INSIGHTS

INSIGHTS

Insights

Understanding Facebook Check-Ins for Page Admins

UPDATE: Facebook has updated since this post was written. Admins are now able to engage more fully on check ins from users who use their page. Click on Notifications, then click Activity to find Check Ins in the Admin Toolbar Once you click Activity, you'll see Check-ins alongside Reviews, Mentions and Shares.   You already know about likes and comments, and shares - the "big three" of Facebook engagement. But, are you familiar with Facebook "Check-Ins"? Watch our short video for a some basic understanding...

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3 Things Sales Leaders Need to Get Right Every Day

By Andy Roller On a Google Hangout, I recently interviewed John Sahid. We talked about sales training, managing sales teams, the relationship between sales and marketing, the impact of social media on B2B healthcare sales, and the best emails that help create sales opportunities. Here are three key things that sales leaders must get right: 1. Quickly show relevance and value Enough said. 2. Tell the right economic story Yes, it’s changing — and the pace of change keeps speeding up with technology. 3. Invest in your...

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Create the Perfect Holiday Brand Post With These Ideas

AuthorPick our brain. We're feeling generous this holiday season and want to give out some of the ideas that helped us form our content strategies this holiday season. If you're struggling to make the perfect holiday post on your business Facebook page or Twitter, we think you'll find these useful. Check out some ideas to make your page shine this holiday season. Gift Ideas Feature one of the best products or services, or in this case Memberships, you have to offer for...

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How to easily feature staff on social media

How To Easily Feature Staff on Social Media

Three Simple Steps for Uploading and Sharing Feature Photos Take a picture of that guy or girl in the office that brings that joy, that brings that positive attitude to work, and share the joke that they told, or just share something about them and let some fun and some humor get out there on the Facebook page.— Joshua Godsey, Social Media Writer, Expio Consulting 1. Make Photo Sharing Easy with Your Smartphone The first thing you want to do is learn how...

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Traits of Successful Brands on Social Media

  Participation in the Creative Process Key The clients that really succeed are the ones that collaborate. They work with you. So they answer the questions. Transcript In this business, we've learned a couple of things about what we like and what we don't like. The main thing we don't like are clients that we don't like. Here’s a bit of insight on clients that succeed well with social media. First of all, the client participates in the process. You’d be shocked at how many...

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Why We Love Super Simple Video Blogs & What We’re Doing About It

Video is a Highly Engaging Platform So, we thought we'd start doing some of our own. Video is great for creating simple, low-production tips and tricks in your industry. "Chief Social Media Evangelist""Profit Innovator""Social Media Rockstar" We are doing more video blogs. Hooray! We want to discuss various topics with you that we think can be really helpful for anyone starting and developing online marketing. Sometimes it will be a few minutes of me (Andy) talking, or maybe Joshua Godsey (insert inspirational quote), or...

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Why Your Social Media Isn’t Working

If You’re Not Doing a Good Job of Taking Care of Your Customers Offline, Social Media Will Just Make You Worse Maybe you’re just pushing yourself on people. So, social media is a conversation. It’s not a place just to always talk and never listen. So first reason it may not be working is you suck. If your business sucks, if you’re not doing a good job of taking care of your customers offline, if your service sucks, if your value sucks,...

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Achieving S.M.A.R.T Goals with Asana

I came across SMART goals a couple of years ago as a way to set realistic goals that address the problems of ambiguity and irrelevance. SMART stands for: Specific – Target a specific area for improvement. Measurable – Quantify or at least suggest an indicator of progress. Assignable – Specify who will do it. Realistic – State what results can realistically be achieved, given available resources. Time-bound – Specify when the result(s) can be achieved. Rather than setting a goal like: Be the best Ruby on Rails...

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Facebook Post “Reach” Is Declining and What to Do About it

Consider "Boosting" Posts regularly As you may have noticed, while social media use and engagement continue to rise, Facebook organic (not boosted) reach has been on the decline.

 Some see this as a negative, but it's not. Facebook, now a public company, has had to grow up and actually meet quarterly earnings. So, they've decreased the ability of brands to get the kind of reach they once had without spending some money. We've tracked our client pages and we've seen this decline first...

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5 Evidences that Prove Social Media is Making Business Better

1. Brands are now listening more than ever Great customer experiences start with knowing the customer. That's easier than ever thanks to the thousands of comments on brand posts everyday. This vast stockpile of user-submitted information has proven itself to be a powerful tool in the hands of business leaders, enough to translate into executive action. And it's awesome. About 50% of companies say social business has improved marketing optimization, customer experience and brand health (Altimeter Group). 2. Results are easier to track New tools for data...

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