Below are a few noteworthy apps for your smartphone (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Google Android, Windows phone) that I wanted to highlight. Some of these are available exclusively for your Apple iPhone/iPad, while others are available across all platforms (Apple iOS, Google Android, Windows).
So glad to be able to share my favorite mobile apps to help you simplify areas of you life.
This week’s notable apps:
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Facebook promoted posts have been around for a little over a month. For most Facebook users however, they’re a little confusing because you now have yet another tool to help you market your business on Facebook.
So what are Facebook Promoted Posts?
Promoted posts give you the ability to have a post from your Facebook Page shown to more of your friends and fans.
To help you eliminate the complexities of Facebook promoted posts, here are 10 tips on using Facebook Promoted Posts on your Facebook Page.
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While there are a lot of social networks to sign-up for, probably one of the easiest social networks to join and start using has to be Twitter. While most networks require you to add friends and start following people, Twitter takes a different approach.Instead, all you need to do is sign-up (which takes about a minute) and then you can begin looking at posts from other Twitter users and can interact with their content by tweeting, retweeting and following those users.
To help you get started with learning Twitter lingo, check out this Infographic on how to Twitter, complete with all of the steps you need to sign-up, select a username, and begin following and tweeting to others on Twitter.
Case in point, when consulting with other businesses, I often overhear clients talking about how no one cares about what they have to say. On the contrary, that’s not necessarily the case. In fact, for some reason, we’re afraid to talk about something because we have a fear of ruffling a few feathers. What eventually happens is that we keep our thoughts and ideas bottled up and don’t put them to use.
While talking about controversial topics can get some people upset, don’t let it because blogging can be a great outlet. In fact, here are a few things that this book can teach you about yourself:
Back in 2009, there was a major land grab for Facebook vanity URL’s. What this meant was that a lot of people ended up with really bad URL’s – that they couldn’t change. Fast-forward three years later and Facebook seems to have been listening because now you can change your Facebook vanity URL username. While this is great for those of you who got stuck with a bad vanity URL — think anything with underscores or dashes — this means you can now fix that and continue building your brand via social media.
Before you get all excited though, there are three caveats to changing your Facebook vanity URL
Anytime I come across a good deal, I love passing it off to my readers – why? Because it can help them further their business goals and objectives and maximize their social media budget at the same time. It’s essentially a win-win situation for everyone!
Today’s deal is a great opportunity that you won’t want to pass up because Facebook and American Express have joined together again (this seems to be a regular thing they run a few times each year) to offer small businesses the chance to win $25,000 for their business. In addition, if you’ve not yet ventured into Facebook Ads, it’s a great time to do so because as a way of saying thank you for entering, you won’t walk away empty-handed.
For those of you who register and watch four videos, you’ll receive $50 in FREE Facebook Ads credits — if you’re an American Express cardholder, by using your email address associated with American Express, you get $100 instead of $50 – pretty cool, I know!
How do I get FREE Facebook Advertising:
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Anytime you upload a photo to Facebook, by default, your photo you just uploaded is automatically set as the cover photo for your Facebook photo album. While this is great that they do this automatically, sometimes you just want to choose your own cover photo for your photo album that best represents the group of photos.
Here’s how you can add a cover to your Facebook photo albums on both your Facebook Page as well as your Facebook Profile.
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We’re alway’s looking for the best time to post on Facebook in order to achieve maximum reach and engagement. For most Facebook Page owners, this is an area that is often overlook.
Instead of taking the time to figure out the right time to post on Facebook, we post content when we feel like it. As a result, our Facebook Page suffers and so do our fans.
If you plan to post on Facebook, you need to have a posting strategy. This includes knowing what content you plan to post and the best time to post on Facebook.
Just because someone is a fan of your Facebook Page, this does not guarantee that they see every piece of content that you post.
By knowing the best times to post content on Facebook, you can maximize the time you spend on the social network. You can also make sure you’re sharing your best content with your fans when they are online. This way your they’ll see your posts and you can get the maximum engagement and amplification for your Facebook posts.
So when is the best time to post on Facebook? The URL shortener, Bitly, has put together this terrific infographic identifying the best time to post on Facebook.
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For those of you using Facebook Groups, one thing you’ll notice that as you add new members, your Facebook Groups cover photo will begin to show photos of your members – it is essentially creating a collage of your group members.
While this looks great when you have just a few members, as your Facebook Group grows, it becomes increasingly difficult to see the photos. Additionally, a Facebook Group cover photo of your group members might not be very representative of what your group is actually about.
Here’s a quick tutorial on how to change your Facebook Group photo cover along with a video.
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Microsoft’s latest app for Apple iOS users called Xbox LIVE mobile app just got a sweet update for video game players. Now, you can control content on your Xbox using your iPhone and iPod Touch. If you’ve ever used an iOS device to control your Apple TV or your iTunes library, you’ll love this because now you can “play, pause, fast forward, and rewind” just by swiping across your device!
While this is my favorite new feature, here’s a quick rundown on the new Xbox LIVE mobile app.
What I like about this app:
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