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Social Isolation Quick Fix Series: Instagram Alt Text image

Just because you’re working from home doesn’t mean you should be wasting away. Marketing works all the time, and now is the time to double down on your marketing efforts. The curve will flatten, and if you’re not ready for the bounce that comes with it, your competitors will be more than happy to take on all the business you’re passing up. As I discussed in my introduction to the social isolation quick fix series, I’ve found myself to be a lot more productive in the past couple days, and have decided to use some of my time spent distancing help you get closer to your leads, prospects, and customers. Over the next few weeks, I’m dropping a few blogs ...

4th of December, 2019
In: Event Marketing, LinkedIn Marketing, Social Media, Webcast Marketing
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LinkedIn Events – How to Use This Well-Hidden Feature image

A few months back when cleaning out my invites, I saw a section on the “My Network” tab of the LinkedIn app called “Events.” Well, it’s been a few months and much to my surprise, I haven’t seen anyone use these. With thousands of adoring fans connections hanging on every word of my George R.R. Martin-esque agency-side publishing schedule (I swear, my follow-up to “Benjamin Franklin—The Father of Content Marketing?” is coming), I would expect at least one person to send me a webcast invite. But no. No webcasts. Not even an MLM pitch. Shocking. At first, I had a moment of self-awareness. Maybe I have an inflated sense of self? No. That can’t be it. Every person pitching their guest blog loves ...

18th of October, 2019
In: B2B Marketing, Influencer Marketing, Social Media
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Is TikTok the Next Social Media Marketing Killer App? image

You might have heard of TikTok, but most likely thought it was a silly app for the younger generation, not a marketing opportunity. Perhaps you should take a closer look? What is TikTok? TikTok has been around since 2016. It is a free social media app that allows users to make and share 15 second or shorter videos. How is TikTok Different? Twitter got popular by following people and being followed by others. It grew from there. Once Twitter became public, it made recommendations, which resulted in reordering users’ feeds based on what it thought the users wanted to see. Unfortunately, Instagram has started to do the same thing as Twitter, which is causing unhappy users. TikTok was built this way in the beginning, ...

17th of April, 2019
In: Analytics, Digital Marketing, Marketing Tactics, Social Media
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9 Components for Comparing Social Media Analytics Platforms image

Companies devote a great deal of time and resources today into developing and executing social media strategies to deliver on the goals important to their organizations. They create well thought-out content that addresses these goals, which may differ based on the social channel as well as their industry, value proposition or ROI expectations. For example, a company may use social media to build a community around thought leadership, or to increase brand awareness and trust among its clients or to help nurture prospects during the lead gen process. Or you may be nodding your head up and down to all three of these goals. On the flip side, your clients are utilizing social media every day too – posting thousands of ...

30th of January, 2019
In: Digital Marketing, Marketing Best Practices, Marketing Tactics, Social Media
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To Pin or Not to Pin? image

The past year social media has seemed to be dominated by likes of Facebook (for both good and not-so-good reasons), Instagram, and Snapchat. While these platforms spurred the trend toward video content, marketers have since continued to leverage this format throughout their marketing mix. So how does Pinterest, which utilizes both images and videos, fit in the picture for businesses? Well, it stepped up its game in terms of video in 2018. In August of last year, Pinterest tested and launched Promoted Video at max width to all its advertisers. Promoted video or advertising video had been available since 2016. The new wider format allows for videos to be played at 4x bigger, increasing engagement rates from 12%-33% according to initial brand tests. Promoted Video at max. width stretches across ...

How Screen Recording Software Can Help Grow Your Online Business standard

In today's online retail market it takes much more than just getting customers to land on your website. You not only need customers to land on your website, but you need them to complete certain tasks on your website. Depending on the type of business that you are operating such tasks might include anything from purchasing an item off your e-commerce site to viewing a particular page or having them enter their information in your database so that you can send them future information. This is exactly where screen recording software like Movavi Screen Recorder can come in handy. Such software can help draw attention to your site while keeping customers engaged at the same time. Creating Tutorials and Informational ...

