Social Media Strategy Blog

Social media strategies, tips, tricks and tutorials to help smart, successful small businesses manage their own social media marketing.

How Pinning Can Help Your Business

Pinterest has certainly come of age since this article was originally written. Not only out of beta and well into advertising, using Pinterest for business is almost as common as the other big platforms!

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Facebook Pages–With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

I’ve seen a disturbing trend on some Halifax Facebook pages recently. As small business owners … Read more

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Most Commonly Missed Opportunity for Small Businesses on Facebook

This one small tip could help more customers find your Facebook Business Page instead of trying to “friend” you!

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Handling Negative Comments on Social Media

What do you do with negative comments posted on your Facebook Business Page? Maybe you’ve been lucky and haven’t had any yet, so now’s a great time to think about how you WOULD deal with them. They say the only things you can be sure of are death and taxes…but I disagree…I think you can be sure you will eventually receive negative feedback via social media.

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5 Ways to Recycle Your Blog Content

There’s been a lot of talk about blogging in my circles in Halifax lately. Why … Read more

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Five Apps to Help You Manage Twitter

Twitter…you either love it…or you’re indifferent. I have yet to hear someone who is actually using it a decent amount and hates it. Businesses of all sizes and across all industries are using Twitter to reach new customers, build relationships with loyal customers, create new customer experiences and increase brand awareness. As far as social media goes, Twitter has a lot to offer.

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Using a Dashboard to Make Social Media Easier – Part 2

Last week I provided some tips on how to organize your social media dashboard, in my case, Hootsuite. This week I explain how to use the search function to find content relevant to your business.

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Using a Dashboard to Make Social Media Easier

If you are looking for a way to make social media easier and more efficient … Read more

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Social Media Experts Should “Walk the Walk”

Some of this may seem like common sense, but I cannot tell you how many so-called “experts” are not walking the walk. They say they can help you with your social media, but they seem to be in a shambles themselves. How can you be sure they know what they are talking about?

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Learn to Love LinkedIn

LinkedIn has become a go-tool tool for many recruiters and top-level business people. Here are three simple things you can do to get more out of your LinkedIn profile.

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