Social Media
Learn the latest news and trends on the most popular social networks and how to reach and engage your audience with social media marketing best practices.
How a Facebook Page Grew Their Organic Reach 219% in 30 Days
If you’re a business on Facebook, there’s a good chance you’ve been fighting the organic reach battle. In the last year-and-a-half, Facebook organic reach has...
How Social Media Changed SEO And Why Your Business Can’t Thrive Without It
Many people ask the question, “Is social media necessary to get good search engine rankings?” In my opinion, they are starting with the wrong question. I...
Facebook Releases Quarterly Highlights, Continues To See Growth In Active Users
Facebook, as a public company, reports every quarter on the state of its business. This week it released its highlights for the third quarter of...
Twitter’s Complete Index Of Public Tweets To Become Fully Searchable
Twitter’s Yi Zhuang announced today that it now indexes every public tweet since 2006, and the entire index will be searchable. Want to read peoples’...
#SMM 101: 8 Apps To Make Better Pictures For Pinterest
As you’re probably already aware, Facebook is a juggernaut when it comes to social networking. In fact, research released recently by the Boston-based firm Shareaholic...
Wil Reynolds, Reddit, Content Over-Creation, and More: #StateofSearch 2014 Day Two Recap
Day Two at the Dallas-Ft. Worth Search Engine Marketing Association‘s State of Search conference was just as great as Day One: Sessions on social media, SEO, marketing,...
Snapchat Partners With Square To Introduce Snapcash, A Money Sending Service
Snapchat announced they have partnered with Square to introduce a new service called Snapcash, which marks Snapchat’s first partnership of any kind with another company. The...
User Behavior, SEO Audits, Social Media: #StateofSearch 2014 Day One Recap
Day one at the Dallas-Ft. Worth Search Engine Marketing Association‘s State of Search conference was a full day: ten sessions plus a morning keynote by...
Black Hat Social Media: How Buying Accounts or Follows Can Hurt Your Business
You just released a new piece of content and want to give it a little bit of traction on social media. While you could sit...
Facebook To Reduce The Amount Of ‘Overly Promotional’ Page Posts Appearing In News Feed
Beginning in 2015 you will start to see fewer page posts in your news feed that Facebook considers to be “overly promotional,” the company stated...
Twitter Plans To Introduce A Timeline That Resembles Facebook’s News Feed
Twitter recently announced some changes that are coming soon to the network, with one in particular that’s already not sitting well with longtime Twitter users....
Facebook Displays Unprecedented Transparency In Update To Privacy Polices
Facebook has been making strides to change the public’s perception towards how transparent and open they are about the data collected on its users, and what...
Lawsuit Against LinkedIn Claims Reference Search Is Costing Candidates Jobs
The social network known for connecting prospects with their ideal employers, and vice versa, is now being sued by four individuals who claim LinkedIn cost...
Instagram Adds Ability To Edit Captions, Improves People Search
Instagram announced a few new updates and improvements today that will no doubt make a lot of users happy. Have you ever published a picture,...
Quickly Unfollow Pages And People With New Facebook News Feed Settings
Facebook launched a new News Feed settings tool today that will allow you to quickly unfollow people and Pages without unfriending, or unliking them. In...
Mark Zuckerberg Answers Pressing Questions About Facebook In First Ever Public Q&A
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg conducted his first ever public Q&A today, and while he was lobbed fluff questions about his fashion choices (among other things),...
Twitter Gives Advice On How To Drive Sales In The 2014 Holiday Season
According to a Twitter study, 54% of users said promotions on Twitter were what motivated them to make a purchase. For businesses looking to capitalize...
What To Do When Things Go Wrong On Social Media: An Interview With Melissa Fach
A big thanks to our Pubcon 2014 sponsor, LinkResearchTools, your off-page SEO toolkit. Link Detox: Recover – Protect – Build. At Pubcon 2014 in Las...
Read And Respond To Customer Reviews In Real-Time On The Google My Business Mobile App
Today, Google announced an update to its Google My Business mobile app intended to to give more control to business owners on the go by...
Is Ello the New Facebook Killer or a 15 Minute Fame Flame?
It’s time to say “ello” to the new social network in town. Dubbed the “anti-Facebook,” the Internet is abuzz with news of the new social...
Twitter Stock Plunges Following Reports Of Declining User Engagement
On Monday, Twitter reported its user engagement had dropped by 7% in the third quarter despite its user base having grown by 23% in the...
7 Proven Methods to Explode Your Social Shares
We all want more social shares, but creating quality content, hitting the submit button, and hoping for the best just isn’t enough. With over 1.3 billion...
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In Q3, Facebook Drove 4x More Traffic Than Pinterest [REPORT]
With a $200 billion market cap and an active user base that rivals the entire population of China, Facebook has significant staying power. For publishers, marketers...
Facebook Considering Hosting Linked Content Rather Than Directing Users To Other Sites
The New York Times has brought to light the fact that Facebook is looking at options for hosting linked content on its own site, and...
Ad-free Social Network Ello Raises $5.5 Million In New Venture Funding
Ello, the new social network that whose mandate is to never display ads or sell user data, just completed a round of venture funding where...
Facebook Embraces Anonymity With The Launch Of New ‘Rooms’ iOS App
Facebook has announced the launch of new iOS app that encourages users to interact anonymously in a way that’s reminiscent of late 90’s – early...
What Google Learned From The Authorship Project: An Interview With Mark Traphagen
A big thanks to our Pubcon 2014 sponsor, LinkResearchTools, your off-page SEO toolkit and Link Detox: Recover – Protect – Build. At Pubcon 2014 in...
Twitter Introduces Digits, A Password-Free Sign In Solution For Apps and Websites
Today at Twitter Flight, the company’s first mobile developer conference, a new sign in service called Digits was introduced. Digits is being touted as a...
How to Run Facebook Ads for an E-Commerce Site
Facebook has a vast potential for businesses. But it can be difficult and frustrating knowing where to start, and how to proceed. I’m hoping this quick guide...
How a Small Social Media Mistake Ended Up Costing These Companies $4.3 Million in Losses
On average, companies can expect to lose about $4.3 million in global sales because of social media mistakes. But that’s not all: research from Altimeter...