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Top Three Thursday: Social Media News You Can Use

Top Three Thursday

Top Three ThursdayWelcome to my Thursday feature. Here’s where I link three useful and interesting articles from excellent information sources all about social media and marketing subjects.

As you know, changes are always happening in the world of social media. We have a lot to keep up with!

We all know that Facebook is tracking all of our private details by examining the choices we make within the social platform. However, computer data is only so accurate. This article from Quartz looks into how Facebook is interpreting your likes a bit too literally. This data completely skews what the ads show users and could be important for companies purchasing ads within the site.

If you are a B2B professional, LinkedIn still remains one of the best social platforms for a variety of reasons. Social Media Today reports the 3 Things Small Business Must Do to Succeed on LinkedIn. The network has changed a lot, and will keep doing so, making it important to understand the details that truly work for this site.

Do you need more leads? Are you using Snapchat? As great as Snapchat is for engaging with people, it also has the potential to deliver viable leads. Social Media Examiner showcases why Snapchat is a viable platform with its posts: 5 Ways to Generate Leads From Snapchat. These tactics for generating leads will have you increasing your follower base in no time.

 

See you next week with another edition of Top Three Thursday: Social News You Can Use.

Melody Jones is your social media aspirin. She helps take the pain out of social media for you! Check out her services and see which one can reduce your social media pain the most.

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Top Three Thursday: Social Media News You Can Use

Top Three Thursday

Top Three ThursdayWelcome to my Thursday feature. Here’s where I link three useful and interesting articles from excellent information sources all about social media and marketing subjects.

As you know, changes are always happening in the world of social media. We have a lot to keep up with!

Ever wish you had a social media checklist? Peg Fitzpatrick has a list put together by guest writer Michael Patterson of Sprout Social. He provides us with “Your Complete Social Media Checklist.” It’s thorough and easy to adapt to your business needs. Make sure you check it out!

Are you hooked up in LinkedIn? Like all social media platforms, we want to make the most of our time when we visit. Viveka von Rosen from SocialMediaExaminer.com provides us with “6 LinkedIn Browser Extensions to Enhance Your Marketing.”Each option is time-saving and intuitive. Viveka provides great visual aids to help you work through the extensions.

Visual Marketing is a valuable way to gain customers and clients. Powerful imagery and brand identity have become more important than ever, and the move to video marketing is proving it. If creating a video makes you nervous, how about a slideshow? Facebook and Instagram now allow you to use pictures in slideshow form. Melonie Dodaro of Top Dog Social Media provides us with a wonderful and free option for graphics creation in “Visual Marketing: How to Use the Canva iPhone App.” It’s a handy program and I’m thrilled to see them expand into the mobile market.

See you next week with another edition of Top Three Thursday: Social News You Can Use.

Melody Jones is your social media aspirin. She helps take the pain out of social media for you! Check out her services and see which one can reduce your social media pain the most.

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Top Three Thursday: Social Media News You Can Use

Top Three ThursdayWelcome to my Thursday feature. Here’s where I link three useful and interesting articles from excellent information sources all about social media and marketing subjects.

As you know, changes are always happening in the world of social media. We have a lot to keep up with!

LinkedIn is diving into the video marketing arena. On Tuesday, the social media site opened up the 30-second video option to more than 500 influencers. David Cohen from Adweek.com has the scoop in “LinkedIn Allows Influencers to Create 30-Second Videos”.

This one is for the Instagram users. Have you seen the ‘Instagram Stories’ feature yet? You should definitely check out “Instagram Launches New Feature That’s Exactly Like Snapchat Stories”. Andrew Hutchinson from Social Media Today gives you the reasons behind the bold move and offers a step-by-step guide on setting one up yourself.

In the past few months we’ve watched multiple social media sites move to video options for marketing. Don’t let videos intimidate you. They don’t have to be a large and expensive production. I scoured the ‘net for a great starting guide on making short videos, and I think I found it! Donna Moritz from Socially Sorted shares “5 Ways to Get Started with Short Video, even if it Freaks You Out”. What do you think of this push for video marketing? Let us know in the comments!

See you next week with another edition of Top Three Thursday: Social News You Can Use.

Melody Jones is your social media aspirin. She helps take the pain out of social media for you! Check out her services and see which one can reduce your social media pain the most.