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Have you kept up to date with the best social media marketing practices?
Are you looking for actionable tips you can apply to your business?
Here are our most popular articles from 2012.
7 New Facebook Changes Impacting Businesses
Did you follow all of the changes on Facebook in 2012?
Facebook made many changes that impact anyone with a Facebook Page.
Several of these changes emerged from Facebook’s fMC 2012 Conference.
The overall message was that Facebook is looking at Pages as a “mission control” point (which is where the MC comes from in the conference title).
Read more for an overview of the changes and how brands can take advantage of some of the new features.
26 Tips for Using Pinterest for Business
To say there’s been a lot of buzz about Pinterest in 2012 would be putting it mildly! Pinterest’s ease of use for visually bookmarking, organizing and sharing things you love made it a hit among individuals and businesses alike.
Whether you have a Pinterest business account or not, follow these tips to get more exposure for your business on Pinterest.
Read more for an overview of how your business could use Pinterest.
30 Social Media Predictions for 2012 From the Pros
Did you follow the evolution in social media practices this year?
Here’s a look at what marketers were talking about at the beginning of 2012.
Read more to find out what social media experts predicted.
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22 Top Blogging Tools Loved by the Pros
Is blogging an essential component of your content marketing?
Here are the blogging tools you need for successful business blogging.
Read more to discover the new tools the pros love.
24 Must-Have Social Media Marketing Tools
Do you keep track of all of the new social media tools coming out? Do you follow the useful updates of existing tools?
Social media pros shared their favorites to help you choose the best tools to use to improve your social media marketing.
Read more to discover the 24 must-have tools.
3 Steps to an Effective Social Media Strategy
According to the 2011 Social Media Marketing Industry Report, 78% of marketers saw increased traffic with just 6 hours a week invested in social media.
Keep your social media strategy simple and give it a chance to be more effective.
Read more to discover a three-step plan designed to help you develop an effective, streamlined roadmap for social media success.
13 Tools to Simplify Your Social Media Marketing
Are you a small business marketer struggling to keep up?
Here are the tools you need to simplify your social media marketing.
Read more to discover 13 tools to help you execute your social media strategy effectively.
9 Tips for Running Successful Facebook Contests
Are you like the increasing number of business owners who recognize the value of Facebook contests for their business?
Here’s what you need to know to make your Facebook contests successful.
Read more to learn 9 tips for making Facebook contests more successful.
26 Tips for Writing Great Blog Posts
Bloggers are always looking for ideas to simplify their content creation process. They sometimes feel like they’re trying to reinvent the wheel time and again.
You’ll discover everything from being Anatomically Correct to being in the Zone for Writing.
Read more to find out the 26 tips, from A-Z, to help you create optimal blog posts every time you sit down to write.
5 Twitter Tools to Enhance Your Marketing
Here are 5 lesser-known tools that your business should be using. Each of these tools has unique capabilities to help your business get an edge over your competitors.
Read more to discover these 5 free tools.
How to Track Social Media Traffic With Google Analytics
Would you like to discover where visitors to your site come from, how engaged they are with your website or if they have converted as a reader, subscriber or customer?
Google Analytics is an awesome free tool. It can give you the information you need to use social media more effectively.
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5 Ways to Enhance Your Facebook Timeline Page With Images
With each new overhaul of Facebook Pages, there have been increased opportunities for brands to use imagery to better promote their offerings and create visual interest, and timeline for Pages is no different.
Timeline for Pages provides significantly more opportunities to create a visually compelling Page, starting with the masthead.
Read more to explore 5 ways to enhance your timeline Page with images.
10 Creative Ways to Use Instagram for Business
Instagram was acquired by Facebook in April 2012. Clearly, Instagram is a photo-focused social platform not to be ignored.
Here’s how to give your business extra visibility and better engage with the Instagram community.
Read more to discover 10 creative ways to use Instagram for your business.
6 Tips for Using LinkedIn’s New Endorsements
LinkedIn recently made the endorsement process super-easy with just a simple click.
In addition to providing some credibility, this new Endorsement feature can also be considered a networking tool for savvy online marketers, because a LinkedIn endorsement is an easy way to get on someone’s radar.
Read more to find out how LinkedIn Endorsements can help you.
3 Successful Google+ Pages and Why They Work
How are brands finding the most success with Google+ business pages?
Here’s a close look at the strategies employed by the top brands on Google+. Use these insights to help you mount your own Google+ campaigns.
Read more to discover examples of great Google+ pages.
9 Businesses Using Pinterest Contests to Drive Traffic and Exposure
Running contests on Pinterest is a great way to expose your brand to a large audience, attract new followers and engage with your existing follower base.
It gives your brand the opportunity to engage with customers in a personal and cost-effective way.
Read more about why you should consider Pinterest contests for your business.
5 Ways to Increase Your Facebook Fan Engagement
A great way to increase your Facebook fan engagement is to have a call to action on your Facebook Page’s wall. This encourages or even incentivizes fans’ responses to your content, and it can be as simple as a status update.
Fans enjoy interacting with your Facebook Page and your Page will benefit the most with increased visibility, traffic and marketing opportunities.
Read more to discover 5 effective ways to call your fans to action.
5 Ways to Grow Your Exposure With Instagram
In the last year, photo sharing has become an increasingly popular method of social interaction.
Instagram is a free application for iPhone or Android that lets people take photos, apply filters to change the look of the photos and then share them on Instagram or Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Foursquare.
This represents a great opportunity for businesses to participate in this thriving community.
Read more to find out how to successfully use Instagram.
10 Ways to Grow Your Facebook Following
Are you are looking to grow your Facebook community? Now is a great time to examine your Facebook activities, cut out what isn’t working and expand what works.
Read more to learn 10 tips to help grow your community.
5 Ways to Use Google+ to Improve Your Search Engine Optimization
Do you want to improve your search engine optimization? Google+ should be on your short list of activities. Google+ is making its presence known in Google search results now.
Read more to learn some ways you can ensure that your Google+ usage will help with your search rankings.
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