Daily Posting Limits FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM | PINTEREST | GOOGLE+ | LINKEDIN Each social network has its own guidelines for daily posting limits. As an example, Facebook recommends 5 posts per day as the limit, but 25 is really the upper limit that they allow without decreasing the reach of your posts. Here […]
The Best Time to Post on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Google+ [Infographic]
The Best Time to Post on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Google+ [Infographic] Social media is one of the best ways to amplify your brand and the great content you’re creating. But it isn’t enough to just post content to social whenever you feel like it. Some times are better than others. So, what […]
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The Complete Field Guide to Brand Monitoring
If someone talks about your company online, will you hear about it? What if they never tagged you in the first place? Brand monitoring keeps you informed on what’s said about your brand, helps you find new people to engage with and even tracks your competitors’ moves. For small businesses and those without a PR […]
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Calculating the ROI of Brand Awareness on Social Media
Share Proving the ROI of social media is a complicated task for any organization. But it gets even trickier if your organization is primarily using social to achieve business objectives that aren’t directly tied to revenue—like brand awareness. Brand awareness is obviously crucial to your bottom line (if people don’t know about you, they can’t […]
Snapchat Ads: The Complete Guide for Business
Share With more than 166 million daily active users watching 10 billion videos per day, Snapchat has a highly engaged audience that’s simply too big to ignore. In this complete guide to Snapchat advertising, we’ll look at some key ways to use Snapchat ads to connect with fans and build your brand on this powerful […]
The Definitive Facebook Marketing Guide for Business
Share Once a social network’s number of users climbs past a billion (yes, that’s billion with a “b”), it becomes impossible to ignore—especially for marketers. Facebook is well past that figure, with a whopping 2 billion users as of June 2017, including about 183 million daily active users in the United States and Canada (compare […]
How to Get More Out of Social Media—Tips from an Expert
Share If you’re building a social media strategy it can be hard to know where to start—or how to make it pay off in the long run. In this episode of the Hootsuite podcast, we chat with digital marketing expert Amber Naslund about how to get the most out of your social strategy. Amber is […]
The 4 Key Ingredients of a Perfect Social Video
Share If the perfect social video were a cake, what would go into making it? We talked to Hootsuite’s in-house video expert, Derek Saddler, to find out the four key ingredients you need to bake a delicious piece of content. Bonus: Download our free guide that shows you how to 10X your social media performance and beat […]
Words and Phrases to Ban from Your Social Media Vocabulary
Share Have you ever cringed at something a brand or business said on social media? Often, small words can make a big difference in how brands are perceived. Language is powerful and has a huge impact on the sentiment your content expresses. Nobody—not even a social media marketer—is perfect, so it’s understandable that a company’s […]
6 Social Media Ad Mistakes Brands Need to Avoid
Share We all make mistakes, but when it comes to your social media advertising efforts these seemingly innocent blunders can end up costing you—a lot. I spoke with Hootsuite’s social ads expert Gabrielle Maheux to find out what the biggest social ad mistakes are. Continuing reading to learn how you can avoid these mistakes—and save […]
A Step-by-Step Guide to Hosting a Successful Twitter Chat
Share Hosting a Twitter chat lets you better engage with your followers and customers on Twitter and build community among them by using some of Twitter’s conversation-friendly features. Twitter chats are a great way to grow your social following, generate valuable discussions and feedback, and demonstrate thought leadership. Done right, they generate lively conversations and […]
20 Awesome and Free Stock Photo Sites for Social Media Images
Share If you’re a social media marketer, you know how difficult it can be to find the perfect image to accompany a post. We all know that photos are one of the most important components for boosting engagement, but unless you’re willing to pay for it, finding a great one can be seriously time-consuming. That’s […]
How to Run a Successful Facebook Contest: Ideas, Tips, and Examples
Share It’s an understatement of epic proportions to say there’s a lot of activity on Facebook every day. This biggest of the social networks has climbed to more than two billion users and 70 million Business Pages. So, how can your brand stand out from the crowd? According to a poll conducted by the Content […]