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How To Reach Millennials Using Social Media Marketing
Photo by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels Though many still consider millennials as a younger generation, they are actually in their late 20s to early 40s and were the first generation to access social media. As such, they are the most active generation on social media,...
For the LOVE of Social
Sometimes, social media can get a bad rap. From studies that link high levels of social media use and depression to other studies that find social media facilitates false news traveling faster than true stories, it can be easy to fixate on the negative. Today is...
Using Social Media to Reach Your Target Audience
Image source: Unsplash Businesses that utilize social media are nothing new. It’s estimated that 97% of Fortune 500 companies rely on it, but it’s just as effective for small businesses across the country. While your business might already be using social media, the...
Marketing Don’ts & Why They (unfortunately) Work
As a certified social media strategist, it’s part of my job to look for patterns. Why do people respond to some posts and not others? Where’s the fine line between provocative and offensive content? How do you tell someone they should check out your product – because...
Why You Need A Content Marketing Strategy for your Brand
Without compelling content, it’s tough to get your business out there. Bill Gates coined the term “Content is King,” back in 1996 meaning that the whole point of content marketing is to increase visibility to attract your audience to your website as many times as...
Tell Your Story with Brand in Social Media
Content Planning with a Brand Lens Like a brand, great social content takes work. There’s a lot that goes into planning each and every post on a social media platform. The American Marketing Association defines brand as "A name, term, design, symbol, or any other...
Social Networking: A Web of Powerful Professional Relationships
Whether you’re doing it because you want a change, you’re starting out with your first “adult” job, or you are forced into job change for reasons beyond your control, for many, competing in the 2017 job market is a vast, often terrifying, unexplored frontier. Searches...
Meet Social Media Professional & Professor, Margaret Stewart
Dr. Margaret Stewart took her Social Media Strategist and Instructor certifications through the National Institute for Social Media (NISM). Margaret is a college professor and researcher at the University of Florida (UNF). She is a consultant and trainer for Socially...
Where do You Start with Social Media?
I am asked the above question often, and my answer is always, “What is your purpose for using social media?” And for me, this is a two-fold question: (1) What is the purpose of the business or as Simon Sinek says, “Your WHY?” and (2) What is the purpose of using...