Have you ever thought about using a tool like Buffer to schedule your social media content? If not, maybe it's time to change your approach. The days when blogging was only about writing great content are long gone. Besides beautiful images and irresistible headlines, there's also social media. It feels like every single day a new platform is created. Each one of them asks for a brand-new approach by bloggers and marketers alike. Whether you … [Read more...]
How to Make Friends Using Facebook Groups
How can you make friends on Facebook? Have you tried Facebook Groups? I know you might be thinking that influencing people on Facebook is a bit harder than it is in real life. When we write it can sometimes be misunderstood or we feel like we haven't explained ourselves as we would have liked to. You miss out on the tone of voice that conversation has. Words that are meant to be kind can sound harsh. The other day I opened my computer, … [Read more...]
How to Rock Facebook Groups – is our next #IBAChat
Thank you to everyone who attended our March 23 #IBAChat - How to Create a Stellar Scope on Periscope. Lots of great tips and tricks, as well as strategies and organization ideas were shared. We talked about scope tribes, scope tools, organization and content strategy, ways to make the most of your scope and more. Here's a summarized recap: [<a href="//storify.com/Technotini/iba-chat-recap" … [Read more...]
How to: Create a Stellar Scope on Periscope – is Our Next #IBAChat
Thank you to everyone who attended our March 16 #IBAChat “How to Rock Instagram.” Once again, we were joined by our friends at StatusBrew who shared some great tips on how to make the most of your Instagram account and donated a giveaway for 3 Months Free Pro Membership. Thank you, StatusBrew, for your support. Here are the tips from our chat: Enter our Luck O the Irish Giveaway! a Rafflecopter … [Read more...]
Ultimate Guide to Increase Twitter Followers
A simple search on Google on how to Increase Twitter Followers will yield pages upon pages of results of ways to grow your following. Most of them can be shady, get you fake or uninterested followers just to mushroom your numbers, or take absolutely forever to accomplish. However, I've recently had a fair amount of success growing my Twitter audience with interested and engaged followers. Now I'm gradually getting more retweets, including some … [Read more...]
How to: Rock Instagram – Is Our Next #IBAChat
Thank you to everyone who attended our March 9 #IBAChat “Spring Cleaning Your Social Media Accounts.” We discussed easy ways to clean out your social media accounts, so they can become more efficient tools working FOR you instead of AGAINST you. We’d like to extend a big Thank You to the good folks over at StatusBrew for not only sponsoring our chat but also sharing some great tips, including how to combat trolls and spam accounts. Here are … [Read more...]
Maximize Pinterest Traffic with Rich Pins
Do you know how to Maximize Pinterest Traffic with Rich Pins? If you are a Blogger, you are probably familiar with a little site called Pinterest. It is a HUGE traffic generator! But, if you aren't using Rich Pins you might be missing out on some of that traffic. What are Rich Pins? You might not be familiar with the term, but if you have been on Pinterest you have probably seen them. Have you seen a recipe pin that includes the … [Read more...]
Spring Cleaning: Your Social Media Accounts – is Our Next #IBAChat
This week's chat will be sponsored by StatusBrew. They've graciously agreed to award 3 Months Pro Membership to 1 lucky #IBAChat participant. Enter below! a Rafflecopter giveaway Thank you to everyone who attended our March 2 #IBAChat “How to Simplify Your Blogging Biz.” We discussed tips, tricks, and tools to help simplify everyday blogging tasks. Lots of great tips were shared, including the following: For the … [Read more...]
How to: Simplify Your Blogging Biz – is our next #IBAChat
Thank you to everyone who attended our February 24 #IBAChat "Building Your Brand-Part 2." We discussed brand design and the importance of consistent visual messaging. As you can imagine, this was a hot topic spinning off into several valuable conversations. Lots of great tips were shared, including the following: For the full transcript, click here. Or check out our slideshow below. Join us Wednesday for "How to Simplify … [Read more...]
What is a Twitter Party and Why You Should Join In
If you're a blogger who is new to twitter you might be asking yourself "What is a Twitter Party?" Let me explain and give you some reasons why as a blogger you should take part in these type of social media gatherings. I'll also share with you some top tips and tricks on how a Twitter Party works so that you can party like a pro. A Twitter party is a public conversation that takes place on Twitter and is structured around a unique hashtag … [Read more...]