Each week we share a Wrap Up of the top 5 posts we found that will help small business owners with their social media marketing. This week’s list includes updates on Pinterest and Facebook, helpful tips for using SnapChat, optimizing Facebook’s Pages App, editing online photos, and capturing blog post ideas.
Just for fun, we include a photo from our local area here in Florida!
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1. Facebook Pages App Changes: What Marketers Need to Know
Have you installed the Facebook Pages App on your phone? Wondering how to use all its features? Then check out this helpful tutorial by Katie Lance on Social Media Examiner.
2. NEW Messages Feature on Pinterest
Have you seen this yet? Now you can send and receive messages on your Pinterest account! Whether you plan on using messages for personal connections or business-building projects, this should be an exciting new feature to investigate.
Learn more in this post from the Pinterest blog and stay tuned for more tips as we try the new feature.
3. Make an Online Photo Engaging: Tools and Rules to Help Edit Images
Need some help optimizing your online photos? This article by Kristi Kellogg / BruceClay.com gives you some great tips and tools for taking and editing photos.
4. How to Capture Blog Post Ideas
Gini Dietrich at Spin Sucks has compiled some helpful tips from successful bloggers! Check out the list to see if any of their ideas can be used in your content planning. I would add Evernote to the list of tools!
5. The Beginner’s Guide to Snapchat
If you’re thinking about using this app in your marketing strategy, then check out the helpful guide by Kyli Singh on Mashable.
6. (EXTRA) Major Facebook Announcement
Facebook just announced some updates this week, one which may directly affect your Page, depending on the Apps you are currently using.
Like gating will be banned on November 5, what does this mean for you?
Emeric Ernoult explains what this change will mean to marketers and their Facebook Pages in this post on AgoraPulse.com. As we learn more or find updates, we’ll share them with you here or on our Facebook Page.
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This week’s photo is a view of the river in downtown New Port Richey, FL.
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