Is Your Business on Pinterest?

Pinterest may have started out as a hobby website, a collection of DIYs, recipes and fashion advice, but it’s advanced into another hot outlet for business growth online. So the question is, do you have your business on Pinterest? Well, the answer is, you definitely should.

Through the info-graphic shown above, there are tips and what not to dos, as well as stats to back up why Pinterest is quickly becoming another great source for brand expansion. The key to this technology age is to simply not fall behind. Stay active in the Pinterest phase, “Pinners” (people using Pinterest) will be more exposed to your brand the more active the brand is on Pinterest. Don’t go overboard, keep it simple; but upload pictures and re-pin relevant pins to your business.

Here is the link to signing up for a Pinterest account.

https://pinterest.com/join/signup/

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LinkedIn Expands New Brand Pages To All

When LinkedIn rolled out a redesigned company page in early September, it was only offered to a select few companies, including American Express and Phillips. Today they announced it is available to all companies on the social network.

The new page resembles Facebook with a large cover photo across the top and features display updates from the company more prominently.

Is your business on LinkedIn yet? What do you think of the changes?

Why You Shouldn’t Care About Influencers

Influencers are important, but when you have limited resources to dedicate to your social media brand presence, it makes sence to focus on allocating your resources to the aspect of your online presence that is going to have the most impact.

Use Visuals for Brand Engagement

Engagement is one of the most difficult things to achieve with your brand online.  You can be active in all of your social networks, but without engaging material, you will hear crickets.  Engagement is one of the most widely struggled with aspects of a brand’ online presence.

Social Media Marketing IS Effective

Are your efforts paying off?  The folks at MDG put together this infographic to prove that social media marketing IS effective.

Twitter Psychology

Why do people follow and unfollow your company’s Twitter handle?  WhiteFireSEO put together this infographic to explain the results of a study they did:

NYPD Remembers 9/11 Via Social Media

The New York Police Department will be hosting a virtual  memorial for the fallen heroes of 9/11 this year.  They are using Facebook and Twitter to share photos, memories, and honor the fallen. 

Anyone is welcome to follow @NYPDnews and #neverforget to learn about each of the victims killed in the line of duty, who will be honored one at a time, each hour during the day.