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3 Ways to Build Trust on Social Media

3  Ways to Build Trust on Social Media Every business wants a social media following of loyal customers. When you have a loyal following, you have an engaged audience; and when you have an engaged audience, you have a community that is often just as excited as you are about your services or products. This…
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Instagram and Facebook Stories

Instagram and Facebook Stories: Why and How to Use Them

What are Stories? On both Facebook and Instagram Stories are an ephemeral feature that lasts for 24 hours, only to disappear forever after (Instagram allows you to save it as a Highlight). It can be a photo or video, full of filters, stickers, and other fun effects. You can run Story ads, too (more on…
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10 Irresistible Video Title Phrases for maximum engagement

10 Irresistible Video Title Phrases

Some video titles are irresistible! Something about certain phrases really piques our interest, as shown by Wochit. So what’s the best title for your video? A quick google can show lots of advice and you’ll see search engine optimization (SEO) as the biggest piece. We’d agree that keeping SEO is important, but we also discovered…
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The End of Facebook for Businesses? Don't panic!

The End of Facebook for Businesses?

In early January, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced major changes coming to Facebook over the next few months. He stated there would be more emphasis on conversations among friends, and fewer business and media posts clogging up the News Feed.   Translation: organic reach will be at its lowest. This isn’t shocking, considering how Facebook has decreased organic reach…
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Why Get a Social Media Audit from Great Scott

A social media audit is a thorough review of your social media profiles to ensure optimization is achieved for each respective network. So what does that mean, exactly? And why are we giving it away for free?  Many business owners don’t realize there are optimizing opportunities within a social media profile because they don’t take the…
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7 Facebook Live Tips for Your Business blog

7 Facebook Live Tips for Your Business

Have you heard the buzz about Facebook Live? Do you keep pushing it off because it’s intimidating? Think again. Let’s look at some of the reasons why you should be going Live: it’s cost-effective,  it’s completely unique content, and it allows you to connect with your fans directly. A report from Coschedule found that Facebook…
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5 Types of Social Media Posts Fans Love blog

5 Types of Social Media Posts Fans Love

One of the biggest challenges of posting on social media is creating original content. You’re pressed for time handling your business and sitting down to plan out effective posts requires a decent chunk of time. You don’t want to publish content that gets scrolled by over and over, though. We’ve gathered a few types of posts to…
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Hashtags: When to Use Them to effectively build your brand

Hashtags: Where to Use Them

Hashtags are everywhere. They even show up verbally in our conversations. But just because you see and hear of them everywhere doesn’t mean your business should be using them everywhere. There is a time and a place for hashtags, which we’ll explore in this article. Hashtags are a topic that can be one word or…
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Free Social Media Checklist to help you stay on track

Free Social Media Checklist

You have a business to run and you know social media is an important component of your business. It’s where your competitors are and it’s where your leads and customers are. So there’s no doubt you need to be on it as well. Do you have a plan or strategy to keep up with social…
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3 Mobile Tools to Create Social Media Visuals that aren't Canva

3 Mobile Tools to Create Social Media Visuals

You know you should plan your posts ahead of time, but sometimes life gets in the way and you find yourself in a social media pinch. You’ve got something to share, but you’re on the go with no desktop to make a graphic, and you know you need that graphic. High impact visuals are what…
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