What I thought was the oddest question was posed to me by a coworker. I was sharing my latest blog post and after reading it, he stopped and said, “but aren’t businesses ruining social media?”. Of course my immediate reaction was “of course not!”, but it really got me thinking. I posed several questions as a reaction to that statement …
We all know there are many advantages to having certain social media networks over others. We also know there are downsides to all of the networks, too. So what I’m going to do today is list my top ‘pro’ and top ‘con’ to each social network. Let’s start with Facebook. Top ‘pro’: Millions of listening customers are on this network, just waiting …
Usually when we find ourselves posting to Facebook or Twitter, we have an ideal audience in mind that we want to reach, impact, and connect with. As social media marketers, it’s a goal to captivate an audience full of diversity to effectively share your product or idea. The largest social media outlets may be global, but at times its difficult …
Hey guys, so I would like to apologize for taking so long to get part two of my two-part blog published. I have been so busy with my job and trying to fit in time where I can for my internship. Now that I am working at the Comfort Inn as a front desk agent, I am just finding it …
Hey guys, as you can see I am doing a two part blog on hashtagging. This week I wanted to just go ahead and jump right into this week’s topic of hashtags on social media sites. An interesting topic, eh? Well let’s start off by defining exactly what a “hashtag” is. The “hash” symbol looks like this #. A “hashtag” …
Do you ever find yourself staring at your computer, wracking your brain for the answer to “what the heck am I going to post on Facebook today”? Fear not social media mangers: there are easy ways and places to find content that are right under your nose. Many of the places I look for content are easy to search and …
Well, this is my first blog ever….I guess there is a first for everything! I am not really the one to just sit down and start typing nonsense on the computer. I usually am more vocal, I’d rather just tell you how I am feeling and what I am thinking…But that’s just me. But, since I just started my internship …
I am completing a three-part series on social media platforms for businesses with one blog for Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest. Welcome to Part 2! I will be highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of using Facebook based on my own experience; I do social media marketing for almost ten different companies, so I’ll be sure to take the best of the best …
Ever noticed that almost every single one of your social media app icons on your phone is blue? When it comes to social media sites and marketing, it turns out that the sites themselves put just as much thought into marketing as do the businesses that use them for this purpose! So what does the color blue have to do …
Let’s start by having you think of the business pages you interact with on a regular basis. What kind of status updates do you like? What kind of status updates do you share? What makes you want to interact with their page? Some answers you may have come up with are funny pictures, funny status updates, cool facts, and maybe …
