What Marketers Need to Know About the Facebook News Feed
Tweet Over the past few days, Facebook has unleashed an overhaul of their news feed that I believe has implications for marketers that go deeper than the surface. With hundreds of thousands of Facebook users revolting, only time will tell how long this particular feature will remain in its current design. In any event, one trend does seem clear. Like the sidebar Highlights that proceeded this particular redesign, Facebook seems to be in...
Read More3 Basic Keys to Direct Marketing on Facebook
Tweet Those of us who have been marketing directly to consumers since the 1980′s or before have experienced the evolution of channels from mailbox to internet and email. My work now involves encouraging clients to begin to look at Facebook as another prime environment for managing communications with customers and prospects. While thousands of companies have hopped on board Facebook from pure instinct that they need to be there, few...
Read MoreWinery Social Media Mistake #2: Vary Your Content Or Lose Your Audience
Tweet First we examined how to write a call to action in Susan’s Your Social Media Messages: Strategic or Waste? The next step was to understand what to say and where to find that content. Now it is time to examine how to vary your message. The worst mistake companies make, across social networks, is to hard sell everything. These companies push their products, services, and ideas non stop like a used car salesman. The following...
Read MoreQuality Over Quantity: Linkedin Recommendations The Misconception
Tweet One of the biggest and most image tarnishing mistakes people make in social media is the blind collection of numbers. Whether it is collecting meaningless followers on Twitter or blatantly soliciting people to “friend” a Facebook page, the idea behind such hard sell activities is to artificially increase the number of people “using” a particular network. The motive behind these activities is the idea that the...
Read More3 Steps to Increase Your Linkedin Search Rank
Tweet If you are someone looking to get hired for a job of any kind, whether it be long-term or contract, you increase your chances of being discovered by ranking high in a Linkedin search. Just like managing your Google search presence, there are steps you can take to increase your chances of rising to the top. How to rise to the top of a Linkedin People search: Get clear on the keywords people will use to look for your talent. Sprinkle...
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