6 Common Content Marketing Missteps image

Most companies today would probably say they are involved in content marketing. The problem is many might also qualify this as an On Again/Off Again relationship or a Go Big/Fade Away relationship. I’m sure we can all relate… Writing a blog post once a month or so, setting up social media accounts, or posting to Facebook all technically constitute as content marketing tactics. But it’s doubtful you’re seeing any change in website traffic, email open rates or click throughs. And that’s because you’re not really harnessing the power that great content affords you. Let’s take a look at some common content marketing mistakes and steps you need to take to get on a productive path: Lack of Value Business strategies often use an 80/20 ...

3rd of December, 2018
In: Content Marketing, Holiday Marketing, Marketing Best Practices, Social Media
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Tips for Using Social this Holiday Season image

This year’s holiday season is all about making the social world shoppable. In particular, companies are being given the access and the opportunity to make their content, images and videos shoppable this season. The reason this is big news for companies is this is a trend that interests people. According to PwC’s 2018 Holiday Lookout study, more than 40 percent of Millennials and 25 percent of Gen Z shoppers will purchase through shoppable photos this year. Here’s how social platforms are innovating this season – and you can too right along with them. Instagram just announced three new ways for users to shop while browsing their favorite photos of pets, food, travel, family and friends. The new features help people discover ...

7th of November, 2018
In: Campaigns, Marketing Strategies, Marketing Tactics, Social Media
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Companies Need to be Marketing 24/7 image

Businesses are in the business of engaging customers. That requires having your thumb on the pulse of the marketplace and being ready to act at a moment’s notice. It means having a workplace culture that emphasizes flexibility and agility, while understanding the importance of utilizing technology and social media to build relationships and loyalty. Author David Meerman Scott’s book Real-Time Marketing & PR, provides marketers with the impetus to pick up the pace. With use of his examples below, organizations can determine why they need to be ready to respond quickly to unfolding events in today’s online environment, and why it’s sometimes even important to be the first to go there. The Value of Being First Starting the conversation early and ...

22nd of October, 2018
In: Branding, Marketing Tactics, Social Media, Video Marketing
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Give Long-Form Video a Go image

In our last blog we discussed how to utilize live video in a company’s marketing mix. Live broadcasting allows for real-time company and customer interaction on social media’s most popular platforms. It may also seem a little scary for a company, especially one who hasn’t done much video creation in the past, to jump into live streaming. So let’s talk about another option companies should consider, thanks to Instagram’s new platform launch over the summer. In June, Instagram introduced IGTV, a new platform that allows companies to upload their phone-captured, long-form (as in up to an hour) videos for their followers to watch. This comes five years after the launch of video on Instagram, which only allows for one-minute videos that ...

16th of October, 2018
In: Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Social Media
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Google+ Cancellation – Implications for Social Media and SEO image

Millions of businesses are signed up to Google+: it has become an important part of both social media and SEO initiatives. Did you know that Google+ engagement is comparatively better than most social networks? According to SEP, “Google+ active users spend quality time on the site -- an average of 3:46 per visit.” And Google+ bounce rate is excellent at 53.6%. See chart below. So what happens when Google decides to shut down the platform? You didn't see that coming but it's actually going to happen over the next 10 months. To the uninitiated, this may not seem like a problem. But to you that every once in a while uses Google+, why wouldn't Google just consider you! The fact is that ...

12th of October, 2018
In: Branding, Marketing Strategies, Social Media, Video Marketing
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Boost Your Brand With Live Video image

Live broadcasting offers businesses a way to give customers an inside look at their brand and tell their story in a little more interesting and engaging way. Companies of all sizes and social media budgets need to consider taking advantage of live streaming’s unique capabilities to provide timely content that captivates followers. This type of content is where all the growth is expected to happen over the next couple of years and therefore, stands to reason that it will boost a company’s growth strategy on social media as well. What is Live Broadcasting Live broadcasting can be done through these main social media platforms: Facebook Live, YouTube Live, Instagram Live or Twitter’s Periscope. Live broadcasting allows for real-time conversations with a ...

