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Social Marketing Strategy

Trending Hashtags and Instagram Filters for Summer Months

Chances are you’re counting down the days until Memorial Day Weekend and the official kickoff of summer. The three months between summer’s holy grail holidays of Memorial and Labor Day are a prime season for marketers. Your audience is generally out enjoying warmer weather, traveling, attending parties, and more. Now is the perfect time to…

May 17, 2016
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Social Marketing Strategy

The Ten Step Summer Marketing Plan

Warmer weather is around the corner and that means barbecues, picnics, pool parties, and basking in summer rays. Now, as a brand you’re wondering how to turn summer into a conversation with your audience, we’ve got that covered. From audience, partnerships, influencers, going hyperlocal and prepping for fall our Ten Step Summer Marketing Plan has everything…

May 3, 2016
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Blogging For Business

How To Choose the Perfect WordPress Theme

Here you will learn how to pick a WordPress theme like a pro. With its rise in popularity, it’s likely you’re considering or already have a WordPress website. Over 59% of websites with a content management system (CMS) worldwide now use WordPress as the platform of choice (source).  This has led to a flood of beautiful, highly functional…

March 8, 2016
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Social Marketing Strategy

Social Media Image Size Guide

Social media platforms are continuously changing their recommended optimal image sizes. If you’re trying to optimize your social media presence, its necessary to use images of the highest quality and the best fit for each social media channel. Your social media profile should display top-notch images to best represent your business or brand. High definition screens such as smartphones require larger images so…

February 23, 2016
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Brands In Social media

Use Holidays and Pop Culture to Create a Social Media Campaign

By: Amanda Nelson The holidays have come and gone, summer is months away. Punxsutawney Phil proclaimed that spring will be early, but there are still more holidays and pop culture events ahead. In February we have Valentine’s Day, President’s Day, Super Bowl L, GRAMMY Awards, and Black History Month. These are all prime opportunities for…

February 8, 2016
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Social Media News

New Features Coming to Your Favorite Social Networks in 2016

Along with the New Year comes innovative features and tools across our favorite social networks. I fished around to find some of the most interesting and beneficial ideas that top platforms are currently testing. Although the following features have no official launch dates, you should definitely keep an eye out for them to roll out…

January 26, 2016
Brands In Social media

Brand Twitter Wars: Who Owns All-Day Breakfast?

On Tuesday, October 6th, McDonalds launched their All-Day Breakfast Menu across the nation. All-day breakfast was the number one request McDonalds heard from their customers and they’re excited for their customers’ dreams to finally become a reality. However, all-day breakfast isn’t a new thing for many fast-food restaurants and they have something to say about…

October 26, 2015