social media
Help, My Social Media Marketing Isn’t Working
Social media marketing sounds easy, but it’s not. Everyone knows it’s necessary, which is why everyone from international corporations to the corner barber shop has social media accounts. But not everyone is sure WHY it’s necessary. What exactly is a Facebook page supposed to be doing for your business? What good will come of keeping…
Read MorePromote Your Holiday Events with Facebook Marketing
Recently I found myself in charge of promoting a large, local, annual winter festival. The budget I was given for promotion was nearly $700, based in large part on previous years’ print advertising spending. Obviously, I knew better. The festival director trusted me when I said we’d use only a fraction of that by advertising…
Read MoreDo I Need Video on Social Media?
Hello from D. Cohn Communications! We’d like to share with you a column first published on ValpoLife.com: Do I Need Video on Social Media? Video posts are on everyone’s mind and the hottest new content option, but you shouldn’t jump in just for the sake of having video. Be intentional about it. Enjoy! Q: I’ve…
Read MoreToo Many Cooks: Multiple Social Media Managers
Too Many Cooks: When You Have Multiple Social Media Managers In a number of workplaces, the job of updating social media accounts falls to multiple people. The thought is that the more people who have access to the accounts, the more regularly they’ll be updated and the job won’t be solely delegated to one person.
Read MoreWhat Social Media Managers Really Do
There’s an Internet meme for social media managers that goes something like this. Six images are subtitled with something along the lines of “What My Friends Think I Do” (play Farmville all day), “What My Mom Thinks I Do,” (a man sitting in front of a bank of huge, state of the art computer screens),…
Read MoreIs Snapchat Right For Marketing My Business
What is Snapchat and Do I Need One For My Business? No doubt you’ve been hearing a lot about Snapchat recently. Snapchat is a social platform that owes more to instant messaging than to more traditional social platforms like Facebook or Twitter. It is completely visual and used heavily by young people. According to Snapchat,…
Read MoreThe Role of Followers in Social Media Marketing
The Role of the Follower in Creating a Successful Social Media Marketing Campaign You have social media accounts for your business or organization that need to be updated. Your company signed up for these accounts believing that “everyone else is doing it” and “it’s free, so we should be taking advantage of it.” But perhaps…
Read MoreYes, You Can Manage Your Own Social Media Marketing
Yes, You Can Manage Your Own Social Media Marketing Many contemporary companies have turned over their social media marketing to an internal employee who may or may not have training in marketing or in social media. These folks are tasked with making regular social media posts because the company does not have the interest or…
Read MoreSuccessful Social Media Campaigns
What Does A Successful Social Media Campaign Look Like? Let’s start with what it’s not. It’s Not More Likes. Believe it or not, getting new followers on social media is relatively easy. On Facebook, you simply pay a small amount to promote your page and bingo! New Likes. On other platforms, you work your networking,…
Read MoreThe Anatomy of a Tweet (for Absolute Beginners)
The Anatomy of a Tweet Last week, I showed my husband a Tweet I found particularly engaging, and he responded that he could barely understand it given all the tags and hashtags. Now, this is an exceptionally educated man, genius smart, who just doesn’t use Twitter. And I thought “No wonder Twitter is so intimidating…
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