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Importance of Using Hashtags The use of relevant, highly-viewed hashtags should be a huge part of your Social Media Marketing strategy. And, although almost all Social Media platforms have a hashtag function, the two platforms that make the most use of the system are Twitter and Instagram. Twitter and Instagram users often follow a large … Read more
An Inconvenience? This past summer I took the opportunity to go on a lazy road trip with my oldest and closest friend. It was a back-road tour of Appalachia. Having spent most of my life in the Pacific North West and the Rocky Mountains, this was quite an adventure. It was a circular route. We … Read more
What Is Tagging? Social Media tagging allow users to engage with one another and with business or organizational accounts. When you tag someone on many Social Media platforms, the person (or business) that you tag is notified – guaranteeing, to some extent, that whoever you tag will see your post. When Should You Tag People? … Read more
Social Media and Content Can sharing content on social media provide real world leads? The kind of concrete leads that actually have revenue generating potential? It may seem like a question with an obvious answer. But I don’t think that’s the case. Almost anyone with a small business uses social media to some extent or … Read more
What is Google My Business? Simply put, Google My Business is a platform that allows you to host a Business Profile containing information such as your business’s phone number, physical address, hours of operation, etc. It allows you to show up in local searches and it provides this for free. How does Google My Business … Read more
Originally published on https://www.chadl.org/risk/ Risk management is an essential element to any IT strategy. Once, when I was but a wee IT Professional, I visited the company data center to perform some standard maintenance on one of the servers. In preparation, I brought over the “crash cart”. It was a standard crash cart with a … Read more
Who Are Influencers? Instagram influencers are people or brands who have already developed a successful persona. In this post I talked about how foundational a persona is, and stressed the importance of developing the type of persona that your audience actually appreciates and wants to engage with. Now, when you think of Instagram influencers, you … Read more
A Long Term vs. Short Term Instagram Content Strategy Instagram is a platform based on sharing. It lends itself well to attributed sharing and upgrading of content. With that in mind, a good Instagram content strategy has two elements: a short-term strategy and a long term strategy. A good long-term Instagram content strategy is based … Read more
The Role of an Instagram Competitive Analysis In this post, I’m going to talk about the importance of performing an Instagram Competitive Analysis. Another post addresses examining your competitors’ Facebook pages to get an idea of the design elements, and content types that are common for your industry in order to set up your own … Read more
Why You Need an Instagram Persona When I talk about building an Instagram persona for your business, what I mean is maintaining a consistency in your branding and a “personal touch” to how and what you post. This is essential to your Instagram Marketing efforts. You don’t want to come off as scattered and random, … Read more