Social Media
Learn the latest news and trends on the most popular social networks and how to reach and engage your audience with social media marketing best practices.
Twitter Search Gets Better, More Useful, With New Search Filters
Twitter announced on, of all places, Twitter yesterday that they are bringing new filters to the desktop version of their social network: We’re bringing new...
25 Things You Should Know About Vine
There’s good reason for Vine to celebrate its first birthday. It’s had an incredible amount of growth and hype during its first 12 months of...
Pinterest Makes It Easier to Find Pins with Introduction of ‘Pinterest Interests’
Pinterest is one of the fastest growing and most user friendly social networking sites on the web today, but they’re clearly not satisfied with maintaining...
12 Celebrity Twitter Account Mistakes
As you already know, Twitter is a great tool when you want to socialize with like-minded individuals, promote yourself or your brand, and to keep...
25 Awesome Brands on Twitter That You Should Be Following
If you have a Twitter account (which most of us do), you probably have noticed brands constantly outdoing one another. This is because it only...
Pinterest Beefs Up Search Capabilities With More Efficient Way To Find Recipes
Pinterest announced on their blog yesterday the launch of new features to make it easier, and more efficient, to find recipes based on your individual...
Social Media Marketing: Should You Hire an Agency or Keep it In-House?
Having a presence on top social media sites has become a necessity, as opposed to a luxury, for businesses in most industries. In addition to...
Facebook to Begin Showing Less Text Posts From Business Pages
In an announcement made today on the Facebook Newsroom blog, an update to the News Feed algorithm is being rolled out that will result in...
Pinterest is Testing the Ability to Pin GIFs
Posting GIFs has proven to be wildly popular on sites like Reddit and Tumblr, soon you might be able to pin GIFs to your favorite...
An Interview With Ford’s Scott Monty at 2014 #FordNAIAS
Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the North American International Auto Show in Detroit as part of the Ford Blogger Experience. During the...
Facebook Introduces Trending Topics, Here’s How They Differ From Twitter’s
Facebook recently introduced a new feature to the desktop version of their site that’s a lot like Twitter’s trending topics. Simply called “Trending”, it’s a...
Buying Pinterest Followers: A Good or Bad Idea?
Pinterest is growing to be the most engaged social media network in the world. I love Pinterest and have spoken on the topic several times...
LinkedIn Marketing Solutions Case Studies With Jason Miller
In a recent interview from San Francisco, I talked to LinkedIn Senior Content Marketing Manager Jason Miller about LinkedIn Marketing Solutions and how it can be used in the context...
Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone Launches Jelly, A Social Q&A Search Engine
Twitter Co-Founder, Biz Stone, recently launched his super-secret project Jelly, available worldwide on Android and iOS as of yesterday. Jelly is “kinda like using a...
Pinterest Acquires VisualGraph, Looks To Improve Visual Search Capabilities
In an effort to make much needed upgrades to its visual search capabilities, Pinterest recently acquired two-man startup VisualGraph. Founder Kevin Jing previously worked on Google’s visual...
How You Can Tell How Old Someone Is By Their Tweets
If you follow social media trends, there’s always been one obvious, glaring fact. Twitter is for the young. Without having much evidence to back this...
3 Groups That FAIL at Social Media Marketing
Nearly 9 out of 10 businesses– 88%–say they will use social media as a marketing tool in 2014. That’s the highest percentage ever, according to...
Why It’s Crucial to Know Your Promoted Social Media Audience
I’m often struck by how many ads I see across social networks that I find completely out of place. Often times, a company might focus...
The Top 10 Things You Should Know About Twitter
Twitter had a very interesting 2013. As the micro-blogging site continued to gain users, about 30 million or so active users within the last year,...
How to Get More Followers On Your LinkedIn Company Page With Jason Miller
In a recent interview from San Francisco, Search Engine Journal’s Murray Newlands talks to LinkedIn Senior Content Marketing Manager Jason Miller about ways to boost your...
What’s Next For Social Media Darling Buffer: An Interview with Co-Founder Leo Widrich
Buffer, the startup behind a scheduling platform for social media sharing, has been all over the news lately since they published all employees’ salaries as part...
Social Media Success Requires A Company-Wide Effort: Interview With Tom Rhoton
As part of our SEJ interview series, Tom Rhoton of EveryoneSocial joins us to discuss the importance of social media being a company-wide initiative. Typically companies...
INFOGRAPHIC: The State of Social Business
According to this new infographic from Brian Solis, the state of social business is a relatively positive one. Some of the key statistics include: 78%...
Organizing Successful Google+ Hangouts: Interview With Deborah Anderson
As part of our SEJ interview series, Deborah Anderson of MyBlogGuest joins us to discuss the ins and outs of organizing successful Google+ Hangouts. Deborah is...
Google Has Reduced Authorship Rich Snippets By 15 Percent
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, stated months ago Google Authorship rich snippets would soon see a 15 percent reduction. We reported on this...
Engagement Is Killing Your Social Media Strategy: Interview With Annalise Kaylor
As part of our SEJ interview series, Annalise Kaylor of Aim Clear discusses her bold theory that engagement is actually killing your social media strategy....
Is there ROI in Social Media? Really?
Many people question the value of social media. Is there a quantifiable ROI? Can you measure a clear return on investment, as you can with...
Facebook Begins Testing Auto-Playing News Feed Video Ads
Facebook has announced they will begin testing auto-playing News Feed video ads for a limited number of accounts starting this week. Facebook has been refining their...
Beyond Search & Social: Online Marketing in 2014
Can you project what Social Media will do for SEO? In recent conversations with social media visionary Brent Csutoras, we discussed a question that I...
The Best Pinterest Place Pins Examples and Why Your Business Should Use Them
After some unusual site activity last week including a period of network down time, Pinterest Business launched their new interactive map pins, or ‘Place Pins’....