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7 Tips and Tools to Create Perfect Social Media Posts
Many social media marketers manage and share social media posts across multiple social platforms. However, social media marketing is NO “one size fits all”. There…
10 Ways to Destroy Your Personal Brand
Social media turned personal branding into a 24/7/365 challenge. And there is a huge crowd out there who is ready to destroy you in one…
The End of Daigou: How China’s New Law Will Affect WeChat Ecommerce
Is WeChat ecommerce doomed because of China’s new laws? China’s ecommerce industry has developed at breakneck speed, quickly growing to become the world’s largest market…
Survey Results: How Influencers Want to Work with Brands
Influencer marketing is a hot segment of digital marketing. This strategy serves many purposes from creating brand awareness at scale to generating sales to earning…
8 Ways Small Businesses Are Using Videos To Grow Their Business
Video is now a necessary part of every company’s marketing and growth strategy. Even so, many small businesses (SMBs) are unsure how to incorporate video…
The Top 5 Content Distribution Strategies That Will Guarantee You Massive Traffic
What distribution strategies are you using to deliver your content? Does it make sense to create content without proper distribution? No, it doesn’t! The primary…
How to Up Your Live Video Content Strategy to Drive Growth
Live video is a popular format and it seems to be driving the growth of major platforms like Facebook and Instagram. But can live video content fuel the growth of other businesses?
The good news is that it can. But what fuels this apparent popularity and growth is a solid live video content strategy. Discover how to up your live video content strategy to drive growth.
How to Use Live Video to Grow Your Business Leads
Around 39% of the world’s population is currently using social media. The most popular social media platforms include Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn, with 2.4 billion,…
Sales Prospecting Powered by Videos – 5 Reasons Why Should You Do It Now
Call It demand generation, business development, or sales prospecting; you are always in a competition. At every point in time, you are competing for the…
NEAL'S LATEST POSTS
- Social Media Post Scheduling Software: The Top Twenty Features to Look for
Choosing the right social media post scheduling software is a crucial decision to ensure social media marketing success. Failing to properly investigate your options could mean you are locked into a potentially pricey software subscription with a product that doesn’t meet your needs. With global companies using everything from Instagram to Twitter and YouTube to …
- Why You Must Embrace Customer Experience Marketing To Stand Out As A Business (with Dan Gingiss) – Ep. 138
Customer experience marketing. It’s a buzzword that a lot of people throw out, but what exactly does it mean, how important is it to you business today, and what are the first steps you can take to implementing customer experience marketing the right way? I could not think of a better person than friend and …
- The Five Best Business Productivity Tools I Use for Sales and Marketing
As a business owner, you don’t want to play around with technology. You want to find something that works, stick with it, and continue running your business. Simple and efficient processes are key, lead generation is mandatory, and effectively sharing your message on social media is a must. That’s where you need to be using …
INSTAGRAM MARKETING
- The 10 Definitive Instagram Statistics for 2019 You Should Know – and Why
There are tons of blog posts out there about Instagram statistics for 2019. I don’t intend to add to the noise, but I think that there is some data that is important for every marketer to understand so that they maximize their Instagram marketing. These are the ten Instagram statistics that I bring up in …
- Top 11 Tips on How to Optimize Your Instagram Captions to Boost Engagement
The secret to thriving on social media is creating relevant, engaging, and useful content for your target audience. When it comes to a visual social network like Instagram, if your Instagram posts aren’t attracting as many prospects or likes as you’d wish, it doesn’t mean that the quality of your photos or videos is poor. …
- The Pros and Cons of Instagram Marketing for Small Businesses
Over the last few years, Instagram has become the fastest-growing social media platform with the most engaged audience. It’s no wonder that the world’s most reputable companies like Nike, Victoria’s Secret, and Starbucks have built solid Instagram followings, and they create consistent online branding, acquire new customers, and sell products in-app. Doubtless, Instagram is a …
TWITTER MARKETING
- The Future of Digital Marketing on Twitter
The digital marketing space is in constant flux, as are the most widely-followed social media trends. This blog already has a post about Facebook being dead for marketers, but Facebook is not the only social network in flux. This flux is especially apparent on Twitter, where an estimated 275 million users engage with one another …
- The Formula to Becoming a Thought Leader on Twitter and Social Media
I personally can say that thought leadership can uplift a brand’s status on social media if things are done just right. Twitter, as an example, is one of the most powerful platforms where informed opinion leaders are developed. It is due to the platform’s openness and natural design users are inclined to connect with each …
- Feeling Invisible on Twitter? How to Be Sure You’re Tweeting at the Right Time
Twitter is a fast moving social platform. This 5 step Twitter analysis will ensure you’re tweeting at the right time to make the most of your content. READ MORE >>
LINKEDIN MARKETING
- What Do I Put in My LinkedIn Profile if I am a College Student?
