How many people really use Facebook? What kind of social media are businesses using?
The Search Engine Journal has created a great infographic that lays out tons of information in a fun-to-read format.
Thank you again to everyone who attended our 5 Social Media Mistakes You Can't Afford to Make webinar; your fantastic comments and questions made the webinar a great experience for everyone involved.
Don't worry if you missed the live webinar: the recording turned out great, and we hope that is can continue to be a good resource for you to use to make sure that you're keeping your social media strategy on track.
If you live in the southeastern part of Texas, you’re no doubt very aware of the fire that started in Bastrop and continues, almost totally uncontrolled, to burn its way across the rain-starved state. It’s a scary time for many, but the power of social media is helping us work together to preserve and recover.
When I first heard about Google+, I had the same thought as almost everyone else: “Great, another social media website I’ll never understand or have time to learn anything about.” But now that I’ve had a chance to play with it, I’ve got to say that I’m liking it — especially the Circles feature.
Facebook is in the process of rolling out changes to its service. These changes give you more control over privacy settings. Here is a quick list of changes and some thoughts on their impact:
So you’ve finally bitten the bullet and joined Twitter. Maybe you’ve sent out an experimental tweet or two, but before you can do anything serious, you need some followers. Here are six things you can do to grow your Twitter following.
Your business uses social media, but are you doing more harm than good?
In Digett’s free 5 Social Media Mistakes You Can’t Afford to Make webinar you’ll learn:
All marketers know that a referral from a customer is the best kind of lead. Most of us will even admit it when pressed. But the strange thing is that few digital marketers talk about it very much. We'd rather talk about getting a higher search engine rank, or getting more likes on Facebook. And the traditional marketers usually aren't much better. They want to talk about billboards, press releases, and magazine ads.
If the answer to the questions, “Is my content findable?” and “Is my content accessible?” is yes, then you’re ready to proceed to the final step of giving your content wings: making your content easy to share.
A lot of businesses and organizations have taken the first step and created a Facebook Page. The next step is usually to invite all of your friends to “Like” the page. This usually results in all of 15 “Likes” total. Next you implement a plan to drive a ton of traffic to your Page and it seems to be working, but only a tiny percentage care enough to click that little “Like” button.
