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social media researchWelcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news.

To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention.

What’s New This Week

Facebook Opens Instant Articles Program to All Publishers: Facebook “will be opening up the Instant Articles program to all publishers – of any size, anywhere in the world.”

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“Opening up Instant Articles will allow any publisher to tell great stories, that load quickly, to people all over the world.”

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Do you engage with your customers and prospects on social media?

Want tactics to warm up your leads?

To discover how to move people from fans to customers, I interview Kim Walsh-Phillips.

More About This Show

The Social Media Marketing podcast is an on-demand talk radio show from Social Media Examiner. It’s designed to help busy marketers and business owners discover what works with social media marketing.

In this episode I interview Kim Walsh-Phillips, CEO of Elite Digital Group, a direct response social agency. She’s also a columnist for Entrepreneur Magazine. Her brand-new book, co-authored with Dan Kennedy, is the No B.S. Guide to Direct Response Social Media Marketing.

Kim will explore how to use social media to turn cold prospects into warmer opportunities that lead to sales.

You’ll discover which types of content will engage your audience.

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Listen as Kim Walsh-Phillips shares how marketers can nurture their fans into becoming customers.

Share your feedback, read the show notes, and get the links mentioned in this episode below.

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social media how toAre you looking for more leads from LinkedIn?

Want to use LinkedIn ads to help?

LinkedIn’s advertising platform lets you reach highly targeted groups of professionals with your customer acquisition message.

In this article you’ll discover how to use LinkedIn ads to reach the most relevant professional audiences for your business.

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Discover how to reach your target professional audience using advertising on LinkedIn.

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social media researchAre you adding Snapchat to your social media marketing?

Wondering what Snapchat’s audience responds to?

In this article you’ll discover recent insights on Snapchat and how marketers can use the platform to reach targeted audiences with ads and other content.

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Discover the latest insights on Snapchat and ways marketers can use it to reach their target audience.

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social media toolsAre you a busy marketer?

Wondering which tools and apps will help you stand out on Instagram?

Using the right Instagram tools can improve your images, sell products, and save you time.

In this article you’ll discover 14 Instagram tools to help busy marketers use Instagram for business.

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Discover 14 Instagram tools busy marketers can use.

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social media how toDo you need to update your social identity?

Are you looking for a simple way to make sure all your social channels are consistent?

In this article you’ll discover a checklist that will help you rebrand your social media profiles.

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Discover the steps you need to update your social profiles during a rebrand.

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social media how toAre you thinking about running Twitter ads?

Wondering what your options are?

Twitter advertising isn’t difficult to set up, and for a very small amount of money it can provide an additional stream of traffic, customers and revenue.

In this article, you’ll discover three cost-effective ways to advertise on Twitter.

Determine Your Campaign Budget

To control the cost of your campaign and minimize your risk, it’s important to set a total and daily budget. This means you’ll have to decide the value of a new follower, lead or click-through to your website.

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Discover three ways to use advertising on Twitter.

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Do you want to spend less time creating Facebook ads?

Looking for ways to get more out of the ads that are working for you?

When you’ve created a Facebook ad that converts, there are a number of ways to maximize your success.

In this article you’ll discover four ways you can build on the success of Facebook ads that are already performing well.

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Discover four ways to optimize your well-performing ads on Facebook.

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social media researchWelcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news.

To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention.

What’s New This Week

Instagram Rolls Out Account Switching: “Starting this week, you can easily switch between multiple accounts without having to log out and log back in” on Instagram.

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Account switching will be available as part of Instagram version 7.15 for iOS and Android users.

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