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What does it take to create incredible social media content? Knowing you have to create new content for multiple social media channels every day can feel a little daunting, especially when you consider the range of disciplines you need to rock at in order to be successful with your social media marketing. Nowadays, every marketer has to be part designer, photographer, videographer, copywriter, editor, and more. Thankfully, there are now a bunch of tools out there to make these jobs easier for
I answer one of the AI questions that creators might be deeply curious about: how does AI-generated content perform on LinkedIn.
Lisa Lane shares the investments and lessons that have helped her successfully grow a product business, even without experience.
Whether you’re looking to level up your company’s LinkedIn marketing or use LinkedIn to build a personal brand we’ve got you covered with these LinkedIn best practices.
For small businesses, a little visibility can go a long way. And there’s no better time for visibility than Small Business Saturday. In this article, we share some of what our favourite small businesses are posting on Small Business Saturday.
In this article, I assess how X Premium affected the performance of my posts and whether it's worth it.
What if you could read your audience’s mind? You could create the products your customers need, improve your profits, and save many hours. You’d become the creator or brand that just “gets it.” Ding, ding, ding! Your wish is granted. 🧞 There is a way to keep your pulse on the market and proactively anticipate what your audience wants — through social listening. What is social listening? Social listening is observing what your audience is saying about your brand and industry online to unde
A community business strategist gives her best tips for monetizing your social media audience through the power of community.
With so many years of being remote, we’ve experimented with communication a lot. One conversation that often comes up for remote companies is asynchronous (async) communication. Async just means that a discussion happens when it is convenient for participants. For example, if I record a Loom video for a teammate in another time zone, they can watch it when they’re online — this is async communication at its best. Some remote companies are async first. A few are even fully async with no live ca
A guide to the content marketing metrics that will help you measure success, plus guidance from top content marketing leaders.
🖤At Buffer, we’ve long aimed to default to transparency, a practice we believe helps eliminate inequality and gives everyone a greater chance of succeeding. Financial transparency is especially close to our hearts, which is why we’re proud to share Open Books, a series of small business owners giving us a peek inside their books in the spirit of being open about finances as well. Join us as we explore the highs, lows, and hard-won financial lessons that have paved their paths, and discover how
If you’re a graphic design or video-editing novice, this list of the best places to find Instagram templates will have you creating beautiful content in minutes.
Imagine forming a group chat with your audience. Like-minded people with a common interest share their struggles, others respond with helpful solutions, and everyone feels like they belong. A Facebook Group is exactly that — building a community of your followers and bringing them together. It’s a direct line to your audience without worrying about algorithms or organic reach. In this article, we’ll cover Facebook Groups from A to Z — how to create, manage, and use them to drum up engagement.
We reckon publishing Reels on Facebook is the fastest way to grow your audience. Read on to learn how.
A beginner's guide to understanding UTM tracking links — and how to create your own with free-to-use tools.
Personal brand experts walked this writer through exactly how to switch up her personal brand — and offered some more general advice, too.
There are few things that spark as much joy as being able to organize anything and everything by color. It’s an easy and visual way to lay things out, and in the world of content and social media, staying organized is one of the best ways to keep on top of planning. That’s one of many reasons that so many of us at Buffer were looking forward to adding tags to our Buffer posts. These handy, color-coordinated tags are like a breath of fresh air for anyone looking to add some visual organization to
Organize all of your ideas in one place with Buffer's new tagging feature. Manage your creative output. Track the success of different types of content. And build a searchable library of content.
Instagram Live is your direct line to your audience. There’s no interference from the Instagram algorithm, the whole process is interactive, and you move to the top of everyone’s Instagram Stories. Your engaged followers might even get a push notification (if they have them turned on) that you’ve started an Instagram Live. They’re the perfect addition to your social media marketing strategy. The problem? There are no retakes. If you don’t make the live broadcast engaging and fruitful, you risk
Growing her LinkedIn following helped Aarushi Singh take her consulting business from a $0 startup to a thriving $100,000 yearly. Here's how she did it.
🖤At Buffer, we’ve long aimed to default to transparency, a practice we believe helps eliminate inequality and gives everyone a greater chance of succeeding. Financial transparency is especially close to our hearts, which is why we’re proud to share Open Books, a series of small business owners giving us a peek inside their books in the spirit of being open about finances as well. Join us as we explore the highs, lows, and hard-won financial lessons that have paved their paths, and discover how
When I can find the time to do so, I love to plan ahead. I’ll write out tomorrow’s to-do list. I’ll add ideas to our content calendar. And I’ll schedule the next day’s social media updates—or even the next week’s, if I’m feeling ambitious. Maybe some day I’ll get to the point of scheduling a month or even a year ahead! Scheduling part of your social media content in advance is well worth it and should be a part of your content strategy. And I’ll be happy to share with you some social media ma
Here are five lessons Laura Martisiute learned along the path of small business ownership
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