Seach, Social & Content Marketing Blog

Social media, what’s it all about? Well, sharing your status, commenting on the status of others, tweeting and retweeting, pinning and repining, liking stuff, oh yeah, and sharing photos. In fact, according to an infographic published by MBAOnline.com, about 250 million photos are shared on Facebook each day. That’s a lot of photos to compete with; better make yours look good.

Instagram is growing by leaps and bounds, and we can’t wait to see what plans Facebook has for it. But, everyone, including businesses, should use Instagram sparingly. It’s cool and trendy for some photos but for the majority of your images you want high quality that shows off your products or services, staff or clients.

Kaila Strong answers: “How should I respond to a negative review in social media?”

How do you use Pinterest to gain new business online? Arnie Kuenn asks Mat Siltala with Dream Systems Media, Miranda Miller with Search Engine Watch, Janet Thaeler with PinnableBusiness.com and Kaila Strong with Vertical Measures. Each give their tips and insider info in this Google+ Hangout. This is a must watch for anyone interested in marketing their business on Pinterest!

There comes a time when every company realizes, “We need to improve our presence online.” The solution for this many times can be simple, a blog. A blog will give your site a consistent stream of new content, creates pages for targeted keywords, contains more content to share over social networks, allows people to interact with your website through comments and positions yourself or company as an expert in the field.

Kaila Strong answers: “What’s the best way for me to interact with fans who Like my Facebook business page?”

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