5 New Pinterest Features You Should Know

Seems Pinterest is settling into its role as the Web’s hottest image-sharing site and focusing on upgrades that serve its users better. Find out how at New Pinterest Features | Social Media Today.

8 Data-Based Tips for Optimizing Your Content on Pinterest and Instagram

Social scientist Dan Zarrella is at it again — this time with hard data to help drive your engagement on Pinterest and Instagram: 8 Data-Based Tips for Optimizing Your Content on Pinterest and Instagram.

4 Online Personalization Ideas for Your Business

The question that is on everyone’s mind in the social media world: How do I get customers to engage with my business, and become paying customers? Well Small Business Trends offers up four good points for you to think about next time you want to engage: Ask them what they want Give them a voice [...]

Pinterest Adds Notifications, Mentions and Improved Searching to its Mobile App

Pinning on the go has just got better! Today, Pinterest is rolling out improvements to its Android, iPhone and iPad apps which include notifications, mentioning friends and the ability to search more easily. You can get the latest version directly from the iTunes or Google Play stores. Receive Push Notifications Pinterest notifications, recently added to [...]

Social media contacts – who owns them?

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I got this article today in my mailbox and thought it raised a great question for the social media marketing workers out in the world. Social Media contacts- who actually owns them? Do you “own” the contacts that you have either in your personal social media accounts, or in your business social media accounts? Do [...]

Phil Gerbyshak: The 3 R’s of DIY Video: Record, Rinse, Repeat

Ok another social media venue I have not stepped into yet: Video! I think it stems from having to be video taped and critiqued while I was student teaching. Wowza. But, YouTube has jumped leaps and bounds this year in becoming a popular site for customers to research companies or products they want to buy. My favorite tip in [...]

Call-To-Action, how to make it even better!

Do you use a CTA, or a Call-To-Action? If you don’t you should really think about using them to get your customers to act on something you are promoting. If you are using them, and you are not finding them to be effective, then this article is a great way to boost what you are [...]

7 Tips to Finding Your Your Voice for Writing

I don’t know about you, but I love finding great articles on how to improve my content creation and writing. Plus I am a huge fan of Jeff Bullas, who happened to write this article. If you are not checking out his website at JeffBullas.com, I suggest you run over there and start following him [...]

6 ways to get content shared on SM

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I just found Epiphany today, and this article popped right out at me. Isn’t this what all of us marketing managers deal with daily? How to get our content shared, and get our voice to rise above everyone else’s voice. The six tips to get content shared are: Understand your goals Publish content worth your [...]

How To Run a Social Media Contest and the Top Tools to Use

Contests are one of the best and easiest ways to promote a business/website/product/event etc. Here a quick guide to how to hold a contest using social media! People love contests – it almost doesn’t matter what the prize is, just so long as there is one to win! However, many  businesses don’t consider this simple [...]

8 Career Mistakes That 20-Somethings Make

  I ran across this article that was found by one of my friends. Biggest career mistakes that 20-somethings make. Now I am not in my 20′s anymore, but some of these mistakes could be applied to any age range depending where you are in your career. My favorite mistake is : You compare yourself [...]

How to Use Pinterest to Drive Traffic to Your Blog

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Bloggers know Pinterest is hot. Whether you blog about the latest technology gadgets or the hottest fashion trends, Pinterest can connect consumers with your content, boosting blog exposure, SEO and traffic. So how can you use Pinterest to drive traffic to your blog and increase repins, shares and comments? 1. Create Compelling Content Your blog [...]