Author: Christian Karasiewicz

Choosing the top Instagram hashtags

On Instagram, do you know what the top Instagram hashtags are?

Do you know how to find out which Instagram hashtags are most popular?

Today you are going to learn how to identify the top Instagram hashtags and how when used, can help increase your visibility for your brand.

Should you include Instagram hashtags?

One of the biggest debates is if you should use hashtags or not.

It depends on the social network you are on.

Facebook hashtags haven’t quite caught on.

On Twitter, using hashtags helps increase engagement 2X; however, if you include more than two, your engagement drops.

With Instagram, when you use 11 or more hashtags, you tend to have higher interactions.

So for now, on Instagram use as many hashtags as you like.

It helps increase interactions and allow your posts to be discovered in search.

But what are the top Instagram hashtags and how do you figure out which ones to use?

Let’s take a look at the current Top 50 Instagram hashtags and how you can identify if a hashtag is popular for Instagram of not.

Top Instagram hashtags

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The complete guide to social media dimensions – Infographic

Do you struggle with finding the right dimensions to use on your social media channels?

With  a number of social networks changing their social media dimensions, I understand how frustrating it can be to keep up.

For example, both Facebook and Twitter changed their social media dimensions in 2014.

Here is an example of their new layouts.

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Facebook Page redesign in 2014. Source: Facebook Page redesign news

 

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Twitter redesign in 2014. Source: Twitter redesign news

While I love the new look of both channels, it can be frustrating for community managers, social media managers and businesses.

This is because when new redesigns come out, they don’t always tell you what social media dimensions you need to update to.

Fortunately, the team at  Insight180 put together an extremely helpful infographic that features the latest social media dimensions for:

This infographic shows you which social media dimensions you need to use and also includes the right sizes for images you include in your posts as well.

So what social media dimensions you should be using for 2014?

Social media dimensions (May 2014)

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23 Twitter best practices for 2014 on how to use Twitter better

Do you wish your tweets received more engagement?

How would you like to leverage Twitter to grow your brand?

Today you are going to learn about Twitter best practices.

These best practices can help you generate more engagement in your tweets and build a stronger presence on Twitter.

Common mistakes made on Twitter

While there are plenty of Twitter stats telling you how to reach your followers, many of them only talk about fictional numbers.

I give a lot of trainings on using Twitter.

A lot of times I see a lot of common mistakes being made such as these.

  • Not tweeting enough
  • Low engagement with other Twitter users
  • Tweets are too long
  • Overuse of hashtags
  • Not sure which Twitter accounts to follow

While these don’t seem like major issues. If you continue to do this, don’t expect your Twitter presence to take off.

A lot of these activities are bad practices and stunt your growth on Twitter.

While they are helping you learn how to use Twitter and to be more active, they aren’t helping you get to the next level.

If you want to become an influencer on Twitter and to develop a strong presence, you need to be putting out less noise.

Fortunately a lot of these mistakes can be easily fixed with a few small changes.

Here are a few of my favorites from this Twitter best practices 2014 infographic.

Examples of Twitter best practices

Let’s look at the rest of the list of Twitter best practices.

Twitter best practices 2014 in an infographic

Twitter best practices 2014
Infographic featuring 23 Twitter best practices. Source: Passion Digital

Your turn

What did you think about the tips provided in this Twitter best practices 2014 infographic?

Did you learn anything new about your own Twitter habits?

Question: What is one habit on Twitter you need to fix and what will you do to fix it? Leave a comment by clicking here.

Facebook landing page ideas for Facebook Pages with Tabsite co-founder, Mike Gingerich

Tabsite co-founder, Mike Gingerich

This interview with Mike Gingerich, co-founder of Tabsite, is the eleventh in an ongoing series of podcasts with individuals and businesses doing amazing things in social media marketing and blogging.

For those of you who haven’t heard of Tabsite, it is a company that provides digital tools for creating Facebook landing pages, Instagram contests, social apps, giveaways, and more.

While there are thousands of examples of Facebook landing pages out there, it can be difficult to know which ones you should choose for your own Facebook landing pages.

On this episode, Mike and I discuss Facebook landing page ideas along with suggestions on the types of Facebook landing page tabs you want to include on your Facebook Page.

Facebook landing page ideas - Testimonials
Facebook landing page ideas – Testimonials and reviews.

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Stories that sell with Pushing Social’s Stan Smith

Stan Smith from Pushing Social

This interview with Stan Smith, founder of Pushing Social, is the tenth in an ongoing series of podcasts with individuals doing amazing things in social media marketing and blogging.

