Google+ Business Pages Come to SocialMadeSimple

Posted by: on May 20, 2013 in Blog, News |
Google+ Business Pages Come to SocialMadeSimple

We’re excited to announce that SocialMadeSimple now integrates with Google+ Business Pages!

Google+ recently decided to open their platform to a select group of companies based on their experience helping businesses manage their social presence and we’re thrilled that SocialMadeSimple made the cut.

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Looking for a lunch destination? Well, keep on looking.

Posted by: on May 14, 2013 in Blog, Put Into Practice, Social Marketing Tips |
Looking for a lunch destination? Well, keep on looking.

(Warning, this post may contain inappropriate content.)

In my last blog post, we discussed how to build your brand through controversy on social media. Now it’s time to see the flipside. Let’s take a look at a brand whose controversy was not well-received. 

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Boston Marathon on Social Media. What were you watching?

Posted by: on May 1, 2013 in Blog |
Boston Marathon on Social Media.  What were you watching?

There it was, all in front of me. Everything I needed to know. But I didn’t even have my TV on. I found all the news updates I wanted to know about the Boston Marathon bombings on social media. And what did I see? All over my newsfeeds I saw images and status update about this horrible tragedy and the search for the second suspect on the run. Bostonians and people all over the country and world were pulling together to support the brave men and women of law enforcement as they looked to apprehend one of the two suspects. The world showed their support for the residents of Boston and the greater Boston area. All of this on social media.

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Defining your brand through controversy

Posted by: on Apr 16, 2013 in Blog, Social Marketing Tips |
Defining your brand through controversy

I manage all sorts of social media profiles. Brand pages, business pages, personal profiles – you name it, I manage it.

My clients have entrusted me with the responsibility of getting their message out to the masses. Moreover, they’ve handed over the responsibility of actually creating their message.

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Dos and Don’ts of Finding and Posting Content

Posted by: on Apr 9, 2013 in Blog, Social Marketing Tips |
Dos and Don’ts of Finding and Posting Content

On social media, you want numbers to go up. By numbers, we mean fan count, engagement (likes and shares), and reach. And no one likes being spammed or looking at automated posts on their newsfeed. You most definitely don’t want your fans to unfollow you because they don’t like your posts. But how, you may ask, do I prevent that from happening?

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Facebook Insights Explained

Posted by: on Apr 2, 2013 in Blog, In Plain English |
Facebook Insights Explained

Managing your own Facebook page seems like a no-brainer, right? Well, it can be, but first you have to understand what you’re looking at. In this blog post, we’re going to discuss the crux behind your Facebook page: Facebook Insights Explained. We’ll go through analytics terminology, and just what this stuff really means for your Facebook page.

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Newest Social Marketing Concierge Alex Schupp

Posted by: on Jan 30, 2013 in Blog |
Newest Social Marketing Concierge Alex Schupp

Introducing Alex Schupp, our newest social marketing Concierge, committed to helping small business win with social media.  Alex began interning about a month ago and as of last Tuesday, became official.  It’s good to be paid.

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Facebook removes “via” post attribution

Posted by: on Jan 24, 2013 in Blog, In Plain English |
Facebook removes “via” post attribution

A flurry of articles and blog posts recently revealed Facebook’s intentions of removing the post attribution for third-party social media software. No idea what that means? Its OK! We’ll explain it here as part of our “in plain english” series.

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Put Into Practice: Social Media for Cupcake Bakeshops

Posted by: on Dec 26, 2012 in Blog, Put Into Practice |
Put Into Practice: Social Media for Cupcake Bakeshops

Chocolate cupcakes. Vanilla cupcakes. Red Velvet and Carrot cupcakes. Control your drooling people. This may be hard when you’re home at night browsing your newsfeed and you see a picture of a scrumptious, moist, deliciously frosted cupcake and all you can think is, I want one.  So you click “Like” and hope to go and buy one tomorrow.

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Put Into Practice: Social Media For A Barn, Stable or Horse Farm

Posted by: on Nov 16, 2012 in Blog, Put Into Practice |
Put Into Practice: Social Media For A Barn, Stable or Horse Farm

This is the first post in our “Put Into Practice” series, where we’ll show you how to put the complex theories of social media marketing and online community engagement into practice for a specific type of business – with simple and easy to follow tips, tricks, ideas and plans. First up, how to use social media for a barn, stable or horse farm.

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