An Introduction To Instagram In this post, I’ll provide you with an introduction to Instagram, how to set it up and use it for your business. Please check back as this post will be updated on a regular basis with new feature updates, tips and strategies. What social media entity is owned by Facebook, has 1 Billion monthly users, and is considered to be the single most important social network …Read More
Get More Snapchat Followers with Ghostcodes
If you are on snapchat, one of the biggest hurdles has been how to increase or get more snapchat followers. Sure once you get the app, you add people that are in your address book. That’s great if you have thousands of contacts in our address book but the truth is that most of don’t. So how do you find new and interesting people to follow on Snapchat? The answer …Read More
Beginner’s Guide: Getting Started with Snapchat
Snapchat? But isn’t that for…? Well, we know what you thought Snapchat was for. At it’s heart Snapchat is a photo/video sharing app. With over 200 million monthly active users, it can be used to send both public and private messages, called snaps, including pictures, videos, drawings, emojis, and normal text. The key difference with Snapchat, compared to other platforms, is that all messages have a self-destruct timer. Direct messages …Read More
My 3 Favorite Social Media Management Tools
“A Carpenter Is Only As Good As His Tools” and the same holds true for social media professionals. While there are many tools that make social management successful for my clients, Hootsuite, Tweetdeck and Google Analytics are my 3 must haves. Hootsuite almost encompasses everything you need with it’s scheduling across multiple social profiles, team collaboration, analytics reports, and more recently it’s content suggestions for content curating. Tweetdeck is my …Read More
The 2014 Social Media Super Bowl Round-up: Top 8 Marketing Campaigns
How many of you tuned into the Super Bowl on Sunday just to watch the ads? I certainly did! The Super Bowl is an exciting event for us marketers because it really showcases some of the best work in our industry. It’s expensive to run an ad during the Super Bowl and there are more eyes than ever, so there are always a few great brands that cut through the noise …Read More
5 Tips for Starting a Facebook Business Page
With a client opening a brand new business this week, I began creating a social media presence from scratch. This can be a great challenge to businesses, both old and new, who have not had much experience in the social media sphere. With the beginning stages behind us and our client, what better time to offer up some tips on entering the world of social media! You may know how to …Read More
How to Protect Your Facebook Profile From Graph Search
Facebook has recently rolled out it’s Graph search feature. Here are the steps you need to take if you are concerned about your Facebook privacy to reduce the chance of appearing in search results from people you don’t know due to the privacy settings within your account. Step 1 – Click the “About” section from your profile. Step 2 – Change Who can see your information. Under each of the …Read More
The Best Iphone Photo Editing Apps for Instagram Supremacy
One of my favourite commercials in recent months is Apple’s “Photos Every Day” which is one of a series of ads where Apple displays the impact the Iphone has add in the world since it’s inception. You can watch it below. This ad in particular focuses on the Iphone’s picture taking feature and if you have an Iphone in 2013 it’s more than likely that you have downloaded or have heard …Read More
The Best Anti Smoking Campaign Ever
Smoking in any way shape or form has always been something I’ve never endorsed and never plan to. Both of my parents smoke and always have so I’m not sure where my intolerance for the non-smoking comes from. I’ve asked them to quit on many occasions and they have tried without any success. After all my years, I wish could have used this tactic when I was a child so …Read More
The 10 Best Twitter Directories to Grow Your Twitter Followers
Whether you have just signed up for twitter and you are looking for your first or you have hundreds of thousands of followers and you still want more. Twitter directories are a great place to find new followers who live in your city, are thought leaders in your industry, as well as those who share common interests and hobbies. Personally, I like them to find leaders in the digital marketing …Read More