Pinterest is one of the world’s leading platforms for sharing ideas and finding inspiration. Over 200 million people flock to the social network each month to discover new products, recipes, destinations, articles, influencers, and so much more. But Pinterest isn’t just for individual users like you and me. It also represents a huge opportunity for […]
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Imagine this scenario: You have planned to post once a day on Facebook this week. On Monday morning, you log in to Facebook and navigate to your company’s Facebook Page. You spend some time crafting the perfect post and wait for the supposed best time to post. You read that 3pm is a good time
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Do you know how much an influencer marketing campaign costs? Or how much you should be paying an influencer? If you’re not quite sure, don’t be worried. I’m like you. I didn’t know much before I did the research for this blog post. And in truth, there’s no exact science to figuring out how much you should
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As Instagram has grown it’s become an integral marketing channel for more than 5 million businesses worldwide. But as a busy social media manager, it can be difficult to find the time to consistently post to Instagram. This is where scheduling comes in. Learning how to schedule Instagram posts is one of the biggest time
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In speaking with thousands of marketers and businesses over the past several years, we’ve learned that marketing has an incredible potential to impact people’s lives. In fact, the American Marketing Association defines marketing as: “The activity, set of institutions, skills, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients,
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Experiment with ideas. Test and see which works better. Analyze your data. These are phrases we often use on this blog. To us, social media marketing is a bit of a science. We recommend testing things, running experiments, and analyzing data — because it worked for us. This experimental mindset has helped us grow our
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Instagram now has more than 800 million monthly users and sky-high user engagement levels. And with 80 percent of accounts following a business on Instagram, it seems like marketers might be more keen than ever to get acquainted with Instagram for their business. I know we are at Buffer! Lately, we’ve been sharing, liking, and trying
The Facebook algorithm is constantly evolving in order to provide a better experience for users. But few changes to the algorithm have sparked as much interest and conversation as the recent ‘meaningful interactions’ update, in which Facebook said it would be prioritizing posts that create meaningful conversations, especially those from family and friends. The reaction
Understanding the social media algorithms is important to social media marketers, especially since it can heavily impact a brand’s reach on social media. We’ve talked about the Facebook News Feed algorithm and the Instagram Feed algorithm. This time, we would love to dive into the Twitter timeline algorithm. Up until 2015, the Twitter timeline displays
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We often recommend crafting your social media posts according to your audience. But how you know who the individuals that make up your social media audience are? And how do you know what content they like? Answering these two questions is essential if you’re looking to execute a successful social media strategy. And often, you’ll
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