With the continued fragmentation of social networks, growing and nurturing your community through social media is more important than ever. As Zoetica Media founder Kami Huyse urged in a previous blog post, “I don’t care what platform you’re on, start by creating that community with people.”
The importance of community was a topic she and Alan read more...
How to Expertly Style Your Photos and Videos for Social Media
Your image is all about how people perceive you, and it’s important to find a balance between how you perceive yourself and how you want others to see you. By creating content that reflects your brand as well as your unique story, you’ll be able to form more powerful bonds with your audience! We sat down with Sarah Shah, an image expert, author, blogger, speaker, and TV coach to discuss how to cultivate photos and videos that have the biggest impact on your followers. Read on to find out how you can expertly style your content for social media! Focus on your subject Your subject should be the focal point of your photo. Having a more read more...
How to Build a LinkedIn LiveStream Community with 🌪Gabé Leal🌪
Gabé Leal has been quietly been building a movement of LinkedIn Livestreamers he has organized under the hashtag #LinkedInLivestreams. Every morning he publishes a list of the Livestreams for the day that he has been building with a mixture of grassroots word of mouth and old-fashioned networking. LinkedIn livestreaming is in its infancy, only recently opening up to a bigger pool of streamers, but it still takes a little bit of know how to get going, and Gabé is a video producer, which has made him a perfect figure to lead the charge. We are talking with Gabé about how to get a LinkedIn live stream account going, what kind of read more...
What Makes a Video Go Viral?
It's the holy grail. Just this week a client asked me, "What makes a video go viral? Everyone wants to know the shortcut to a super-popular video. Heck, I want to know myself. One company that probably has a better idea than most is Visible Measures, a company whose business it is to measure viral video. They have a case study or two that you can read to give you a more scientific view of how stuff goes viral. I think that the key is to be remarkable, emotional, or very funny. You have to move people to say, read more...
Cool Tools: 4 Advantages of Veoh Video
YouTube is the gold standard social networking tool for video, but a few weeks ago, my friend and fellow blogger, Alan Weinkrantz, introduced me to Veoh. Over the past two weeks, I have been using it with some success. Online Videos by Veoh.com Veoh doesn’t nearly have the reach of YouTube, but it does a few things well, and is especially useful for organizations trying to get their video out there. I have been experimenting with it on a new campaign I am putting read more...