Archive of ‘social media’ category
How to Use Semantic Markup to Improve Your Search Results
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/semantic-markup/
the basics and benefits of semantic markup and how it can make your content stand out in search.
Semantic markup is a fancy way of saying you can use HTML tags to tell search engines exactly what a specific piece of content is.
Search engines index your content faster.
With semantic markup, search engines immediately know what your content is and can index it faster and more accurately.
rich snippets are extra images or information (e.g., how many Google+ circles you’re in) that show up in search results and provide additional information about you or your content.
Don’t mark up data that’s hidden or otherwise not visible on a page.
Figuring Out Which Markups to Use
There are two main sites that will help you figure out which markup types fit with your blog: Schema.org and Google Webmaster Tools.
#1: Authorship Markup
Authorship markup is one of the most important markup types you should use. It gives you the authorship rich snippet, which shows your picture and your name in the search results.
#2: Video Markup
#3: Events Markup
Social Media Management Tools, Channel Dashboards, Crowdfunding / Crowdspeaking platforms
(report to social media committee)
June 17, 2014
- With a myriad of social channels to manage and monitor, you either need to have several staff members devoted to social media or software to take care of your social media management needs. All the better if you have both.
So how do you decide which dashboard is right for your business? Look for these five key features.
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/social-media-dashboard/
- Social Media Management Tools, Channel Dashboards, Crowdfunding / Crowdspeaking platforms, Social Media Marketing software, social media marketing automation,
- Social Media Dashboard benefits to look for:
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2013/11/17/top-10-social-media-management-tools-beyond-hootsuite-and-tweetdeck/#comment-152
Top 10 Social Media Management Tools: beyond Hootsuite and TweetDeck
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2013/11/17/top-10-social-media-management-tools-beyond-hootsuite-and-tweetdeck/
or
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/?p=1073
Products to consider (per IMS blog entry):
- Hi-end
- HootSuite
- Buffer
- SproutSocial
- Low end
- GrabinBox
Social Media Help and Reference Links
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/wp-admin/post-new.php
excellent source of links to contact forms for various social media, privacy policies and terms, debugger and developers.
Do you have similar links? Pls share…
How to Improve Your Engagement on Google Plus [INFOGRAPHIC]
http://socialmediatoday.com/steve-rayson/2497981/how-improve-your-engagement-google-plus
2014 Social Media Image Size Cheat Sheet + free image processing apps to re-size…
http://blogs.constantcontact.com/product-blogs/social-media-marketing/social-media-image-size/
PicMonkey is a free desktop app that gives you the option to crop a photo to the Facebook cover photo size.
To crop, simply select the crop tool, choose the Facebook Timeline size, and resize your photo.
If you’re using a photo from your smartphone, try a photo app to resize it to fit the cover photo space. The PicStitch app for iPhone has a cover photo crop feature.
7 Essential Free Tools for Social Media Design
http://socialmediatoday.com/emilytaing/2481691/7-essential-free-tools-social-media-design
Hey Emily, really like the effect you’ve used for the images you shared. Also – no mention of Canva in here? Stunner! It’s been all over the place,
Regarding Canva, pls see our IMS blog entries:
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2014/05/20/32-hot-social-media-software-tools-from-tool-providers/
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2014/02/26/29-social-media-tools-recommended-by-the-pros/
How Social Media Is Being Used In Education
http://www.edudemic.com/social-media-in-education/
Here is also an IMS blog entry about the use of Twitter in education:
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2013/12/05/twitter-resources-for-its-use-in-education/
11 Tips for Using Images on Twitter
http://smallbiztrends.com/2014/05/tips-using-images-on-twitter.html
1) Take Advantage of the Larger Header Image on Your Profile
2) Humanize Your Profile
3) Share Images Directly to Twitter
4) Put Words on Your Images to Convey Meaning at a Glance
5) Tweet a Video
6) Bright Colors in Images Get Attention
7) Horizontal Images Are Best
8) Tag People or Companies in Images
9) Share Selfies
10) Use Twitter Cards
11) Add Pizzazz to Your Live Tweeting at Events
SETTING UP SOCIAL MEDIA
http://www.haikudeck.com/setting-up-social-media-inspiration-presentation-GyOZZL3QTZ
1. SETTING UP SOCIAL MEDIA
2. WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS?
3. HOW WILL YOU MEASURE?
4. WHO WILL BE YOUR CHAMPION?
5. WHO’S RUNNING THE SHOW?
6. WHO IS YOUR AUDIENCE?
7. WHAT CONTENT WILL YOU POST?
8. HOW OFTEN WILL YOU POST?
9. WHO WILL MONITOR?
10. WHO WILL RESPOND?
4 Blog Tools to Get Your Articles In Front of More Blog Readers
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/4-blogging-tools-to-get-more-blog-readers/
#1: Reveal Content After Shares
Social Locker is a clever WordPress plugin that allows you to show part of a post, and then ask your readers for a social share in order to see the rest. It’s a win-win exchange. Your reader gets access to additional content and you get the social shares you need to reach more people.
#2: Make It Easy for Readers to Share
SumoMe (a WordPress plugin) helps streamline that process for your readers. When a reader highlights a sentence in your article, SumoMe opens a window that’s pre-populated with the highlighted passage—along with Twitter and Facebook share icons. You let your visitors share the most interesting bits of your post with a single click.
#3: Automatically Distribute Articles
Dlvr.it offers a number of ways to automatically publish your blog posts to popular social platforms. But did you know it can publish Google Alerts in your RSS feed?
#4: Share Evergreen Content
The Evergreen Post Tweeter WordPress plugin selects older articles from your archives and tweets them to your audience for renewed exposure.