How to make your Instagram photos appear in your Twitter stream
When you use Instagram and are about to post, you know how it gives you the option to send that post to Twitter? It seems like a good shortcut, but if you do use it, it looks like this in the Twitter timeline. Oh, where’s the pic? It’s there, but you have to click on […]
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How to Find Customers On Twitter
You might be posting to Twitter for your business, but did you know you can actually find customers on Twitter with advanced search? It’s really easy and I’ll show you how. Example 1: I’m a Roofer! First, think of a problem you can solve for your customer. In this example, I’m a roofer. So I’m […]
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How to Manage Multiple Instagram Accounts
UPDATE: Hey, this post just became moot as multiple account management rolls out to Instagram users. Yay! All the recent changes to Instagram have me wondering – why haven’t they given us an easy way to manage multiple Instagram accounts? Many business owners have at least two accounts, their personal one and one for the […]
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Controversy: Should You Schedule Instagram Posts?
Are you ready for a fight? Because I’m about to wade into controversial territory. If you have an Instagram account for your business, you know that it doesn’t offer any way to schedule your updates. Instagram doesn’t offer the ability to schedule, and their API doesn’t allow for a third party to log in as […]
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How Do You Laugh Online?
Only the Olds Say LOL Do you haha, hehe, lol or ?? The way you choose to laugh online tells people something about you, mostly your age, but maybe also where you live. Sort of like soda vs. Coke vs. pop. Prompted by an article in The New Yorker, Facebook had a look at their […]
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30 Seconds to a Perfect Image for Twitter
Creating the Perfect Image for Twitter Does your Twitter account need a little lift? One way to make your timeline more appealing is to add images to your posts. According to Twitter, photos, on average, will give your post a 35% boost in retweets over the amount the account would normally get. I bet that […]
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Throwing Out the Rules for Social Media
Is everything that we’ve come to know about managing social media for your small business wrong? A couple of articles in the last week or so seem to be calling common practices into question. Is it time to throw out the rules for social media? Some industry leaders have either been playing devil’s advocate or […]
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Creating the Perfect Image Size for Pinterest
The perfect image size for Pinterest is a 2:3 aspect ratio image. In this video, I walk you through the process for creating an image that size. It’ll be the the ideal size to display in the Pinterest timeline. As a bonus, you’ll learn how to add some text to your image, all using free tools. […]
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Chris Brogan, Data Collection & Hyper-personalization
At Digital Summit Atlanta, we were lucky enough to have Chris Brogan deliver the lunch keynote on day 2. If you’re not familiar with him, Chris is a business consultant, professional speaker, author and was a Twitter early adopter and influencer. He’s also a pretty funny guy and whenever he speaks or writes, you will get ideas on […]
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Social Media Automation Cons
Okay, okay, yes, I have written several posts sharing social media shortcuts that involve automation. Social media automation in itself is not evil. But you do need to be mindful of it. Automation implies “set it and forget it.” But you can’t do that with social media. When you post on social media, your followers expect […]
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