Tag Archives: twitter

  • Tips for Sourcing Engaging Images for Your Social Channels

    Social media channels have all become very visual. Text alone just doesn’t cut it; images attract much more attention than that black and white print. However, just any old image isn’t good enough; your images must be relevant and engaging. Stock images are easy to use because you can be sure about owning the rights to use it, but at what expense? Stock images can also be used by others, repeatedly. That would mean that your audience has likely seen them repeatedly as well and if it does attract their attention, it would be for the wrong reason entirely. Here are 5 tips from RebelMouse   for creating or finding images to use on your social media channels. Use Different Images on Different Channels: Not only …

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  • 10 Expert Twitter Tips

    Twitter is growing bigger every day. It can be a difficult beast for marketers and businesses to tackle. However if you can conquer Twitter, you can easily and quickly reach hundreds, thousands, or millions of people. Here 10 tips from Twitter experts to help enhance your Twitter marketing knowledge. Don’t just share a headline. Add your thoughts or spin. Follow influencer lists. These can be an ongoing resource for you. Different influencer lists can help you in different ways. If you are building your own following, influencer lists and other lists are a great place to start. Use images. Tweets with images have 35% more retweets. Photo credit: SocialMediaExaminer Have a purpose and establish goals. Why are you on Twitter? Appeal to curiosity. Curiosity may …

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  • Social Media Tips to Create Buzz at Your Next Trade Show

    Social media marketing should already be a big part of your marketing plan for your trade show. If it is not, it is definitely time to start incorporating it into your regular trade show routine. Here are some infographic tips to help you prepare for social media at trade show with some tactics and ideas to be executed both before and during the trade show or exhibition event. Ideas for Trade Show Promotional Gifts Giving away branded gifts or promotional products is still an important strategy for trade show vendors. Tie in your promotional product giveaways into social media to help add to the marketing and tie everything together. The 5 main goals for your take away should be: Increase your brand. It has been …

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  • Sharks are on Twitter – Did You Know?

    If you haven’t already heard about the tech savvy sharks of Western Australia, we though you should know about them. As part of an amazing effort to keep humans and sharks safe, a program launched by the Surf Life Saving Western Australia  is using technology and social media to warm swimmers and beach goers when sharks come close to the beach. Over 300 sharks have been tagged, and that number is growing every day. When the tagged sharks swim within 1 kilometre of a beach, the transmitter pings a computer, which then tweets the information. The area off the coast of Western Australia is considered one of the deadliest places in the world for shark attacks. Of course, human surfers are not the only ones …

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  • What’s the [Key] Word? Can Hashtags be used for Business?

    If you are wondering what all of the buzz is about in social media with hashtags, do not worry, you are not alone wondering about the puzzlement of this social network trend. When a number sign is in front of a word or keyword, it is called a hashtag. Many people do not know the true intention of hashtags, and even more do not know how to use them [properly]. Earlier this week, U.S. late night show host and comedian Jimmy Fallon teamed up with Justin Timberlake for this skit to show people how silly they are when they use, or overuse, hashtags in social media. The popularity of hashtags seems to be peaking now, especially since Facebook just recently enabled hashtags on their platform …

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  • Celebrate World Social Media Day on 30, June 2013!

    At the end of this month, Mashable  is organising the 4th annual World Social Media Day. The day was originally designed so that people in every city across the world could have social media meetings, tweet ups, and educational events to teach others about social media. Learning about new technology and sharing ideas with others are some of the fundamentals of social channels that are enhanced when people get together to talk about it. Each year, there are new social media sites to learn about and the existing channels are ever-changing, new best practices emerge, and overall it is a fun time to meet up in person with others who share the same interests that you normally only converse with online. Social Media Day in …

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  • Social Media Benefits for Business featuring BrandMe’s Social Channels

    Social media has become an essential part of businesses today. It is not just “a good idea” to have social channels, it is necessary to be able to connect with your customers in social media. Nowadays customers look for a company’s social media channels to verify that they are a legitimate business but also to know that they will have a way to get in touch with the company easily. If you are just getting started in social media, make a plan and pick the channels you want to showcase your brand and bring your company’s personality to life. It is not necessary to have a presence in all social channels, only the ones that you can keep up with. The worst thing is to …

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  • Brand Me Social Media

    Connect with BrandMe on our other social channels in addition to our blog. We are growing our social media network and would love to have you come and chat with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest. Be a fan of BrandMe on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/brandmeau and share with us ideas for the best uses of our promotional merchandise. When you choose your promotional products, you can share them with your friends and followers through our Facebook page. BrandMe is also on Twitter. Please come and follow us: https://twitter.com/brandmeau and get social with us, talking and tweeting about #promotionalproducts #BrandMe and #corporategifts.  We also like to talk about business best practices and marketing tactics to help our customers in addition to promotional items. Pinterest may be the …

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