I have said for over a year now that Pinterest will not be skewing to women. That the men will be coming to Pinterest. It seems this prediction was right. The Business Insider reported earlier this year that the number of men increased 73%. Which men’s more men are coming on sharing and pinning […]
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Google Taking on Pinterest?
Just when you thought Google+ was on life support they release a new feature. The new feature is called Collections. This feature is sort of a Pintresty type of service inside Google+. I say “sort of” because to me its different than Pinterest. But more on that in a second. Here is the announcement on Google+ […]
Facebook is helping small Businesses?
One of my biggest complaints of Facebook and Google is unless you spend ten’s of thousands of dollars you get no help with any of their products. You send in a email request in to the customer service black hole and hope what you need is answered. Many times you never know if it was […]
Biggest Mistake Small Business make in a Social Media Strategy
There is one mistake that I have found in small business social media strategy. That mistake is trying to be in every social media at once. When I start with a new client who isn’t as savvy in the social space. I always go over the types of social media platforms and then discuss what […]
Iconosquare Ends Free Instagram Analytics
It was announced today that Iconosquare is going to redesign their service today. However, with that redesign they are ending analytics for free accounts. One of the best free analytics tools is going away for small business. Making it much harder to get analytics from the network. As you know, Instagram doesn’t have any analytics for […]
Is Google Plus Done?
Last Monday Google had a post on, of all places, Google Plus. The new head said that Google Plus will split to form Google Photos and Google Streams. You maybe asking “How does this affect brands?” Well, Its still too early to tell. But if I had to guess, I would say it’s the beginning […]
Pinterst Marketing – How to Get Started
For many out there Pinterest can be a scary place. It can be over whelming you may not know where to start. There are several basics you have to get down before you delve into this for a company. I would suggest creating an account and having some fun with community. The first thing to […]
Pinterest Analytics – Overview
Pinterest does a great job in letting people know what services they offer for business accounts. They have been one of the most proactive social media platforms in informing. Other services you find out about things second hand and wonder how to use certain features. This video put out by Pinterest gives you a great […]
Why I Taught Myself Digital and Social
Over the last few months I have been thinking about what I wanted to do with Marketing Elements. I really haven’t been inspired to write or do much about social. I felt everything I had to say has been said by others. So what was I do to? I created Marketing Elements as a way […]
Say Good Bye to Fan Gating on Facebook
Have you conducted a contest on your page? Did you make one of the conditions of that contest they like your page? If you answered yes to both questions, you will no longer be able to do that as on Nov. 5th (is the date I have heard). Facebook is implementing a new rule that […]