Get Verified on Instagram in Six Simple Steps
If you want to know how to get verified on Instagram, you’ve come to the right place. In this guide we’ll tell you how to apply for Instagram verification (that’s the easy part) and provide some tips to help you qualify (that’s the hard part). Let’s start with the easy part. What does Instagram verification […]
TikTok Basics – Authenticity and Brands
How can brands make the most of the emerging social media platform TikTok? Who is already taking advantage of the sizeable captive market the application already has? Keep reading, and we can answer some of these questions and tell you how to emulate the success of other ambitious companies. You’ve probably already seen the opportunity […]
Instagram’s new shopping bag icon
Instagram is giving a select number of e-commerce brands a new feature to help with their e-commerce efforts on the platform. Starting today, certain advertisers can add a shopping bag icon to their Instagram Stories that will display more details about the featured product. Clicking on the shopping bag icon can display various types of […]
10 Social-Media Trends for 2018
Powerful social-media trends affecting both users and brands are strengthening and accelerating. In the past year, a number of significant stories involved social media: Facebook lured Snapchat users to Instagram, the president of the United States communicated official policy positions in 140 characters and Apple announced plans to alter the way we interact with our mobile devices. Next year, […]
Emotional Hacks For A Strong Social Campaign
Facebook recently announced it would prioritize posts from friends and family over those from publishers. The implication? An already diminished organic reach will decline even further. Related: How to Sell With Emotion The only solution left for serious marketers may just be paid ads. But ads are not going to magically enchant your audience. In fact, consumer disenchantment with social media advertising is […]
Best Time to Publish on Social Media
You work hard to post good content. Don’t let it be overlooked because of poor timing.You constantly pump out great content, so it’s only natural you want it to be seen by the most people possible. Strategic timing of the posts and sharing updates at peak times are among the best ways to increase your […]
Your Social Media Is Only as Good as Your Content
Opinion: Content is the critical piece in the social media puzzle.It’s super easy to get caught up in the fanfare of social media and lose sight of what really matters.While pay-per-click ads, profile designs and strategies for amassing thousands of followers are certainly relevant, they aren’t everything. At the end of the day, your ability […]
6 Must-Do's for Effective Social Media Marketing
Six marketing experts give their best advice on how to grow an audience, regardless of your budget.A lot of businesses do social media marketing wrong. They hear everyone screaming, “You must have a social media presence,” but what that entails isn’t always spelled out correctly. Social media marketing should be effective and affordable, and when done […]
2017: The year in social marketing so far
From Snap’s IPO to Facebook’s ad breaks to Instagram’s Stories, here are 2017’s biggest stories in social so far. The social marketing landscape shifts so quickly that a half-year review isn’t so much ridiculous as almost requisite, if only to keep track of what has changed already in 2017. When 2016 ended, Snapchat was a […]
Why visual marketing should be a 2017 focus
The internet is becoming a progressively more visual medium, two deals announced last month should have enlightened them. If anyone doubted that the internet is becoming a progressively more visual medium, two deals announced last month should have enlightened them. Instagram revealed plans to create a live video function on its Instagram Stories platform, taking […]