I get asked a lot about LinkedIn for students use-case scenarios, and although this post is originally based on how I would have responded sometime ago, my college-age niece recently asking me this question reminded me that I should have an answer revised for the times. You can find more details in my podcast, which …
- 5 Things to Keep in Mind to Use LinkedIn as a Blogging Platform
Blogging is one of the best ways to showcase your expertise and spread the word about your business. It is a great way to connect with your target audience and engage them in what you do, creating strong relationships with them and effectively converting them into loyal customers. If you blog on a website you …
- 5 Ways You Should Be Maximizing LinkedIn for Business
If you’re overlooking LinkedIn, your business is ignoring the second-largest social network. That’s right, some data suggests that LinkedIn actually has more dedicated users than Twitter. Whether you are seeking introductions to decision makers or more clients for your business, LinkedIn can help you get there, but only if you use it right. Overhaul your LinkedIn …
FACEBOOK MARKETING
- Is Facebook Your Biggest Online Asset?
I recently was live chatting to my followers about a mind shift or a shift in thinking in regards to your social media marketing in terms of online assets. The idea came to me after a chat with my son and we were talking about businesses, and how many of us will use a strategy …
- The Facebook Crisis of Identity: Likes & Comments Lost Visibility Value
Facebook is going through an identity crisis right now. This Facebook crisis is affecting everyone from Grandma Julie to marketers and social strategists. Remember in the good old days, when Facebook’s goal was to “connect the world”, it was easy to learn about new brands, products, & services through your friends and family via Facebook? …
- Is it Possible to Use a Facebook Group as a Learning Management Platform (LMS)?
Facebook Groups as an LMS (Learning Management Platform)? We have had many updates and changes with Facebook over the last few years, and while many marketers think Facebook is a dead platform, there have been substantial changes in regards to Facebook Groups that should excite marketers. Facebook Groups has evolved from a lead generation platform …
CONTENT MARKETING
- The Top 5 Content Distribution Strategies That Will Guarantee You Massive Traffic
What distribution strategies are you using to deliver your content? Does it make sense to create content without proper distribution? No, it doesn’t! The primary reason for producing content is to reach new readers with your posts and retain an existing audience. So to reach your target market with your posts, you need to have …
- How to Up Your Live Video Content Strategy to Drive Growth
Live video is a popular format and it seems to be driving the growth of major platforms like Facebook and Instagram. But can live video content fuel the growth of other businesses? The good news is that it can. But what fuels this apparent popularity and growth is a solid live video content strategy. Discover …
- How to Create Search-Friendly Content For Every Stage of the Marketing Funnel
A lot of content we absorb online has a very specific goal: to buy, sign up or learn more. Most of the content we digest and engage with every day is a part of the content marketing funnel. This is a multi-tiered process that moves people from being aware of a service or product to …
SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS
- The Definitive List of Influencer Marketing Tools
Whenever I speak on influencer marketing, I inevitably get asked: Are there any influencer marketing tools that can my life easier? After all the work involved in influencer identification alone could require a tremendous amount of time, especially once you understand my influencer marketing definition and its broad implications. And that is only the beginning …
- How to Get C-Suite Buy-in for Purchasing Social Media Marketing Software
Is having legacy social media marketing software holding you (and your company) back? You’re tired of “doing social media.” And as the marketing manager/social media manager at your company, you should be. It’s exhausting logging in to all the different social media platforms, posting weekly (if not daily), tracking the performance of your posts, responding …
- Social Media Post Scheduling Software: The Top Twenty Features to Look for
Choosing the right social media post scheduling software is a crucial decision to ensure social media marketing success. Failing to properly investigate your options could mean you are locked into a potentially pricey software subscription with a product that doesn’t meet your needs. With global companies using everything from Instagram to Twitter and YouTube to …
INFLUENCER MARKETING
- Survey Results: How Influencers Want to Work with Brands
Influencer marketing is a hot segment of digital marketing. This strategy serves many purposes from creating brand awareness at scale to generating sales to earning visually driven media that can be used on your brands website, social, marketing materials, etc. Over 81% of consumers have reported making a purchasing decision based on a recommendation from …
- The Definitive List of Influencer Marketing Tools
