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. 27+ Handy Tools for Better Visual Content Marketing
by Jodi Harris on the Content Marketing Institute’s blog
A great list of tools is always helpful, and this one includes 8 tips for creating visual content.
2. How to Get More Instagram Followers: The Ultimate Guide
by Sarah Dawley on the Hootsuite blog
This in-depth post will help you optimize your Instagram account and build a community. Lots of great resources (links) included as well!
3. Need Marketing Inspiration? Here Are 12 Places to Find Great Examples
by Lindsay Kolowich on the HubSpot blog
Another great collection of resources – this time – to help your creativity when planning your marketing strategy.
4. Social Brand Mentions: Key Tools To Find And Fully Capitalize On Them For Marketing
by John Lincoln at Marketingland.com
Here’s one more great list of tools – and this one is all about tracking what others are saying about your brand. This article shares free and paid options, so you can decide which one(s) works best for your business’ needs.
5. Facebook Expands Search To All 2 Trillion Posts, Surfacing Public Real-Time News
by Josh Constine onTechCrunch
A big improvement to Facebook’s Search function rolled out this week, and you can learn all about it this post from TechCrunch. Check out the video to see the new Search function in action!
6. Check your Facebook settings to make sure your posts aren’t searchable
by Anna Brading on Naked Security (Sophos)
And…now that all Facebook public posts are “searchable”, you may want to check your privacy settings! Follow the tips in this post, and remember you can always click on the “privacy check-up” icon on Facebook to check your settings at any time.
That’s it for this week. Stay connected on Facebook or Twitter to see all of the helpful resources we find and share!
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