You’ll find some great marketing tips on this list of resources in our social media wrap up. Check out the 7 articles below.
Click on each article’s title to read it now or save it a Pinterest board for later. (You’ll see a Click here to Pin it link for each resource.)
1. 6 Brands That Will Have You Rethinking Your Social Media Marketing Strategy
Take a look at what some of these big brands do on social media. There are some great tips here (for any size business) on a variety of platforms that may help with your social media strategy.
2. How to Use Infographics to Get Leads From Your Website
Last week we shared a link to a terrific collection of tools for making Infographics (see that article here.)
This new article from HubSpot explains how to effectively use Infographics to generate leads (with free templates to download).
3. LinkedIn Showcase Pages: Are You Ready to Build Yours?
Do you have a LinkedIn Company Page? Have you heard that the Products & Services Tab will be phased out on April 14th? It looks like we’ll need to create a Showcase Page for specific products/services.
This article on Social Media Today explains how to create a Showcase Page (you can have up to 10 max).
4. 7 Tricks All Bloggers on Pinterest Should Know
Some good tips and resources in this article on optimizing your blog content for Pinterest. I haven’t had time to check out all the linked resources; but there is one for WordPress Plugins (paid) that help with Rich Pin set-up that I’ll be looking at in more detail.
5. Why Twitter Is LinkedIn’s Secret Weapon For Prospecting
This is a terrific guide for using the 2 platforms together; with a helpful tutorial on FollowerWonk (a Twitter tool).
6. Google Plus Circles – When to Share to Circles and When to Post Public
A really helpful article on Google+ Circles and how to use them! Start out with just a few circles if you’re new to G+ and then develop a system that works for you – whether your circles are topic-based or relationship-based.
7. Changes to Facebook Pages: What You Need To Know
Amy Porterfield’s article gives you some good tips for using the new “Pages to Watch” feature rolling out. You can check out competitors’ or Industry Influencers’ Pages, see what’s working for them and then maybe get some great ideas for your Page.
This week’s photo is of Anclote Beach in the Tarpon Springs area of Florida.
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