Back To School on Social Media: 5 Accounts To Follow To Learn Something New
Did buying the kids’ school supplies and liking everyone’s back-to-school pictures on Facebook get you in the mood to learn something new yourself?
Picking up new knowledge and skills doesn’t take a trip to campus anymore, thanks to websites like Lynda, Coursera, and Skillshare.
You can also find ways to learn that don’t even require you to leave your social media feeds. Follow the five social media accounts in this story and you’ll discover some new ways to enrich your mind even when you have only a few minutes between meetings or while waiting in line.
And you’ll also gaining some ideas …
5 Brands That Make Customers the Star on Social Media
Are you relationship material? Or do you, ahem, only talk about yourself?
A study by Edelman found that 87 percent of people want meaningful interactions with brands, but only 17 percent believe that brands deliver them.
About two-thirds of the survey respondents said their relationships with brands are one-sided. In other words, they feel that they’re the ones giving to the relationship and that brands only take.
Yikes. That’s a lot of relationship issues. So what does all this mean for your business?
Edelman says consumers want brands that are more participatory and engaging. Your customers long to be part of things. …
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Scheduling to Instagram? Hootsuite Vs. Viraltag
That’s awesome you’re taking Instagram more seriously. We are as well.
Click here to read about using Instagram with Viraltag.
If your plan to take it seriously includes making a plan for your Instagram posts and scheduling them in advance, you now have choices.
We took a look at two of your best choices. Here is how Viraltag stacks up against Hootsuite.
Can I schedule directly to Instagram?
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Viraltag ✓
You can schedule posts directly to Instagram through Viraltag and Hootsuite. Both Viraltag and Hootsuite require the same steps to post, involving their own mobile app. When a photo is scheduled, the user receives a notification on …
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Schedule To Instagram With Viraltag
Finally, Instagram is here on Viraltag! Beginning today, you can use Viraltag to schedule posts directly to Instagram. No more forgetting to post a photo when you know your audience is most likely to see it.
With 300 million users on Instagram, it is the fastest growing social network for adults in the U.S. You can’t afford not to take Instagram seriously. By serious we mean setting a content sharing and engagement strategy connected to your business goals, and executing on that strategy consistently.
The brands that are doing exactly that are already seeing a huge payoff. Posting on Instagram is …
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5 Instagram Tips I Learned By Posting for a Teen Book Festival
If your business is trying to reach teens, Instagram is where to find them. In a survey of teens this summer, 32 percent named Instagram as the most important social network.
I’ve gotten a firsthand glimpse of what teens enjoy on their go-to social network through my volunteer gig for the Texas Teen Book Festival. Held each fall in Austin, Texas, the festival brings beloved YA (young adult) authors like Jenny Han and Suzanne Young to town and draws flocks of teen (and grown-up!) fans to see them.
One of the ways I help out is posting to the festival’s …
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5 Ways to Gain Instagram Followers with Great Writing
Compelling images are the star of the show on Instagram, but don’t overlook the attention-grabbing power of awesome captions.
A well-crafted caption draws your Instagram followers deeper into the story of your brand. It can be the difference between someone liking your photo and then just scrolling on and someone taking the time to visit your site to learn more about you. And because so many brands — even big ones — still overlook the power of captions, putting some extra effort to make yours special makes you instantly stand out.
The first Instagram account that made me realize the allure of great captions …
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7 Apps to Create the Best Instagram Photo
Do you ever wonder why your photo on Instagram gets only 15 likes, when another brand posts the same photo and gets 1,000 likes?
Perhaps they used great hashtags to get discovered or already had a large following. But maybe their version of the same photo just looked better.
On Instagram your posts compete with the 70 million other photos shared every day. Making your photos stand out in that busy stream requires creativity.
A simple photo sharing app at its core, Instagram is all about engaging images. Adding a filter, an interesting texture, or a cool overlay can get you more …
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Five Reasons Instagram’s New Explore & Search Is Great For Your Business
Instagram just made it a lot easier to connect with other users and that’s great news for your business.
The all new Explore and Search features, which Instagram released earlier this week, now showcase trending hashtags and make customized recommendations for accounts to follow. The new search has options to search by top tags, people, or places. As Instagram explained in their blog, with search users “can now peer in at just about any location on earth.” Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom called the update “what we’ve been shooting for all along…It’s a real-time visual pulse for what is happening in …
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