 Things I’ve Learned …

How to Unleash the Power of Content

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There is a war going on but you maybe haven’t noticed. It is a battle for eyeballs and Google attention. It is a content war where the best rises to the top. Readers and viewers vote with social signals such as retweets, plus ones on Google+ and Facebook likes and shares. The Web landscape has provided the means for everyone …

Social Media Marketing World: 8 Key Social Media Trends for 2015

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The 3rd annual Social Media Marketing World is, without a doubt, the largest gathering of the world’s most influential social media juggernauts. With the likes of Mari Smith, Guy Kawasaki, Ann Handley, Chris Brogan and Jay Baer (just to name a few), it’s clear to see that host Social Media Examiner has a pretty incredible Rolodex to call on for impactful, educational and …

Your Social Media Success Toolkit: 10 Must-Have Resources

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“A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop.” ~Robert Hughes Hughes is right on the money. Sometimes I feel like we rely too heavily on tools and technologies to do the work for us, when the real truth about social media is that it’s …

7 Facebook Advertising Myths debunked

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When we started working on AdEspresso, one of my biggest concerns was that small to medium size businesses were not yet ready for it. And I don’t mean ready for an alternative to Facebook’s Ads Manager but for advertising on Facebook at all. Most users saw the new social media advertising channel as something for big brands to spend money …

Where Your Social Media Content Might Be Missing the Mark

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Storytelling is central to everything around us, but as social media marketers, we tend to put them in the backseat and let our agenda ride shotgun. I love a good story. I even love a bad story. I’ve seen Timecop more times than I care to admit…okay, it’s seventeen. Stories have an amazing ability to make us feel connected to …