When Facebook, along with siblings of Instagram, WhatsApp and others, went down earlier this week, it didn’t just bring down social media and messaging platforms: it also halted businesses. The 6+ hour outage meant for some, their company effectively ceased to be, unable to communicate or sell to customers without the use of one or […]
Small businesses haven’t had the easiest year. And for many, the introduction of a newly updated Facebook Business Suite couldn’t have come at a more inopportune time. While businesses may have to scramble to learn the new user interface, there are also new tools and streamlined processes for managing and measuring the performances of both […]
By the end of July, more than a thousand companies reduced or completely suspended their advertising on Facebook. Major corporations, including Mars, HP, and Coca Cola, continue to remain steadfast in their boycott of the social media platform. However, despite their efforts to foster change regarding Facebook’s free speech and misinformation policies, their actions have […]
A business has to pour a lot of resources into social media marketing, so it can be really frustrating when it doesn’t pay off. But it’s important to realize it’s not the social media platform to blame; for years companies have benefited from social media with increased consumer interaction and heightened brand loyalty. In this […]
Being in the marketing industry for 19 years, we have seen our fair share of marketing mistakes. Have you ever looked at a company’s social media post and thought, “who signed off on this?” Marketing fails are 100% preventable, and we are here to help. We have chosen a few common mistakes and suggestions on […]
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Keys to Successful Brand Reputation Management
In this digital age, consumers hold more power over brands than ever before. Your reputation is dependent upon the reviews, comments, and overall conversations that consumers make public online regarding their experience with your brand. What does this mean for you? It means that what people think and say about your brand has an enormous […]
It’s been about two months since The New York Times and The Guardian published articles about a joint investigation on Cambridge Analytica, a thereto mostly unknown political data consultancy, and their collection and exploitation of Facebook user data to influence elections and other political activities. Since the data scandal leaked, Facebook’s drawn-out silence and lack […]
While other social media platforms might be “up and coming,” it’s Facebook that is the current social media giant with 2.07 billion (with a b) monthly active users and 68 percent of US adults having an account, according to a stats round-up by Hootsuite. People connect, post, and read about each other’s lives all the […]
You know as a business you should have a social media presence, but it can often feel like a huge hurdle. Social media engagement requires planning, design, and constant posting and monitoring. However, that first post can be the biggest step of all, because it requires you to figure out how you will approach your […]
Okay, so you’re ready to put down some money to advertise your product or service on the internet. Modern online advertising on most platforms allows you to advertise immediately to whoever you want, without having to wait for the printer or the publisher. But now that you’ve made the decision to advertise, what platform to […]