DIGITAL STARTUP SOCIETY BLOG — Social Media Traffic
Standing Out From The Crowd Of Twitter Updates
Twitter moves fast and there’s a lot of content scrolling through, usually fast. People don’t typically scroll through their feed to make sure they’re caught up, they just live in the moment when it comes to Twitter. You can ensure that your Tweets are seen and acted on if you follow these Twitter best practices. Keep Tweets Short – Most of the time keeping your Tweets short works best. Twitter has rolled out some changes so that some people can use up to 280 characters. But Tweets are designed to be short. However, there is a trending choice to sent...
Balancing Evergreen And Immediate Traffic For Long-Term Social Media Marketing Success
When using social media to drive traffic it’s important to recognize that some activities provide short-term, quick bursts of traffic while others work for the longer term. For example, when you post something on Twitter, it runs through the feed and people either see it and click on it, or they don’t. When you put something on Pinterest it’s searchable for as long as it’s on Pinterest and will send traffic for the long-term. Ensure that you have a good mix of evergreen content and trending content with the focus primarily on evergreen content so that you can use social...
Finding Affiliates & Creating JV Opportunities With Linked In
LinkedIn is a very business-oriented social media network. Most people who are on LinkedIn are looking for business related opportunities as well as jobs. That’s a great opportunity for you if you need to find affiliates and joint venture partners. You can make amazing connections with serious business people on LinkedIn.com. To succeed with LinkedIn there are a few important steps to consider. Complete Your Profile Completing your profile 100 percent will give you a lot better opportunity to attract just the right affiliates and JV partners. So, before starting your search, work on completing your profile. Get a professional...
Repurpose Your Written Content On Linked In
There are so many places to put content to help drive traffic. Linkedin.com is no exception. Linkedin.com is a more buttoned-up social media platform for professionals so any content you publish on LinkedIn will get viewed and commented on by other professionals. Plus, people will click through to your profile to find out more about you thus helping you increase your traffic, get more conversions, and make more sales. Plus, it’s so much easier repurposing on LinkedIn than anywhere else since the content doesn’t have to be original and unpublished. The great thing about LinkedIn.com is that the articles you...
With Instagram, It’s About The Hashtags
Instagram is a visual social media platform that has taken the #hashtag to a new level after Twitter’s users started using hashtags to help index topics and identify topics of interest to different audiences. For example, if you create a special hashtag for a live event and ask participants to add this hashtag to posts about the event it makes it super easy to find all the posts about the event for those who remembered the hashtag. Instagram has taken the use of hashtags to a whole new level. Whereas you’re more than likely going to use one or two...