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!

Not sure how Instagram Stories fit in your marketing plan? Instagram expert Sue B. Zimmerman has you covered with her “Instagram Stories Tutorial for Business.” She provides a free training video and some fantastic best practice tips. If you’re new to Instagram she also offers a free strategy guide at the end of the post.

Have you heard of Twitter Moments? Twitter Moments are collections of tweets that follow a specific news story and other conversations of interest in the Twitter community. Twitter and a few influencers have used it in the past, but they’ll soon be opening up the floor to everyone. Karisa Bell from Mashable has all the details in “Twitter Will Soon Open Up Moments to All Users.” Since Mashable is one of the influencers who has used Twitter Moments, we’ll be keeping our eyes on their blog for a tutorial once it goes live for everyone. Stay tuned.

Sometimes it feels like we’re shouting in the dark when it comes to social media, and this can allow us to become lax in our content and response times. It’s important to develop a bond of trust between you and future clients/customers, but how do you do that? Lauren Smith from Convince and Convert provides us with a timely and helpful article on “How to Use Social Media to Build Brand Trust.”

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.

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.

Top Three Thursday: Social Media News You Can Use

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Welcome 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!

Facebook Live has really exploded in use and popularity. However, many users still say that it doesn’t have the quality or features of other live broadcasting tools. Mashable is reporting that the platform has made some new updates for improvement purposes. Check out Facebook’s live video can now be twice as long to read up on the changes.

Have you been itching to jump onto the Snapchat bandwagon but just can’t seem to generate a following? Hootsuite has put together No Snapchat Friends? This Feature Can Help that should work wonders for you! This new feature could be the gem that has followers scrambling to view your snaps.

There are tons of tools out there to help business owners curate, create and schedule their social media content. One of the most popular ones for creating quick and simple graphics is Canva. Social #PR Chat is excited to report on the tool’s new iPhone feature in their post: My @Canva Addiction: Now on iPhone. Now users can put together amazing visuals while on the go and post them to their social channels.

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.