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It’s Tumblr Time: 5 Social Media Tips & Tricks to Build Your Brand
This guest post was written by Stefanie Burger
By now you must have caught on to the fact that we are indeed living amidst a fully fledged technological super boom. With new trinkets and toys being introduced every day, our resources for business are unlimited and now include social media! How often do you hear someone say, “I don’t know how” in reference to social media, or even better, how often do you say it? If this is you then Tumblr is the platform that will welcome you with open arms.
What is it? Tumblr is a blogging platform like WordPress or Blogger but with a cleaner user interface and broader understanding of the variations in client skill level. This blog-building site in particular specializes in short-form blogs that allow users to post mixed media like photos and videos in addition to the typical blog text. The purpose of this idea is to share postings with blog followers who can in turn share the parent post with their own followers on various social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. The Tumblr platform is easy to use, easy to customize and even easier to manage which makes it blogger friendly at every skill level. Read more
LinkedIn 101: Best Ways to Use Powerful Social Media Tool
LinkedIn built its niche in the social media arena as the professionals’ hub. Originally designed for job seekers to get hired, it has expanded into much more. In a recent informal survey of several hiring managers, each one reported that LinkedIn is their #1 go-to place to look at potential employees. None of them looked at paper resumes! Whether you are looking for a job, potentially hiring others, staying current in your field, or promoting your business, LinkedIn is the professional person’s place to be. Read more
Facebook’s NEW Timeline for Business Pages
Photo courtesy of smileham
By now you have likely heard of the design changes coming on Facebook. On March 30, all Facebook Pages will be upgraded to the new format, so it’s a good idea stay ahead of the curve and optimize your business page to take advantage of the new design and features right away. Facebook can be a powerful storytelling tool for any business, if you are able to position yourself to keep up with the speed of communication.
As you may have noticed, the new design no longer has a landing page. People will always see the timeline view of your page when they visit. Your landing page and other tabs will still be available, but you cannot make them the default page that visitors see first. Read more
Picture Your Business on Pinterest: 9 Tips for Companies
In our last blog post, we introduced you to the wonderful world of Pinterest — your virtual bulletin board. From cute dog pictures to stunning hairdos, examples of clever material to reuse to mouth-watering cakes — you can find pictures of everything on one easy to use site.
For those of you that want to use Pinterest to promote your products or services, here are Three Girls Media & Marketing’s nine best tips to get the most from this latest social media platform. Read more
Pinterest 101: What It Is and How To Use It
Sometimes when we at Three Girls Media & Marketing hear of a new social media platform, we momentarily think, “No way! Another social media website? Hasn’t everything that can be done in social media already been done?”
Luckily, this notion lasts only for a fleeting moment, because when we go in and peruse each new site, we realize that most of them have a unique and useful angle. Pinterest is no exception. Read more