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 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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How I Do Pinterest: Katie Carlson, ImproveNet/CraftJack
What does it take to succeed on Pinterest? Some Viraltag users with serious Pinterest mojo are taking us behind-the-scenes of their daily routines. Today, we meet Chicago-based Katie Carlson, who does content marketing and social media for ImproveNet.com. The home-improvement site has been owned by CraftJack, a service that connects home-improvement professionals with homeowners, since 2013.
It’s fitting that Katie Carlson pins home-improvement ideas from an office that won an award for interior design.
Katie Carlson of CraftJack/ImproveNet
At CraftJack’s headquarters, the entry hall is a series of portals that represent phases of a home construction project. The theme …
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Webinar Recap: How To Build A Brand From Scratch on Social Media
We were honored to be joined by an amazing founder friend of ours for a webinar this week. Tara McNulty is the founder of Shoot, an awesome contact sharing mobile app that is so much more efficient than carrying around a pack of business cards (which, as she shared in the presentation, often get thrown away).
Tara shared her experience trying to build a brand from scratch and acquire first time users for her app, all while working with a limited budget and limited time. Anyone running a business on their own, or with a small team, will find her time saving tips and …
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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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23 Social Media Tips We Learned at #BlogHer15
I’m back from an inspiring and information packed few days at #BlogHer15. The annual conference from She Knows Media featured speeches and workshops led by women who have succeeded in bringing their voice to the masses using online tools.
I spent the few days with my notebook open, writing down everything I learned about which tactics and tools lead to the best results. I heard new tips for success on the old networks Facebook and Twitter, learned how to stop playing around on Instagram and Pinterest and actually use them to grow your business, and got an overview for getting started on new platforms Snapchat, Meerkat, and Periscope.
True to the theme …
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How To Use Social Media To Drive Offline Interactions
It’s a safe assumption that if you are reading this blog, you’re using social media in some way to grow your business. Maybe you’re building a brand for your website or sharing inspiration to engage your community online.
But what if you are creating an event offline? Can social media help you drive face-to-face engagement as well? Absolutely.
Whether you’re planning an in-store concert, an author talk, or a huge end-of-season sale, social media is one of the most effective and affordable ways to get the word out. Keep in mind, your customers’ Facebook and Twitter feeds are already packed with ads, …
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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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How To Use Social Media To Plan the Best 4th of July Party
The Fourth of July is not only a historic day, but it is also a day to throw a fun-filled party with amazing fashion, games, food, cocktails, and of course, fireworks.
Planning this party can be quite difficult, as there are a lot of factors to worry about. However, social media is a great source for unique and interesting ideas for your celebration. At Viraltag, I help in creating consistent branding and imagery throughout our social media accounts. While doing this, I found that planning a party can be very similar to developing a social media strategy. It takes time, …
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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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10 Tricks To Get More Repins On Pinterest
Succeeding on Pinterest takes more than just sharing photos everyday. Sharing content at specific times and in certain ways will lead to more engagement. Creating your pins with your user in mind helps drive engagement. Think about what mood they will be in, what they are looking for, and on what device and in what context they will be viewing your pin.
In this slideshare we go over 10 things you can do to get more repins on Pinterest.
Have you tried any of these tricks? Are there any other tricks that work for you? Let us know what has …
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Schedule Pins on Pinterest Secret Boards Now Using Viraltag
You asked for it. We heard you, and we built it.
We’re happy to announce that beginning today, you can use Viraltag to schedule pins to your Pinterest Secret Boards! (Click here to tweet the news)
We all have some things we want to keep private. Pinterest users are pinning wish lists, gift ideas, and brainstorms that they aren’t ready to reveal to the public on Secret Pinterest Boards. While you have a choice to invite specific users to your secret boards, these boards are kept private from your broader followers.
Marketers are finding secret boards to be a useful tool to plan, coordinate, and execute on …
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