If you’re a marketer or an influencer disclosing paid promotion is a must. On YouTube there has been no official way to put this in your video. That is until now. This week YouTube announced they are going to make it easier for creators to disclose Paid Promotion. Up until now there was a check […]
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Should you have a Paid Social Strategy?
Social media is free right? Why should you have to pay to play on social media? It’s just a waste of money, isn’t it? I have heard these questions and more when I bring up a paid social media strategy. Most are reluctant to spend money. After I explain what social media is and how […]
Would You Sell on Facebook Messenger?
Facebook has updated the messenger platform to 1.2. This incremental jump has brought one interesting feature. It will allow businesses to sell products through messenger. The entire transaction will take place in the Messenger platform. This is going beyond bots for customer service. Facebook is giving a new spin on e-commerce. This service is currently […]
Is Facebook Live coming to desktop?
There is a rumor going around that Facebook is going to launch the Live service on desktop. I have read it on a few blogs and thought I would weigh in on this topic. According to Social Times, Facebook has confirmed that over the next few months that the Live service will be on computers […]
This week in Social Media – September 9
Here are a few stories this week that I think everyone should know. Several things I have talked about before and new features on social media sites. Google Photos Google Photos Google Photos has become one of the premier sites for storing pictures. The search and uploading is seamless. In an update this week. The […]
Making Twitter Easier with Lists
Twitter lists are one of those little-used features that many people may not know about. They have been around for almost as long as Twitter itself, I think. Twitter lists are a list of users that you can organize around topics, business units and more. They can be public or private. If you are anything […]
What You Need to Know This Week In Social Media Aug 25th
This week in social wasn’t a terribly busy week. There are a few things that I wanted to share with you that happened this week. This isn’t everything that happened but some of the high notes. Twitter Adds DM to Websites. Announcing our new Message button. Now people can easily slide into your DMs from […]
Review of Instagram Stories – Should You Share?
Instagram Stories has been around for about three weeks. Long enough to get a gauge on how the service works. The adoption among my friends has been more than I was expecting. Many of them made the joke that SnapChat was coming to Instagram. However, they have all started to use it more and more. So let’s […]
What to Know This week in Social Media
I was brain drained yesterday to put up some content. The Influencer Series was a lot of fun to write! I hope you enjoyed it and if you have any questions let me know! There are a few things happening in social that I wanted to cover. But I didn’t have time to write a full […]
SBSS – Setting up Social Media Automation
There are many in the marketing world that frown on Automation. They say that it should be managed by a person and not scheduled to post during the day. I don’t follow this belief. Scheduling can be very helpful, especially to small businesses. You can do it in the morning or the night before and […]