4th of October, 2018
In: Branding, Customer Experience, Digital Marketing, Marketing Best Practices, Social Media
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Organizational Commitment Key to Delivering Quality Customer Experience – Part 2 image

In our previous blog, we discussed the necessary integration of systems to deliver real-time, meaningful customer interactions. Organizations seem to understand the importance of gathering and utilizing data to help create a seamless customer journey, but are struggling at getting it in the hands of the right people at the right time to be truly impactful. You can see how valuing the customer experience requires an organizational commitment to embracing the concept that customers rule supreme. Clearly, every team member from every department needs to be on board with delivering your brand’s strategy. This will lead to less customer turnover and strengthen your position in the marketplace to continue attracting new customers. To effectively focus on the customer experience though, companies ...

1st of October, 2018
In: Branding, Customer Experience, Digital Marketing, Marketing Best Practices, Social Media
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It’s Time to Deliver a Consistent Customer Experience Across Multiple Platforms – Part 1 image

Today’s clients are interacting with your company through multiple channels such as your website, your Facebook page, your loyalty program or any number of other ways. And the ways are increasing every year as technology advances, right along with customer expectations right too. So it’s important to create a consistent customer experience across every channel now and for the future. According to Forrester research the customer experience will be more important than price in determining customer purchases and customer retention by the year 2020. Customer brand relationships will require companies to deliver personalized, relevant experiences that empower customer behavior based upon them receiving the right message, at the right time, in the right place. Are companies prepared to do that? Apparently ...

13th of September, 2018
In: Content Marketing, Marketing Best Practices, Social Media
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Facebook Dimensions Cheat Sheet (2018) image

No one wants to post the perfect image and caption, only to find that the photo is cropped all funky on Facebook, and crucial details from the caption are out of view. To make sure that all social content displays appropriately, it’s important to know the platform’s ideal dimensions. Here are the ideal dimensions for a variety of content, according to Dreamgrow. Profile Picture: The picture displays at 160 x 160 px. Square images work best. Facebook Business Cover Photos: Ideal size is 828 x 315 px. Facebook Video: The thumbnail image is 1200 x 675 px. Aspect ratio can be either 16:9 or 1:1. The file itself can be as large as 4GB. Characters are as follows: desktop displays 500 characters, ...

5th of September, 2018
In: Advertising, B2B Marketing, Digital Marketing, Social Media
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Generate B2B Buzz with Facebook Lead Ads image

Small business owners face the challenge of being found in a highly competitive market crowded with many similar products and services. Consumers’ easy access to an enormous amount of information makes it even more difficult for companies to reach and convert leads into lasting customers. Facebook offers a way to initially attract potential customers through advertising and then interact with them through ongoing, personal engagement tactics inherent to the platform. Many small and medium-sized businesses, especially those in the service sector, may consider LinkedIn to be the only social network able to deliver B2B leads. However, marketers are finding that Facebook also has the potential to generate results through solid tools and targeted markets for lead acquisition. The reason is in ...

3rd of July, 2018
In: Branding, Influencer Marketing, Marketing Best Practices, Mobile Marketing, Social Media
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Leveraging Millennial Engagement on Instagram with Influencer Marketing image

Instagram has a far-reaching effect for brands trying to engage Millennials. Instagram, which delivers an entirely mobile experience, has seen huge growth over the past few years, in part because 60 percent of its active users are Millennials. Due to their very connected nature, Millennial marketing should focus on social media apps, which function primarily on mobile. Instagram is a natural fit for the Millennial lifestyle. They are the largest group of consumers who use mobile and social media. Their reliance on peers, family, friends and experts to provide trusted information is substantiated in Edelman’s annual Trust Barometer. The survey’s 2018 numbers indicate again that these are the people they most trust, whereas in general, trust among the informed public ...

2nd of July, 2018
In: Branding, Marketing Strategies, Mobile Marketing, Social Media
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Captivating Millennials on Instagram image

Millennials are the most connected generation to date. And as marketers, that’s something we need to remind ourselves of every day. The reason being – they use that connectedness as a tool in their shopping and purchasing decision-making process. Our job is to find ways to leverage that characteristic in our marketing efforts. An interesting strategy for reaching Millennials to increase brand awareness and relationship development is to create a campaign on Instagram. Fifty-nine percent of Millennials currently use Instagram and about one-quarter say they plan to spend more time on it over the next year. Furthermore, a survey by Bustle found that 80 percent of those polled said social media is the best way to reach them, and of ...

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