Most small businesses should be taking advantage of the power of video and social media to reach potential customers, but where do you start? The Social Media Hat has a resource for you. The YouTube Creator Playbook is a new resource that compiles important tips, best practices, and strategies to build greater audiences on YouTube. …
Using a Message Calendar for Social Media
Businesses should use a Social Media Message Calendar to ensure that their online message and branding remain consistent, scheduled and present on all platforms.
Twitter for Business
The past few years have seen a remarkable growth in the number of online websites and services used for sharing and communicating information about ourselves. For most small business owners, it’s been a very overwhelming period, with many simply refusing to acknowledge that mediums like Facebook and Twitter are not going away, and may actually …
8 Ways to Get More Google+ Page Followers
Growing a Google+ Page is similar to most other social networks. It takes time and effort. But there are a few differences and tips to be aware of.
Instragram 3.0 Brings Maps and a New Design
Instagram has released version 3.0 of their iPhone and Android mobile app. Unlike previous versions which focused on adding new filters and other enhancements, this release features a a number of design improvements and changes. What’s new: View your photos on a map (visit your profile and tap Photo Map to select which of your …
Klout Revises Metrics
Klout, the Social Measurement service, has revised their algorithms again. In the past, this has resulting in widespread confusion and often disdain for the service. Klout purports to analyze a user’s social activity and correlate that into a score that can then be compared with other Klout users. Changes to the algorthm have previously resulting in huge changes in a user’s score, leaving one to wonder whether or not the score is, or was, accurate at all.
This time, however, things are a little different.
Google+ App Update, Pushes Chrome Usage
Google+ has released version 3.1 of their mobile app. This update includes: Web links in posts now open in Chrome (if installed) Teens can now join and create Hangouts Instant Upload bug fixes to improve performance Obviously, the most interesting aspect of this update is the fact that Google+ will now use Chrome by default, …
Pinterest Gets Serious About Mobile
Pinterest, the social image sharing platform that is growing exponentially, has released version 2.0 of their successful app. This release brings with it Android platform support, as well as iPad.
According to the update:
“All new iPad app that makes it easy to pin, repin and browse the web.”
It goes on to include, “better usability for the iPhone and improvements to stability and performance.” Pinterest account creation is also now possible from the app.
iPhone Blogging
If you are blogging on your website, an easy way to make sure you find the time and inspiration is to enable blogging from your iPhone! You can then blog from anywhere at any time on any thing you see. All you need is a site that supports a Blog API and an app for …