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How to Build Social Media Relationships
Read more: How to Build Social Media RelationshipsOne of the best social media tactics is to build relationships with people who will do your marketing for you. That would be the dream, right? Having someone else do your job? Ah, if only it were as simple as having someone else do your job. It’s actually loads more difficult than that. You can’t…
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Ways to Talk With Your Social Media Audience
Read more: Ways to Talk With Your Social Media AudienceWhenever someone declares, “Organic is dead,” my first thought is always, “Wow, you really can’t get your audience to talk with you.” Because that is almost always the case for anyone who wants to go on about how you can’t get anything organically anymore. Social media didn’t used to be so harsh. It always rewarded…
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Stop Being Unhinged on Threads
Read more: Stop Being Unhinged on ThreadsThis has been bothering me for awhile. I’m such a killjoy but the sheer amount of accounts on Threads who have decided that their strategy is to be as “unhinged” as possible is getting insane. I know where it started. I just am surprised at how many accounts duplicated the strategy with very little thought.…
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On Moderation and Community Management
Read more: On Moderation and Community Management“I can’t get people to talk.” When someone says that, my spidey senses perk up and I have to stop myself from screaming, “I SPECIALIZE IN COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT.” I wouldn’t say it’s my favorite part of social media. I love the content and connections part of it. But my God, I’m really good at community…
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New Facebook Broadcast Channels
Read more: New Facebook Broadcast ChannelsMeta has been teasing this for a very long time, and it is finally here: Facebook Broadcast Channels are now being rolled out to Facebook pages with more than 10,000 followers. Woo hoo! Party down. Time for some fun. Wait. You’re not as excited as I am? Are you sure? Go back and read the…
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Highlighting Your Fans
Read more: Highlighting Your FansWhat has been by far the most effective social media marketing tactic I’ve used? That’s simple: Highlighting fans. It’s easy to do. Fans love it. And it’s the content that is most likely to be shared. Basically, it’s a no-brainer. And yet… I’m still seeing it done in a not-so-great way. So let’s buckle up…
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Using Gratefulness as a Social Media Tactic
Read more: Using Gratefulness as a Social Media TacticYears ago, I was running a large Instagram account and part of our social media tactic for it was to develop a community who loved the product and would be willing to let us use their photographs on the account. It was super successful, and I was really proud that the client ended up paying…
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I Have Too Much Social Media Content. What Should I Do?
Read more: I Have Too Much Social Media Content. What Should I Do?Last week, we talked about what to do when you have no social media content, so of course this is a good time to talk about what to do you if you have too much. Some people won’t believe this, but I frequently have had clients come to me with the problem that they have…
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I Don’t Have Social Media Content. What Should I Do First?
Read more: I Don’t Have Social Media Content. What Should I Do First?When starting from scratch, the tasks needed to create enough social media content to sustain you can seem insurmountable, especially when marketing budgets are being slashed and we are all expected to do more with less. So what do you do when you have all the tasks to do and they’re all vital? You start…
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Entertainment, Community and Social Media
Read more: Entertainment, Community and Social MediaI’ve been reading A LOT lately about how the role of social media has changed. Where it used to be a free place to gather community, that’s apparently not the right approach anymore. The correct approach lies somewhere in the entertainment sphere, according to so many blog posts. Long live entertainment and death to community.…