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Aug 13
2 min

3 Ways to Encourage Powerful Social Proof

Social media marketing is all about creating small and large conversations about your brand. Those mentions can occur organically on revi...

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The Socialistas

Jul 16
2 min

Grow Your Email List On Facebook

You’ve built a popular Facebook business page with valuable social media content. Customers are sharing and commenting on your posts. Now...

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The Socialistas

May 21
2 min

3 Tips for Better Facebook Copy

Three lines of text. That’s all you get on Facebook’s newsfeed and you have to make them count. While strong images and video in business...

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10 Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Facebook Business Page

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May 14
4 min

10 Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Facebook Business Page

There are more active users on Facebook than ever before. Are you leveraging all the platform’s features in order to be as visible, engag...

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The Socialistas

Apr 16
2 min

How to Pivot Your Social Media Content

The best way to stay both consistent with your marketing strategy and flexible enough to meet changing needs is by establishing a process.

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The Socialistas

Jan 29
4 min

Social Media Strategy for 2020

Make your social media efforts consistent, valuable, and reflective of your brand’s best with this practical guideline.

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3 Ways to Focus on Marketing Success in 2020

The Socialistas

Dec 20, 2019
3 min

3 Ways to Focus on Marketing Success in 2020

Here are three ways to keep your thinking clear and your task management organized in 2020.

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The Socialistas

Nov 14, 2019
2 min

Motivate Your Donors on GivingTuesday

GivingTuesday, on Dec. 3, closes out days of frenzied shopping unleashed by Black Friday and Cyber Monday. It’s a day when people across ...

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The Socialistas

Nov 7, 2019
2 min

Best 3-Step Holiday Marketing Strategy

If you want to attract more customers, the holidays are a perfect time to show your spirit, help acquaint your audience with your busines...

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Creative Halloween Ideas to Enliven Your Social Media

The Socialistas

Oct 22, 2019
2 min

Creative Halloween Ideas to Enliven Your Social Media

October is about monsters, mummies, and marketing. Americans love Halloween and it’s not just about kids and trick-or-treating. According...

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The Socialistas

Oct 16, 2019
3 min

Three Elements for a Compelling Brand Story

Today, successful brands speak to consumers in ways that connect to their values and their communities. To make an emotionally resonant a...

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How Marketing Leaders Manage Their Marketing Budgets

The Socialistas

Sep 16, 2019
2 min

How Marketing Leaders Manage Their Marketing Budgets

As the head of marketing, you have no less than 12 running projects and one shrinking budget to last through the end of the year. And the...

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When You Have a Small Ad Budget, is Search or Social Better?

The Socialistas

Aug 12, 2019
2 min

When You Have a Small Ad Budget, is Search or Social Better?

In local advertising, there is a titanic battle between Yelp, Facebook Local, Instagram, and Google My Business. These dominant search-an...

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The Marvelous Marketer: Do You Communicate...or Capitulate?

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Jul 31, 2019
2 min

The Marvelous Marketer: Do You Communicate...or Capitulate?

The boss has an idea. And you’re the one she wants to execute it. Although the boss is excited by her idea, it’s an extra project for whi...

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Zen Guide to Marketing Platform Perplexity

The Socialistas

Jul 15, 2019
2 min

Zen Guide to Marketing Platform Perplexity

As marketers, there are quirks and inconveniences to the technology we’re all familiar with. Who hasn’t pulled out a few hairs trying to ...

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The Socialistas

May 23, 2019
2 min

The Better Approach to Quality Leads

Lots of lead generation advice recommends flooding social media channels with content, infographics, and creative videos. The more you pu...

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Google to Feature Images in Search Ads; Announces Google Shopping

The Socialistas

May 14, 2019
1 min

Google to Feature Images in Search Ads; Announces Google Shopping

Today Google announced plans to eat Amazon and Facebook for lunch. At its marketing summit in San Francisco, Google rolled out plans for ...

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What to Say When Your Boss Asks You Why You Can’t Manage the Company’s Social Media by Yourself

The Socialistas

May 10, 2019
1 min

What to Say When Your Boss Asks You Why You Can’t Manage the Company’s Social Media by Yourself

Reason #1: Social Media is marketing, sales, customer service, research, and the list goes on. It’s customer relations too, because your ...

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5 Business Processes To Save You Time and Your Sanity

The Socialistas

Mar 28, 2019
3 min

5 Business Processes To Save You Time and Your Sanity

Process. Could there be a more ambiguously sinister word in the English language? In my mind, its cold, bland character is synonymous wit...

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How To Reach People on Facebook Who Distrust Ads

The Socialistas

Feb 25, 2019
2 min

How To Reach People on Facebook Who Distrust Ads

Common marketing practice says Facebook is the social media platform advertisers can’t do without. In the 3rd quarter of 2018, the platfo...

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