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The Quality Social Media Engagement Post
Read more: The Quality Social Media Engagement PostWhen it comes to social media, an engagement post is a smart piece of content to dot into your calendar. The algorithm takes into account past posts when deciding how many people should see your current post. To give that post a boost, especially when it’s something you need people to see, putting an engagement…
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Think Small on Social Media
Read more: Think Small on Social MediaWe are so programmed to constantly think of going bigger that it’s not surprising that we think that way on social media. Chase after bigger influencers, get bigger engagement and more. Makes sense, right? But what if I told you that in most cases it’s better to think small when it comes to social media?…
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Building a Community on Social Media
Read more: Building a Community on Social MediaOn most social media pages, I see the audience is treated more like people you push information at than anything else. That misses huge opportunities to get your content in front of more people by using more community techniques. And if you aren’t treating your audience like a community, it is very likely social networks…
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Start Working Towards the End of the Year Now
Read more: Start Working Towards the End of the Year NowEvery year, I see so many organizations enter the end of the year with regret. They didn’t hit their donor numbers. They didn’t hit their marketing goals or some other goal that is super important to their organization. And now they are in a mad rush to do it while every other organization is trying…
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Highlighting Your Fans
Read more: Highlighting Your FansWhat has been by far the most effective social media marketing tactic I’ve used? That’s simple: Highlighting fans. It’s easy to do. Fans love it. And it’s the content that is most likely to be shared. Basically, it’s a no-brainer. And yet… I’m still seeing it done in a not-so-great way. So let’s buckle up…
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Using Gratefulness as a Social Media Tactic
Read more: Using Gratefulness as a Social Media TacticYears ago, I was running a large Instagram account and part of our social media tactic for it was to develop a community who loved the product and would be willing to let us use their photographs on the account. It was super successful, and I was really proud that the client ended up paying…
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I Don’t Have Social Media Content. What Should I Do First?
Read more: I Don’t Have Social Media Content. What Should I Do First?When starting from scratch, the tasks needed to create enough social media content to sustain you can seem insurmountable, especially when marketing budgets are being slashed and we are all expected to do more with less. So what do you do when you have all the tasks to do and they’re all vital? You start…
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How to Do Social Video with Little to No Work
Read more: How to Do Social Video with Little to No WorkFirst off, I want to make it clear: Great social video takes work. It takes a lot of time and effort. But not many of us have the time to be great. It sounds terrible to say, but it’s just a fact. And unfortunately, video is getting to more feeds than anything else, so it’s…
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Just Say No to Extra Twitter Characters
Read more: Just Say No to Extra Twitter CharactersElon Musk is throwing the book at Twitter Blue to try to get people to purchase it. The latest? A whole 4,000 Twitter characters if you become a subscriber. Four. Thousand. Characters. For someone who likes to write long form and not be constrained by these character limits, it’s probably enticing. But this is in…
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Why AI Still Needs a Personal Touch on Social Media
Read more: Why AI Still Needs a Personal Touch on Social MediaAI has been on the top of everyone’s list lately. It’s creating waves that will rock so many industries. Whether that will create more work or less remains to be seen, but it will definitely change the way we work. But what about social media? I think some content marketers have been quaking in their…
