Five-Star Strategies: The Art of the Customer Review

Five-Star Strategies: The Art of the Customer Review

In 2019, I wrote a blog post for the National Institute for Social Media about How to Write a Meaningful Review Quickly, but in honor of National Leave a Review Day, we’re going to take a deeper look at reviews – why they should be part of your strategic plan and what...
Is YouTube Shorts the Long-Game Winner?

Is YouTube Shorts the Long-Game Winner?

Over the past few years, short-form videos are in and longer content is out. Due in large part to the growth of TikTok, social media users have grown accustomed to videos that are sixty seconds or less. In July of 2021, YouTube launched their own version of this with...
5 Reasons To Recruit A Social Media Manager For Your Business

5 Reasons To Recruit A Social Media Manager For Your Business

Regardless of what you may have thought before, social media marketing is more important than ever. People underestimate the importance of social media management and social media today since they believe they can live without it, only to find out later that they...
6 Podcasts Perfect for Social Media Marketers

6 Podcasts Perfect for Social Media Marketers

Over the past year, the popularity of podcasts has continued to grow with no end in sight. The number of listeners increased by 40 million, or 8.6%, from 2023 to 2024, bringing the total to just over a remarkable 500 million. So why the sudden jump in popularity? It...
TikTok Ban: What It Means For The Future

TikTok Ban: What It Means For The Future

Photo By: Visuals New social media apps come around all the time. Some gain traction and become popular like Instagram did in 2010 but none more extreme than TikTok. When the app hit the market in 2018, it became the most downloaded app in the US and the rest of the...
8 Steps to Create Accessible Instagram Posts

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...