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Facebook Ads: Juice worth the Squeeze?
How can you popularize and boost your brand through social media? Are Facebook ads worth the investment? Get to know the merits and demerits of Facebook ads!
China’s Social Media: Weibo and Renren
China has their own social media networks with millions of users! Weibo and Renren are the largest social networking sites in China. Facebook and Twitter are not used in China due to firewalls and security.
Use Vine for Small Business Marketing
Taking into considering how Vine has taken the world by storm, it’s probably best to start thinking outside the box about how you can use this latest platform to promote your business!
Google changes: Hashtag search and Youtube comments!
Google+ expands across Google properties in a big way with the launch of hashtag search and youtube commenting. And probably more G+ changes to come!
Vine Video of the Week: 13!
Will your six second video make it to our Vine video of the week posts? Share your videos with us at Growing Social Media!
We love to feature everyone and anyone, not just brands! We have featured Lil Bub, animation and illustration artists, comedians, and more. Share your video and get featured!
Women currently make up 80% of all Pinterest Users! [Infographic]
Check out this social media infographic by Pinbooster, which states that 80% of Pinterest users are female!
Twitter Announces Twitter Alerts
On Wednesday September 25, Twitter announced it’s latest product update – Twitter alerts, giving users timely, and accurate information about emergencies.
Social Media Management Tool: Sendible!
Social Media is becoming more and more popular, if that is even possible. There are so many platforms and networks, that there is a place for everyone. But most of us run multiple Social Media accounts. How do you keep up with the posting, the followers, the conversations, the retweets, the shares, etceteras? Social Media Management Tools like Sendible!
Global Social Media: Usage in Asia vs. the US
The ever growing landscape of social media. Did you know that audiences from Asia-Pacific are HUGE drivers of social media compared to the US?
Vine Video of the Week: 12!
Will your six second video make it to our Vine video of the week posts? Share your videos with us at Growing Social Media!
Social Media Customer Service!
With social media adoption growing daily, so are the numbers of consumers using social media to reach out to brands when they have a problem. Whether it’s Facebook or Twitter, a complex problem, or one that can be solved in 2 minutes it’s important to be prepared.
Is Linkedin Really Worth Paying For?
There is no denying the fact that Linkedin has over the years become an invaluable platform for all job seekers, but are some of its
Social Media’s Favorite Memes
In a world where there’s always a new fad such as “Keep Calm” it can be hard to keep up with what exactly each meme means. So here at Growing Social Media we’ve decided to give you the low-down on the REAL meaning of your favorite social media memes.
Social Media Management: CrowdBooster!
How do you keep up with your posts, current and new followers, conversations, retweets and shares? By using Social Media Management Tools like CrowdBooster!
LinkedIn Statistics in 2013 [infographic]
This year, LinkedIn has over a billion users. It’s a huge piece of the social media pie! It is a hub for employers, the employed, and well.. everyone who wants to be employed! LinkedIn has been around since 2003, but it’s really picking up speed this year by integrating new features. Not just for people, brands and companies are setting up pages and reaching out.
Google Plus Author Attribution and Embedded Posts
Last week Google announced the introduction of two new, amazing features to their Google plus social media platform – Author Attribution and Embedded posts. Author
Vine Video of the Week: 11! [and infographic!]
Will your six second video make it to our Vine video of the week posts? Share your videos with us at Growing Social Media!
Influential Emotions on Social Media
Social Media is everywhere, at any time, used by a majority of the population. Thoughts and pictures and videos are shared every second. They make us laugh and smile. But, unfortunately, behind the guise of social media profiles, acts of cruelty and bullying happen. Arguments are easily incited and held on forums and posts, tweets and videos.
How Users Interact with Google+ [Infographic] by Wishpond
A really great infographic, created by Wishpond, that discusses User interaction on Google+. Google+ is now the world’s second most popular social media platform, which is surprising because only 8% of Americans have a G+ profile. But G+ is here to stay and it is still growing. Brands are setting up pages and interacting too!
Seven of the Top Social Media Mistakes
Social Media in business can create a few hurdles. We’re so used to how we use it in our personal lives, that it’s easy to
Social Media Management: Buffer App
How do you keep up with the posting, the followers, the conversations, the retweets, the shares, etceteras? Social Media Management Tools! Last week, we put HootSuite and SproutSocial in the ring – head to head – to see what was the best tool. But they aren’t the only tools out there!
Facebook takes on LinkedIn!
Facebook have added a fully discoverable “skills” option to user profiles, as discovered by blog Sociobits.org and is a blatant copy from the popular Professional Social Networking site LinkedIn. While more and more employers are turning to Facebook for recruiting, it’s usually more to find out who the prospective employee really is, not how they want to appear.
Social Media Apps: Happier!
Social Media is THE place to share. And the best things to share are the moments and things that make you smile and feel good. That is where Happier comes along! Happier is a new social media platform and App where – you guessed it – you share the things that make you happy!
Vine Video of the Week: 10!
Will your six second video make it to our Vine video of the week posts? Share your videos with us at Growing Social Media!