Category: Social Media for Business

How to set and measure social media goals that generate leads.

When we receive inquiries from organizations, we ask them about their goals for social media. Most tell us their goal is to increase sales. We then talk with them about the difference between a goal and an outcome - money is an outcome, not a goal. Experience has shown that a more realistic goal for […]

In the past few weeks, I’ve been talking about trends for 2019 (2 trends; 3 more trends). There is one trend that deserves its very own post – and that’s change: an ever-constant trend. The one trend you can always count on resurfacing year after year is that businesses must—to some degree—adjust their social media […]

Last week, I shared two social media trends to watch in 2019. They include the growing importance of personal branding to business branding and the acceleration of personal marketing.  No business can ignore the significance of its social media presence because it influences how people perceive its brand. And, while branding and personalized marketing will […]

As 2018 nears its conclusion, business owners and marketers should be thinking about what they can do to make their companies more successful in the New Year. I hope that somewhere near the top of their priorities list is finding ways to leverage their social media channels more effectively. So what can you do to […]

With social media a marketing staple for businesses in all industries and across all parts of the globe, it has become more competitively critical than ever for brands to get their acts together. You’ll find no shortage of online articles that offer social media tips, but many of them don’t cover the foundational necessities that […]

Working as a social media strategist for the past eight years has given me an opportunity to work with many clients that take social media seriously and have put processes in place to facilitate success. It has also given me ample occasion to deal with businesses that fail to acknowledge that social media marketing requires […]

You may have noticed that when you log into LinkedIn, there is now a list of “hashtags you follow” on your home page. And when making a LinkedIn post, you might have been prompted to include a hashtag. In fact, I was required to include a hashtag in a recent post! If you’re wondering, “What’s […]

Colleagues, clients, and friends often tell me how difficult they find it to keep up with the never-ending changes in social media. I agree that it's challenging; social media platforms regularly add and remove features, change guidelines, and update algorithms. However, dealing with all of that doesn’t have to be cumbersome. With the right plan […]