How to Filter Your Instagram Comments of Spam & Profanity
Automatically Filter Your Instagram Comments For Spam & Profanity Wouldn’t it be great to be able to filter your Instagram comments for spam and profanity? Now you can! Spam and trolls have been around since the beginning of the World Wide Web. If there’s a place to leave a comment then someone at some time […]
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Instagram Contests – Two Different Experiences
Winning at Instagram Contests Lately, I’ve been playing around with Instagram contests for one of my clients. And it’s been working out well for them. After a little experimentation, we landed on the type that got the best results: comment to enter the contest and tag friends for more entries. For these contests, we’ve also been […]
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How to Control Visitor Posts to Your Facebook Page
Don’t settle for unsavory posts to your Facebook business page. You can control visitor posts to your Facebook page, and I’ll show you how! As we know, people are shameless when it comes to spam and scams. We’ve seen some pretty blatant attempts to get the attention of our Facebook audience. As a matter of […]
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The Instagram Algorithm – Is the Free Ride Over?
What the Facebook Algorithm Can Teach Us About the Instagram Algorithm It was only a matter of time, especially since Facebook bought Instagram. Reports have come out that there will be an Instagram algorithm that determines which posts make it to people’s timelines. Newer business owners and Facebook users may not remember this, but back […]
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Multiple Account Management Rolls Out to Instagram Users
Oh man, we are so freaking excited around here today! Why? Because Instagram has been rolling out multiple account management to users and IT FINALLY CAME TO US! Up until now, Instagram has not made it easy for people to manage multiple accounts. Many people have a personal account and a business account. And you […]
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How to Handle Social Media When the SHTF
One thing you may forget about when tragedy strikes is what is going on with your social media accounts. The Paris attacks got me to thinking about the best way to handle social media accounts during a disaster. First, here’s how I found out about the attacks and my process afterwards. Saturday mornings are about […]
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Learn From My Tale of Bad Online Customer Service
Today, I’m going to write from the other side of online customer service. This story will illustrate how it took me three tries via three different methods to reach a brand and get a response to a customer service question. My Stupid Foot I have plantar fasciitis. That means I have terrible heel pain in […]
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Wednesday Weekly What’s Going Down
It’s that time of the week again when I give you a little capsule of links with what’s been going on in online marketing for small businesses. Facebook Bluetooth Beacons Do you have a retail business? Are you on the list to get your Facebook Bluetooth Beacon? No? Then do it! It’s free (for now) […]
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Save Your Instagram Photos to Dropbox
When we still had the bakery open, we were very active on Instagram. It was usually the first place we’d post amazing food photos. But we were posting to Instagram from three different devices. So when I wanted to share one of those photos to Facebook or post it to our website, I’d have to […]
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5 Reasons You Should NOT Buy Followers On Social Media
When you first set up a social media account, it can feel a little lonely there. At first, your only followers might be friends and family. Then you start seeing the ads. Only $1 for 18,000 Twitter Followers! $22 for 500 Real Facebook Likes! $90 for 1,000 Instagram Followers! Wow, that seems easy, right? Just […]
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