Social Media Must-Reads 6-12-15

Social Media Must Reads 6-12-15

Need help keeping up with news and updates in the social media world? Let us do the work for you! In our weekly wrap up post, we share 5 must-read articles for small business strategy.

This week’s resources include ideas for using video in your marketing, 5 types of Twitter Lists you should create, social media marketing trends for small businesses,  and more…

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1. How to Use Video in Your Marketing: 20 Ideas to Try Today

by Andrea Francis on the HubSpot blog

This is a fantastic resource with great ideas for creating videos – broken down into Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced levels.

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2. Facebook Challenges Pinterest With News Feed Buy Button For Shopify Merchants

by Josh Constine on TechCrunch

“Buy” Buttons are coming to Facebook. Learn more about this new feature for Shopify Merchants in the post from TechCrunch.

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This FB announcement follows the news from Pinterest and Instagram on their Buy button options. The Hootsuite blogs has a helpful summary from theses 2 networks here.

3. 5 Twitter Lists You Should Create Today

by Cendrine Marrouat on the Paper.li blog

Use this system to set up some basic Lists on Twitter to organize your Feed and your contacts. Very helpful!

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4. 3 Tools Analyze Pinterest Impact on Your Content Marketing

by Ann Smarty on Internet Marketing Ninjas

Here is a nice summary of 3 tools to help you optimize your Pinterest marketing.

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5. 12 Social Media Marketing Trends for Small Business

by Suzanne Delzio on Social Media Examiner

Get insight into marketing trends from Social Media Examiner’s seventh annual Social Media Marketing Industry Report

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About Terry League

Terry helps small business owners with social media strategy, training and account management. With a background in marketing and training, she enjoys combining those two areas to teach business owners how to get the most out of their social media marketing. Connect with Terry on Twitter and Instagram @TerryLeague for more on social media with a mix of positive motivation and inspiration.