CategorySocial Media
The Complete Bloggers’ Guide to Web Hosting
This is a guest contribution from Jerry Low. This page contains affiliate links, meaning I get a commission if you decide to make a purchase through my links, at no cost to you. Blog hosting can be a confusing thing to navigate, particularly if you’re new to the blogging game ...more
Blogging Tools and Services
7 Effective Tips To Grow Your Social Media Presence The Right Way
This is a guest contribution from Adam Connell. Have you ever wondered how to gain a significant advantage with social media? Not just in terms of growing a following but growing an engaged following? I have too, and so have countless others. The truth is that you can, and it’s easier ...more
Social Media
New Facebook Changes: Target your Audience Effectively
If you are one of the many people confused by Facebook and its ever-changing algorithms, you’ll be pleased to know they’ve recently made some favourable changes to their operating system. I see it everywhere – bloggers desperately trying to reach their Facebook audience, and being thwarted at every turn. ...more
General
Get Social Media Right: Five Things you Just Can’t Miss
This is a guest contribution from Pratik Dholakiya. There’s no doubt social media is important for businesses to engage with potential and existing customers. It’s marketing 101. Since it’s the de facto “I’ll let the world know what I think about this product or brand” medium, it’s also a unique channel ...more
General
A Social Media Etiquette Guide You Might Find Useful
This is a guest contribution from Jennifer Landry. What do you think of when you hear the word etiquette? For most people, the term conjures up images of a relative telling them to chew with their mouth closed, or to take their elbows off the table. So what does it ...more
General
Top Five Things to Learn from the Greggs vs Google Twitter Debacle
This is a guest contribution from Mark Potter. Greggs is the UK’s largest bakery chain, famed for its sausage rolls and steak bakes. They have always enjoyed a strong social media presence, winning a Digital Impact Award in 2013 for a ‘Sandwich Maker’ Facebook app. As a relatively low-budget food ...more
Social Media
Facebook Week: Putting it All Together
It has been an action-packed Theme Week here at ProBlogger as we delved into making Facebook work for you. We’ve been hearing for a long time now that bloggers and small business owners are both confused and frustrated with the platform – where they once enjoyed using it to interact ...more
Social Media
Facebook: Boost Your Organic Reach with These Tips
It’s a war most of us as bloggers find ourselves in with Facebook fairly often: our desire to have our posts seen by our likers, versus Facebook’s desire to not overwhelm its users with thousands of updates every single time they log on. With so many users on the world’s ...more
General
Facebook Theme Week: Case Studies of Popular Pages (and What They’re Doing to Get Great Engagement)
There has been much discussion in blogging circles of late about Facebook and the effects their algorithms have on reaching all your “likers” with each of your posts. While Darren mentioned yesterday in his brief overview of organic vs paid reach that both have positives and negatives, the fact remains ...more
Social Media