Our weekly wrap up post lists the top articles found and shared this week, with information that will help your small business. So check out the articles below to get some tips for your social media strategy.
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1. How I Use Current Events to Get More Facebook Engagement
Great tips and ideas for using holidays, and events in your Facebook Page posts. What are your fans already talking about? Find a way to relate it to your business, or just offer your insight on the topic.
2. 9 New Social Media Statistics and What They Really Mean
This is a good post by Jay Baer on some of the top statistics in the newly released 2014 Social Media Marketing Industry Report (from Social Media Examiner).
3. The Complete Social Media Cover Photo Guide
Use this helpful resource to make sure all your cover photos are made with the correct dimensions.
4. The Big List of IFTTT Recipes: 34 Hacks for Hardcore Social Media Productivity
A great resource for saving time with “recipes” from IFTTT (If This Then That). You can set up these short-cuts to handle all kinds of tasks, and save lots of time in the process. You’ll just plug your account information into “recipes” others have created and made public.
5. Ideas for Creating Content That’s Actually Unique
Some insights on how to create content, especially when it comes to being passionate about a topic. Good tips!
6. Best Practices for Video Content Marketing
An easy-to-follow list for getting the most out of your videos. “Think like a publisher” is one of the top tips in this post. It will change the way you approach video content creation.
7. Facebook’s New Shazam-Like Tool Knows What You’re Watching and Hearing
Facebook’s new audio recognition feature uses your phone’s microphone to listen in and identify songs and TV shows that you can then share with friends. It’s an opt-in feature, and won’t record your voice if you are speaking while watching TV/listening to music. Will you be trying this new feature? (Roll-out started this week.)
You can also read more in the official Facebook announcement
This week’s photo is a throwback to 2007 from one of our many trips to Disney World in Orlando.
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