Social Media Must-Reads 10-17-15

Social Media Must Reads 10-17-15

Need help keeping up with news and updates in the social media world? Let us do the work for you! In our weekly post, we share 5 must-read articles for your small business’ strategy.

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1. 7 Do’s and Don’ts for Successfully Mixing Social Media and Customer Support

By Tabitha Naylor on HappyFox.com

Your social media sites can be an important part of your customer service program. Get some helpful tips from this article.

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2. How To Increase Website Traffic with Quizzes

by Karol Kopanko on JeffBullas.com

Interactive content, like quizzes, can be a great way to build traffic and engagement with your target audience. This post shares some great ideas and resources for creating quizzes.

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3. Google My Business | Benefits for Brick and Mortar Business

by Jamie Teasdale on SteamFeed.com

If you have a local business with a physical location (“brick and mortar”), you should make sure you’re optimizing the Google My Business tools. This is a helpful tutorial on how to set up your listing.

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4. 3 Easy Facebook Store Options for Ecommerce

by John Dukes on the HubSpot blog

If you sell physical products online, check out these tools for creating your own Facebook “store”.

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5. How to Fully Engage Your Readers’ Brains with Images

by Pamela Wilson on Copyblogger

This is a fantastic guide on how to create visual content! Get tips and resources from this article on using and creating images/graphics.

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6. Introducing Pablo 2.0, Perfect Images to Fit All Networks

By Kevan Lee on the BufferApp blog

One of my favorite free tools for quickly and easily creating visual content is the Pablo tool from Buffer. The tool has just been updated, so check out its features in this post.

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That’s it for this week! Found any other great resources? Let us know! And stay connected on Facebook or Twitter to see all of the helpful resources we find and share each week!

 

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About Terry League

Terry helps small business owners with social media strategy, training and account management. With a background in marketing and training, she enjoys combining those two areas to teach business owners how to get the most out of their social media marketing. Connect with Terry on Twitter and Instagram @TerryLeague for more on social media with a mix of positive motivation and inspiration.