When I was out in San Diego at Social Media Marketing World, Stan and I sat down to talk about content marketing. Specifically, what is content marketing and what are some of the ways you can leverage it to grow your business.

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How to redeem or use a promo code on Google Helpouts

Did you receive a Google Helpouts promo code? Learn how to redeem Google Helpouts promo codes to get free Google Helpouts!

For the past few months, I’ve been using Google Helpouts to provide Facebook One-on-One coaching.

During this time, I’ve really enjoyed helping businesses fix their Facebook problems.

For those of you not familiar with Google Helpouts, let me explain a little about Google Helpouts and how they work.

What are Google Helpouts?

Google Helpouts are a tool you can communicate with professionals in your industry to get help.

Here are some of the features of Google Helpouts:

  • Video conference
  • Audio-only helpout
  • Chat
  • Screen-sharing
  • Record a Google Helpout (Hangouts on Air)

For my Facebook One-on-One Coaching sessions on Helpouts, I often provide promo codes so you can try them out.

One question that has consistently come up is how to redeem Google Helpouts promo codes.

To help you out, I’ve put to together a tutorial on how to redeem Google Helpouts promo codes. Follow the instructions below.

How to redeem Google Helpouts promo codes

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How to disable Facebook autoplay video on desktop and mobile

With the recent announcement about Facebook video metrics, this means you can expect to see more Facebook video ads showing up in your news feed.

Today we are going to teach you how to disable Facebook autoplay video ads.

While a lot of users already don’t like their news feed getting clogged up with unwanted content, you can disable Facebook autoplay video ads in just a few steps!

How to disable Facebook autoplay video ads

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Cleaning up Leadpages images to create landing pages faster!

When I first started using Leadpages, it took a little time to figure out how things worked and what image sizes I needed to be using in their templates. One area I wasn’t concerned with was how to delete Leadpages images.

As a result, I would upload an image using the recommended sizes and see how it looked.

If it looked good, I kept working on the landing page.

Unfortunately, if it didn’t, I would continue to add images to a Leadpages template until it looked just right.

What ended up happening was I ended up creating multiple instances of my Leadpages images. No big deal, right?

As you can see, it did turn out to be an issue because it made it difficult to know which image I needed to choose to use in my Leadpages template.

Leadpages images

The problem

If you are like most users, you would expect to be able to delete Leadpages images when you are editing your Leadpages template. That isn’t the case here.

Today I’m going to show you how to delete Leadpages images so that you don’t make the same mistakes I did and end up with lots of images at different resolutions.

This way when you are building your landing pages using Leadpages, you can quickly build them because you won’t have to spend time trying out images to get the right one.

How to delete Leadpages images

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How to boost sharing with a Twitter retweet link!

Do you send out a lot of tweets on Twitter but don’t have a lot of people retweeting them?

Would you like to learn how you can generate more engagement on Twitter and build better awareness for your business?

In this article I’ll show you how to create a Twitter retweet link that can help you do that.

How to boost engagement and build awareness with a Twitter retweet link! #smm #social

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What is a Twitter retweet link?

A Twitter retweet link is a direct link to retweet your tweet.

With a Twitter retweet link, you can save your readers time by providing a way for them to easily retweet you without having to go to Twitter, find your tweet, and then click to retweet it.

Twitter retweet link example
Example of a link to a retweet on Twitter

Where can I use a Twitter retweet link?

You can include a retweet link anywhere you can add a hyperlink.

Here are some of my favorite places to use them:

  • In a blog post
  • Within an eBook
  • Email newsletters
  • Email signature

Follow these steps to learn how to create a Twitter retweet link to start getting more people sharing your content on Twitter.

How to create a Twitter retweet link
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3 Ways to make your Instagram community explode using Facebook

Do you wish your business could grow its presence on Instagram?

It takes a lot of time and energy to create a successful Instagram strategy for your business.

To be successful on using Instagram for business, it requires developing a following and continuously creating and sharing new and exciting photos and videos with your audience to get them excited about products and services.

As your content gets shared, more people will see it and engage with it and help grow your network.

While this process will help you grow your Instagram following, you could be missing out on adding more followers when you don’t integrate Instagram with Facebook.

Here are three ways you can integrate Instagram with Facebook to help to get more exposure for your photos and videos and grow your presence on Instagram.

3 Ways to integrate Instagram with Facebook

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