This week’s must-read posts include tips and strategies for: understanding your audience, pinning videos on Pinterest, content marketing strategy and more…
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 highlight 5 “must-read” articles for your small business – use these resources to get tips on social media strategy or specific social media platforms.
Plus we share any important updates from the week from the major sites in the News section at the bottom of this post.
Click on each title below to go to the original article.
1. Facebook, Twitter Announce Tools to Help Users Celebrate the Rio Olympics
by Andrew Hutchinson on Social Media Today
Want to follow the Olympics on social media? Get links to helpful resources and accounts in this post.
Also, see our Facebook post (click here) for an updated list of resources.
2. This Year’s Need To Know Content Marketing Statistics & Facts
by Brian Honigman on Social Media Today
Wow – check out this big list of stats and facts to help you plan your content marketing strategy!
3. 3 Tips for Pinning Video on Pinterest
by Kristi Hines on Social Media Examiner
Did you know you can save or “pin” video content to your Pinterest boards? This helpful tutorial walks you through the process.
4. The Content Marketing Kitchen: 4 Tips for Writing Delicious Copy
by Joshua Nite on the Top Rank blog
This list of quick tips will help you write better copy for your website and social media sites.
5. 7 ways to get to know your audience better
by Timothy Carter on Marketing Land
The better you know your audience, the better you can plan your marketing strategy. So use these 7 tips to learn more about your audience.
News from the Week:
Top updates and announcements from the major social media platforms: Click on each title to read the full article and then stay tuned for further developments and strategic tips!
Instagram rolls out “Stories” – a direct competitor to Snapchat? Here are 4 good resources:
(1) Instagram Stories: All You Need to Know on Instagram’s New Feature
(2) Official Instagram annoucement
(3) Instagram is using an algorithm, Facebook data to sort its new Stories feed
(4) How to Use Instagram Stories: A Simple Guide for Marketers
Video is coming to LinkedIn:
LinkedIn moves into video, starting with Quora-style Q&A from Influencers
And soon to Pinterest:
Pinterest Native Video Coming Soon – Here’s a First Look
Facebook aims to reduce clickbait headlines and links:
News Feed FYI: Further Reducing Clickbait in Feed
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