Whenever I speak on influencer marketing, I inevitably get asked: Are there any influencer marketing tools that can my life easier? After all the work involved in influencer identification alone could require a tremendous amount of time, especially once you understand my influencer marketing definition and its broad implications. And that is only the beginning …
- How To Become A Social Media Influencer and Make Money From It
Believe it or not, a lot of marketers – and younger professionals – often ask me this question. So here you go, my advice on how to become a social media influencer, and following the advice below, actually make some money from it. Gone are the days when you have to leave the comforts of …
YOUTUBE & VIDEO MARKETING
- 8 Ways Small Businesses Are Using Videos To Grow Their Business
Video is now a necessary part of every company’s marketing and growth strategy. Even so, many small businesses (SMBs) are unsure how to incorporate video or do not have the time and budget to bring ideas to life. So, how can small businesses use videos to stand out in the video era? In this article …
- Sales Prospecting Powered by Videos – 5 Reasons Why Should You Do It Now
Call It demand generation, business development, or sales prospecting; you are always in a competition. At every point in time, you are competing for the limited size of sales opportunities that unfold in your target niche. And that’s what makes it hard to stand out. I am sure you’ve heard of video sales prospecting a …
- The Ultimate Ecommerce Product Videos Formula
One of the things on every ecommerce seller’s “to-do” list is to create an ecommerce product video. Amazon and other online retail partners have given you a place to put product videos for ecommerce on your sales page. They strongly recommend video, even if the implementation is a little weak. There are lots of stats …
WECHAT & CHINA SOCIAL MEDIA
- The End of Daigou: How China’s New Law Will Affect WeChat Ecommerce
Is WeChat ecommerce doomed because of China’s new laws? China’s ecommerce industry has developed at breakneck speed, quickly growing to become the world’s largest market for ecommerce. With the market’s worth swelling to over 1 trillion US dollars, regulation has struggled to keep pace with the market’s growth, especially as social media platforms like WeChat …
- Reputation Specialist: A New Career in China
What does a reputation specialist do? Read on to learn more. Social media is ideal for self-promotion, and it doesn’t take a lot of hard work. Daily tweets, status updates, or photos keep celebrities in the public eye. A lot of them make use of several platforms so they can keep all their fans updated, …
- The Top 3 Social Commerce Platforms in China
Where Social Media Meets E-Commerce = Social Commerce As you likely already know, China is the world’s largest market for E-commerce. Don’t believe it? Goldman Sachs predicted that China’s total E-commerce market will reach over USD $1.7 Trillion by 2020. Contrast this with the United States where the market is only expected to reach USD …
SOCIAL MEDIA FOR NONPROFITS
- Keeping Up with Nonprofit Content Marketing and Social Media Tools
We’re well into the second decade of the 21st century, yet many nonprofits still operate like it’s 1999. There’s a pervasive anti-technology bias that’s causing well-meaning organizations to shoot themselves in the foot. Why isn’t everyone embracing marketing tools for nonprofits? The reasons I’ve heard from nonprofits include: Technology is expensive. Our current staff doesn’t …
- 21st Century Nonprofit Content Marketing & Social Media
By now, whatever your business – for- or non-profit — you shouldn’t have to be persuaded that nonprofit content marketing and social media are essential strategies to survive and thrive in the current zeitgeist. The digital revolution won. Digital communications are a part of our daily lives. It’s fundamentally changed how people find you and …
- The 9 Signs of a Successful Social Media Strategy for Nonprofits
If you think social media marketing strategy for nonprofits is a lot of sound and fury signifying nothing, think again. Or read Why Schrewd Nonprofit Fundraisers Need to Own Social Media. Ever hear the old advertising adage that folks need to see/hear something at least 7 times before they notice it? Our airspace is so …
SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY
- The (Social Media) Marketing Trends You Need to Understand Today – Podcast Ep. 136
Social media keeps changing – and that’s exactly why it is a constant fight to keep up with latest social media marketing trends. It seems that every few weeks you hear that Facebook has some new algorithm that messes up all the energy you’ve been putting into it. Then a new feature appears and everyone tells …
- The Digital Transformation Has Yet to Come: The Sales and Marketing Perspective
(this post first appeared on TechHQ) I was recently on a 12-day 4-country speaking tour which brought me to Japan, Bahrain, Canada, and my native United States. As I traveled I reflected upon this terminology that has become so prevalent in business yet followed by so few companies: The Digital Transformation. The Digital Transformation will ultimately affect …
- Wake Up Call: It’s Time for Social Media Marketing 2.0 – Podcast Ep. 135
16 days. 6 countries. 2 continents. After a business trip around the world, I pondered what role businesses should play in social media. And then it dawned on me: Social media marketing has been going on for ten years, but brands on average still suck at it. Should businesses keep trying to do the same …
