In the world of social media marketing, it’s a misconception that we’re always hidden behind our computer screens scouring social channels 24-7. Every so often, we get the opportunity to support our client’s event activations via social. Most recently, our team braved the Blizzard of...
Facebook copies Snapchat, Instagram is rolling out photo albums, and some interesting findings involving men and women on Instagram, as well as Facebook debuting autoplay for videos, all in this week's edition of Social You Should Know. Facebook Copies Snapchat (Again) Within WhatsApp WhatsApp is...
It has been awhile since we have heard much about ‘buy buttons’, even though almost all of the social channels have their own version. Buy buttons started coming on to the scene in 2014 in response to marketers trying to better tie social media...
The battle lines were drawn last August between Instagram and Snapchat the day Instagram Stories was released. Eerily similar to Snapchat, when Stories first arrived on the scene, a lot of us laughed. We laughed because we all saw it for what it was: a...
Although we all thought Facebook organic reach to be near dead, we’re starting to see the first signs of improvement in years. Additionally, Pinterest is once again putting pressure on Google when it comes to discoverability and search, and in case you think all...
In a perfect world, we’d create beautiful, engaging, social-first content for all our brands’ social channels. In the real world, budgets and time constraints stand in the way, and sometimes, it’s just more efficient to work with what you have. Here are a few tips...
When you think of live video, Facebook may be the first platform that comes to mind. They’ve certainly made the biggest push for it over the past year or so. But, there are plenty of other platforms that are worth considering. Twitter, Instagram, Periscope, and...
They say a photo is worth a thousand words—and, if social media trends are any indication, this adage is more relevant than ever as images continue to drive top engagements across all social media platforms. In a world where posts that include images produce 650...
Increased Instagram ad engagement, hot stats from the Super Bowl and a safer twitter experience for consumers and brands in this week’s edition of Social You Should Know. Social media moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you...
More often than not Facebook plays a significant role in a brand’s social strategy. As such, brands rely on the community built around their pages. Back in 2014, everyone from brand marketers to local musicians started freaking out about the decreasing reach posts received following...
While some may think of social media marketing as, “playing on Facebook all day,” those of us in the industry know that it’s so much more than that. From content, to community management, to strategy & metrics, there are many important facets to social media....
A wise man once said social media is a cocktail party. A lot has changed in social media in the nine years since that book was written, but one thing certainly has not: engaging with your fans matters. Here are five ways to better...