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As social media continues to gain acceptance as a bona-fide communications platform, I thought it might be fun to have a cool fact about it for every week of the year. So, here are ten facts about the five most well-known social media outlets – Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and blogging – with two more bonus facts thrown in just for fun. (And to get to the figure of a fact a week for a year).
52 Cool Facts About Social Media
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15 Frequently Asked Questions About Facebook Pages | MariSmith.com
Facebook provides a comprehensive Help Center with its own range of FAQs along with helpful content from a vast number of users . [There's even a handy Leaderboard - Top Contributor - with points system to see which users have been most helpful. Links just go to the user's personal Profile, though. It would be great to see all their answers in one place , similar to user profiles on Quora .] The Help Center can be difficult to navigate and zero in on the exact solution for the issue you’re having on Facebook . I often find the most reliable way to find information on Facebook is to actually do a Google search!
Facebook is a key online marketing tool for businesses —if utilized to its fullest it can drive increased traffic to your website, generate additional sales, promote brand recognition and loyalty, and provide you with a direct communication link to your clients and customers. Here's 20 companies—chosen from nominations by entrepreneurs, social media experts, Inc. editors, and Facebook—that we think have awesome fan pages. Vote for your favorites by clicking the "Like" button on this page. Mineral-based makeup is the new rock star in cosmetics, and companies have flooded the marketplace with natural-sounding "mineral" foundation, blush and eye-shadow formulations. That's why Bare Escentuals, the trailblazer in the mineral-makeup world, considers Facebook such an important brand-differentiation tool. "We consider ourselves a community, not a company," says chief marketing officer Simon Cowell.
20 Awesome Facebook Fan Pages
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Hootsuite Was Down: 5 other Tools to Schedule Your Tweets | Social Media Today
With Hootsuite being down I saw myself and lots of other people in dire need to continue scheduling tweets. So here is a list of 5 other services, which will allow you to schedule your tweets. 3.) Buffer In case you were looking for a slightly easier method, Buffer might be interesting to you. You simply throw a few tweets in your Buffer and they are then scheduled FOR you throughout the day.
50 social media stats (from Commentz)
Not registered for #Commentz? It’s a neatly packaged, daily, electronic recap of hot topics and blog posts most likely to generate lots of conversation (or comments). There’s no catch. Simply sign up , and get the information without the work. “About two-thirds of US respondents have seen a QR code. Of those surveyed, about half who saw a QR code, used it according to the MGH study .” ( Heidi Cohen )You have a great product or service and you want to share it with the world. Social media can help you do that. There are communities already living online that need what you have to offer. The trick is to find them and engage them in a way that they are comfortable with. Before you run into their virtual space and start telling them all about your company, it's a good idea to have a rock solid plan.
Five Ideas for Executing a Rockstar Social Media Plan | Social Media Today
Is your business experiencing the social media success you had hoped for? Are you curious what successful companies are actually doing to gain social media success? You’ve come to the right place. This article highlights nine companies (big and small) that have transformed their online presence by implementing innovative social media marketing. You’re sure to find inspiration for your social media efforts here. Look at the tactics these companies employ and don’t concentrate too much on the target audience.
9 Companies Doing Social Media Right and Why | Social Media Examiner
5 Easy Steps to a Winning Social Media Plan | Social Media Examiner
So you’ve set up your social media empire using Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and you’re blogging too. But how do you make it all work together? You want to reach potential clients and establish your authority online, but what’s your plan? This article delivers five foolproof steps to get you on your way to finding, formulating and distributing content that will get you noticed . Content could include your own blog posts or links to others people’s work posted on your social networks.
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Platform Five – This week’s most talked about social media tools and platforms | Paratus Communications
Image via BusinessInsider.com Welcome to this week’s edition of Plaform Five – our regular look at the latest emerging online tools and platforms that PR and social media agencies might want to keep an eye on. This week we’re looking at WePay Giving (a charity donation platform), a major development from LinkedIn , a neat tool that helps you check for vanity Facebook URLs and two developments from the geo-location space that are worth keeping an eye on. WePay Giving – Ironically, I have been working on a project all week that this platform would have suited perfectly! Alas, I’m aware of it now and you should be too.How To Build Your Facebook Landing Page (If You’re Not A Programmer) | SocialMouths
Update: As you know Facebook no longer supports FBML for its tabs, which is what this post was based on, but there is an updated post about How to build a Facebook Landing Page with iFrames – Don’t miss it! Building a Facebook Landing Page is easier than you think, even if you are not a programmer. This week we’ll look at a topic that might seem basic for some.10 Reasons Your Facebook Page Is Not Taking Off | SocialMouths
Why isn’t my Facebook Page growing faster? Why aren’t people engaging more? I’m gonna say it right off the bat, I believe growing a community or achieving higher levels of engagement with your audience is harder on a Facebook Page than on a blog or Twitter. I usually hear this with clients and in random conversations. What is it that we fail to understand about them?For my job, I read and research A LOT and save A LOT of useful stats and figures that help “sell” the benefits of social media for companies. Not just from a communications perspective, but also from a strategic thinking and integration point of view. Usually they wind up stuck in my presentations or in my bookmark folders, but aren’t shared much outside of my company’s four walls – which is unfortunate. Social media is a place to share, so here is a breakdown of 23 high-level numbers and statistics that can make jaws drop, and get the hamsters in their heads turning the wheel. If you are asking why 23, well I was watching the NBA with my nephew when thinking up this post and figured I would pay homage to Jordan. Feel free to share in presentations as you like.