This is the first in the Small Business Social Series (SBSS) One of my favorite apps right now is Word Swag. I use it all the time and each time they update it they add some amazing new features. I don’t know how I lived without this app and don’t know what I would do […]
Small Business Social Series
I am launching a Small Business Marketing Series. This series is specifically designed to help small businesses with their social media marketing. The series will focus on images, video and analytics. It will consist of posts with step-by-step instructions and how to videos. The reason I am doing this series is because so many small businesses […]
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 […]
How Not To Handle Online Reviews
In this day and age negative reviews are a way of life. No matter what level of service a business will give, someone will not be happy and take their experience online to share. They could do this on Yelp!, Travel Advisor, Google Places and more. I am the kind of person that looks at […]
Google Analytics Just got Easier
I am all about doing stuff on the go. Checking Google analytics has been one of those things you needed a third party app to use on your iOS device. They have been good apps and give you the info you need but Google didn’t have an official app. Back in 2011 I got my […]