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Social Media Project Managers: Effective Steps To Get Your Team On The Same Page
Photo by Jason Goodman As a project manager, it can be hard to maintain a solid list of all your contributors, strengths, weaknesses, and deliverables. Your team can have excellent communication, but getting knocked out of alignment on social media is still possible,...
8 Steps to Create Accessible Instagram Posts
People visit Instagram, the fourth largest social media platform, to connect, explore, and find inspiration in the world around them. Still, over a billion people worldwide have disabilities and they may face difficulties when interacting with content if posts are not...
Is Pepsi Okay? It’s More Than Okay: How an Ad Campaign Can Flip a Perception on Its Head
Have you ever found yourself slightly disappointed that a restaurant only serves Pepsi products? Think back to the last time you requested a nice, refreshing Coca-Cola and the waiter responded with three of the most disheartening words ever: “Is Pepsi OK?” Did you...
Missing Something? Social Media Research Is an Integral Part of Your Campaign
In this ever-changing world and economy, coupled with the frantic pace of life, businesses want to see results… and quickly! Clients’ requests and deadlines seem to come in on an hourly basis. Social media and technology platforms continue to launch, grow, or fail at...
How to Host a Virtual Event or Fundraiser
During the pandemic the world shifted. Organizations had to rethink the way they fundraised, hosted events (if they even did), and utilized volunteers. Due to the economic climate, some companies or individuals saw a need to pull back their annual contributions. We...
Social Retail: COVID-19 Changed How We Buy
Consumer behavior has undoubtedly shifted to the use of digital tools in the last few years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. If you are like me, and you check out your list of purchases on your Target or Amazon app, there’s an upward trend in purchases. You’ve likely...
Teaching Social Media to Adults
Working as a social media professional is more than community management, strategy, and marketing. Most social media roles entail some aspect of education. This can be anything from educating leadership on the goals and fundamentals of social media to teaching team...
Making the Argument for a Social Media Council
Often at big companies, there’s an assumption that “the social media team does social media.” But this is not true. Your social media team works with groups throughout the company to ensure your social media is safe, effective, on-brand and compliant. Close...
Utilizing Social Media Marketing for Your Real Estate Business
Effective marketing has always been one of the key challenges for any real estate business. Yet, it’s undeniably an essential component to success. Fortunately, the rise of the digital landscape has provided realty businesses with some great tools here. Chief among...