Posts Tagged ‘fans’
Andy’s Answers: Which types of content do fans love to share?
If you’ve created anything at all and put it out into the world, you know that some things are fundamentally more sharable, exciting and interesting for your talkers than others. And while it’s different for every brand and every group of talkers, there are a few core forms of content that fans typically love to [...]
How to create News Feed-worthy Facebook content
Chelsea Hejny is a social media writer at ShortStack, a tab-designing tool that creates custom Facebook Pages. Hejny also works as a president of the American Marketing Association in Nevada. Creating and managing a Facebook Page for your business or organization is only half the battle. For a Page to have real value, its content needs to [...]
Andy’s Answers: How can I use Foursquare to create word of mouth?
Did you know Foursquare grew 3,400% last year? The location-based social tool is incredibly popular, and despite fierce competition, it continues to expand. It’s so widely used that even if you don’t participate, customers are probably already using it to check in to your location, leave tips and reviews, and connect with friends. Like any [...]
9 tips for building a Facebook fan base from scratch
This post is by Jim Belosic, CEO and co-founder of ShortStack, a Facebook platform-based application helping businesses build customized tabs for Facebook pages that maximize their social media presence and potential. You created your company’s Facebook page, and now you’re looking to build a big fan following. But so far, there’s nothing but crickets. The [...]
This week’s most clicked
How to get people to plug your product without paying them; the reason you should target Facebook fans you already have; and a public relations firm learns the dangers of tweeting. It’s all in this week’s top five most-clicked links in SmartBrief on Social Media: How to add 1,000 marketers to your team — for [...]
10 ways to create genuine fans for the long term
This guest post is by Jeremy Epstein, founder and chief marketing navigator at Never Stop Marketing. It is adapted from his free e-book, “10 Ways to Cultivate Your Community: How to Create Genuine Fans for the Long-Term.” Community. Advocates. Raving Fans. It’s almost accepted marketing gospel these days that you want passionate people to evangelize [...]
From #SXSW: 4 ways to find your fans
This guest post is by Daley Epstein, a contributing writer for SmartBrief. “I know you’ve heard this a million times, but you need to know who your audience is,” Alane Boyd, vice president of business operations at Chief Ingredient Inc told listeners at the South By Southwest Interactive Festival. Boyd, along with Pat Lynch, the [...]
Social Pro Files: Badges? We love those stinkin’ badges!
This post was written by Troy Janisch, with art from Mark Anderson. Both contributors have two decades of digital-marketing experience and lead social media activities at American Family Insurance, a Fortune 300 company. Janisch blogs at SocialMeteor.com, and Anderson shares his art at Doodlehaus.com. Sometimes, a picture is worth a thousand clicks, especially if the [...]
