Countless social media platforms and inbound marketing strategies can make it hard to maintain brand consistency across all formats. Without brand consistency, you may cause confusion amongst your potential and current customers and/or viewers. As you may know, it’s important to claim usernames across all social media platforms with your brand name. In doing so, […]
5 Tips for Saving Time with Social Media
Tiffany Winbush is the Social Media Manager for Hiscox USA insurance, responsible for driving social media engagement and publishing the Hiscox Small Business blog. Tiffany lives in NYC with her tech entrepreneur husband and one year-old daughter. She is passionate about empowering women and girls and volunteers regularly with the over 100 year-old public service […]
How the Higher Education Industry Benefits from Social Media
Christina Philbert is co-owner of bpcp Consulting and is an experienced and passionate non-profit and higher education administrator. While social media has permeated nearly every industry and most brands maintain a presence online, the world of higher education as a whole has shied away from the new social-digital paradigm. Even though colleges and universities are on the cutting edge […]
Virtual Currency and Social Media: What's the Connection?
If you’re at all keeping up with the world of cryptocurrency (gotta love that word), then you’ve probably watched its up-and-downs, including skyrocketing values, friends in bad places (Silk Road), and worldwide rulings across the board. Most of this is related to bitcoin, the favorite virtual currency, but there are a number of virtual or […]
6 Methods for Introducing Real-Time Service Via Social Media
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years, you probably know that social media has become immensely popular and relevant to the way companies do business. It’s becoming necessary for businesses large and small to have an active presence on social media sites. These sites allow companies to engage with consumers […]
The Early Adopter Effect and It's Implications for Non Mega-Brands
A few weeks ago I read an interesting study by Business Insider about brands that “get there first” (so to speak) when it comes to new social networks. They found that there’s a positive relationship between being an early adopter and a brand’s audience size. Basically, the brands who created their profiles on a new social […]
3 Reasons Your Brand Needs Social Media
Let’s get real for a minute. If your business is not on social media yet, you’re already failing pretty badly. Yes, it’s true that not all social media platforms are right for all businesses, but if you are not at least on Facebook and/or Twitter, I don’t even know what to say to you. However, […]
Increasing Engagement Through Content Marketing: 4 Questions to Ask Yourself
Jay Baer states that a “lack of chatter isn’t a reason for your company to remain on the sidelines. Rather, it’s a signal that you need to make the first move.” Your content communicates with your followers and customers. Is your audience hearing from you on a consistent basis? If so, then you’ll be hearing […]
Keyword Planning for Facebook Advertising: Alternatives to Google’s Keyword Tool
Without a keyword plan, it’s hard to plan any online marketing or advertising initiative — nearly impossible. Inbound marketing, on Facebook or any other site, depends upon solid SEO, which is based on strategic keyword planning and usage. Content still matters, but if the right words aren’t used in that content, words and phrases that […]