This week Social Flow released a study on 3,000 pages that use their service. The study said that since January, the reach of pages dropped 42%. This is a massive drop. Granted, they say that this is an average of clients they have and it may not be the overall picture of Facebook. You will […]
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Instagram’s Algorithm News Feed goes Live
The moment people have either been waiting for or dreading has arrived. The algorithm for the Instagram news feed has gone live! Well, not totally live, it’s rolling out over the month of June. This is definitely going to be a game changer on Instagram. Good or bad it’s something we have to live with […]
Go from Pin to Save with Pinterest
Maybe you have noticed a change on the net. Now when you go to pin something it now says “Save” not “Pin.” Many may not have noticed this but it has already gone live. So why did Pinterest make this change? What other things have changed with pins? Steven Walling, Product Manger at Pinterest said: […]
Instagram Officially Announces Brand Profiles
It’s official! Brand profiles are coming to Instagram. I have posted about this, and there has been much speculation. Instagram published a post today about what is coming. The speculation has been running wild on the net. I have had plenty of questions that haven’t been answered. We get a few more answers and before […]
Twitter is Giving you more Characters….
Well they are but there is still the 140 character limit. You maybe asking how can you get more characters? They are not counting some of the things you put in your Tweet. Which is a great move for Twitter. What did they announce? This is the official announcement from Twitter: Replies: When replying to […]
Pinterest allows Affiliate Links
When Pinterest first launched, they allowed people to put affiliate links. If you aren’t familiar, Affiliate links are ones that give the poster a percentage of any sales generated. At first there was controversy over who actually would get the credit. Would it be the pinner or Pinterest. They cleared that up and allowed them. […]
Post Like a Rockstar
Tonight I was flipping through my Instagram and kept seeing these odd pictures. They were being posted by the band Maroon5. They were all parts of pictures and it was one right after another. At first I was like, is this a mistake? What in the world are they doing? I clicked on their profile […]
Instagram to get Analytics
One of the biggest gripes of brand about Instagram is about to change. To get analytics you had to do it by hand or get a third party service. The first was very time consuming. Trust me I know I have done some manual tabulation of Instagram. The later can be very expensive. It can […]
New Look for Instagram
When you update Instagram you may notice some changes. The first thing you notice is there is a new logo. The camera icon we have come to love over the last 6 years is gone. They have a brand new logo. But that’s not all that has changed with the app! First, I am not […]
Instagram Vs. Snap Chat – Which should you be on?
Instagram and Snapchat are similar services. Both involve images and videos. However, there is one big difference. On Instagram pictures stay and on Snapchat they disappear after viewing, or if a story a day. So which of these services should you be on for your marketing? If I was giving advice to a client I […]