So many marketers throw countless amounts of cash into advertising on Facebook without truly understanding the goal of their ad, leaving them with less-than-stellar results. The key to Facebook ad optimization is to continually check in on your campaign and make minor adjustments to ensure you’re getting the reach you want from start to finish.…

If there is one person who understands how to successfully mix good journalism and social media, its Natalie Andrews. Natalie is the former social media news director at KSL in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is currently a social media editor for The Wall Street Journal D.C. Bureau. She started at KSL in 2012 in…

Social media has become an essential and invaluable tool for corporate events. If you ask me, it’s been a complete game changer to the way we look at events today. Social media for events can be used to cover just about every stage of the planning process in a very engaging, and for the most…

Today I want to share the top three premium WordPress social media plugins I’ve found to help add some oomph to your website. All of these plugins are awesome and provide a host of benefits to help increase traffic to your website, improve social sharing across multiple platforms, entice people to read your content, support…

Even before Vic Gundotra, head of Google’s social division that runs Google+, announced he was leaving the company back in April this question still hung in the minds of many brands and marketers, “Should I be on Google+?” Many jumped on the bandwagon in 2011 and were successful, others not so much. The uncertainty of whether…

You may have started seeing the new Facebook-like design that Twitter launched to all users in April. It’s more visually compelling, offers the opportunity to better showcase your brand, and allows for some new features you should be taking advantage of. Today we’re going to look at what’s new and how your brand can benefit…

How many times have you heard the words “let’s make a viral video” in a meeting? Marketers get caught up in making the mistake that every video made for the Internet is going to go viral. It is not and it will not. Not likely, anyway. That’s a trap. With 100 HOURS of video uploaded to YouTube EVERY MINUTE (YouTube, May 2014),…

If you watched part one of our three part video marketing series, you now know that video is the next big thing! Now you might be wondering how to get started. In this episode Melonie Gallegos, founder of Fandom Marketing and Brands With Fans, interviews video expert Cindy Matalucci of The Pulse on how to…

Mom. The word ignites passionate feelings for most, whether you think of your role as a mother, or of the woman who plays that important role in your life. Brands are passionate about moms too. They understand how powerful they are in driving purchasing decisions and shaping buying habits for their children. Marketing to moms…

We are often asked “what’s next in marketing?” With the rise of visual content we’ve watched photography take center stage. Instagram and Pinterest have shown us how important it is to make our messages esthetically pleasing while communicating at-a-glance. Tumblr has become popular for looping GIFs and Twitter has experimented with small packets of looping mobile video. The answer…