Instagram Plans To Launch Long-form Video Hub, Invites Reporters To June 20th Special Event
Facebook launched its Watch Platform in the US in August 2017… and should surely be rolling out to more countries soon! (Watch is a dedicated streaming video platform available on desktop, mobile and TV app. The platform features a variety of shows from all types of creators, including big names/celebs like Oprah, Tony Robbins, James Corden, industry…
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8 Top Tools To Optimize Your Social Media Conversion Strategy
Social media is an amazing source of traffic, leads, and engagement. But, how do you make the most out of your social media marketing results? What happens when people visit your website? How do you get visitors to convert to leads and customers? In this post, I share some of the best tools to use…
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How to Increase Your Online Reviews Using Facebook
Do you have the Reviews feature enabled on your Facebook Page? Are you proactively building your online reviews? Do you have questions about reviews? In this special Facebook Live, brought to you by the Bank of America Small Business Community, I share what you can do online and in stores to get better online reviews,…
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Top 10 Facebook Video Marketing Questions
I recently teamed up with my good friends at Wave.video to present what we’ve found are the top ten Facebook video marketing questions, along with my answers. Check out the Facebook Live and companion slide deck – both embedded below. I’ve also included all ten questions and brief answers below… Wave.video is an incredibly easy to…
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Six Important Facebook Updates: What Marketers Need To Know Now
Should businesses abandon Facebook and use other social media platforms instead? One of my audience members asked this very question on a recent Facebook Live broadcast on my Page. My answer is, absolutely not! For SAVVY MARKETERS it is “Business as usual.” You are foolish if you abandon Facebook right now. Granted, if you are a…
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Did Cambridge Analytica Get Your Facebook Data? You’ll Find Out Soon
Facebook released an updated estimate on April 4, 2018 stating that the information of up to *87 million* people (not the original 50 million) — mostly in the US — may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica. *** UPDATE: 4.10.18 @ 9:45am PT. You can check whether your Facebook information was shared with Cambridge Analytica…
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Facebook Still Offers A Huge Opportunity For Video Marketing
Facebook still offers an incredible opportunity for marketers, especially when it comes to VIDEO MARKETING. Facebook [Watch] is right now where YouTube was 8-10 years ago in terms of establishing your own TV-like channel!! Are you publishing more video content? Facebook is looking for more episodic content and appointment television. That is, you go live…
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Working with Recent Facebook Updates, Driving Meaningful Group Interactions & More: The Social Scoop 3/14/18
Have you shifted your Facebook marketing strategy in recent weeks? Since Mark Zuckerberg announced the sweeping change to the news feed algorithm back on January 11th, there’s been a wide variety of responses out there. I’ve seen everything from recommendations to stop publishing content on Facebook altogether, to only using your personal profile and groups.…
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Facebook News Updates, Why Messenger Marketing Is Growing & More: The Social Scoop 2/15/18
Facebook has sure been in the news a lot lately. Here’s a roundup of several topics that have caught my attention in the past week or so… The scary Wired magazine cover of Zuck with a very bruised face (artist’s photo-illustration). Yikes. It’s a super long article, revealing insights from 51 current and former Facebook employees that paints a…
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Facebook PPC Success, Creating Quality Video Content & More: The Social Scoop 02/03/18
On January 31st, Facebook held its Q4 2017 Earnings Call and beat Wall Street’s expectations with $12.97 billion in revenue. Amazing. The earnings seemed to mitigate any negativity around a significant decline in daily usage. Just after the earnings were released, and before the actual earnings call, Mark Zucerkberg announced on his profile: “…we made changes that reduced time…
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